One year after U.S. Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a land swap in southern New Mexico would create a new national militarized zone to deter illegal border crossers, federal courts are swamped with thousands of criminal cases the government knows it cannot prove, according to a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) pressed a key federal official last week about how prediction markets are regulated during a House Agricultural Committee hearing. He said these markets function just like sports betting, but without the same regulations, and that hurts tribal communities.

We're talking all about libraries this week, especially the things that they offer that aren't books. Internet access! Food pantries! Washer and dryer? Yes!