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Haaland's Filings Back Her New Mexico Claim. 83% of Her Latest Contributions Came From Somewhere Else.

Oct 22, 2026

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Haaland's Filings Back Her New Mexico Claim. 83% of Her Latest Contributions Came From Somewhere Else.

Deb Haaland has more New Mexico donors than anyone in the race. Her filings also show $72,000 from oil and gas companies, mostly from Texas and Oklahoma, and four contributions totaling $34,000 with no contributor named.

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Awaiting answers

Questions went out Oct. 20 to everyone named in our first five investigations. Here is who has not answered yet.

Albuquerque Police Department · Second Judicial District Attorney · DEA · U.S. Attorney, District of New Mexico · New Mexico Department of Justice · Rep. Andrea Romero, Epstein Truth Commission · Haaland campaign · Hull campaign · Devon Energy · Occidental Petroleum · New Mexico Livestock Board

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'Zero Tolerance' for Retaliation: AG Says CYFD Hid Behind Secrecy as 14 Children Died

Six months after New Mexico's attorney general sued, the child welfare agency's line has not changed. Its record goes back to a 24-hour auto-delete.

Oct 22, 2026

Investigations

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Haaland's Filings Back Her New Mexico Claim. 83% of Her Latest Contributions Came From Somewhere Else.

Deb Haaland has more New Mexico donors than anyone in the race. Her filings also show $72,000 from oil and gas companies, mostly from Texas and Oklahoma, and four contributions totaling $34,000 with no contributor named.

Oct 22, 2026

Investigations

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Epstein's Executors Say They Never Knew. New Mexico Wants Their $75 Million Frozen.

The state that was told to stand down in 2019 is now suing the two men who ran Jeffrey Epstein's money.

Oct 22, 2026

Investigations

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Katrina Griego Called St. Therese Too Woke. Then Came the Gun.

She spent months photographing a North Valley parish's political signs. Then the priest put her name on one.

Oct 21, 2026

Investigations

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'Ensure Everyone Is Held Accountable': 13 Guilty Pleas in APD's DWI Scheme, Zero Sentences

Federal prosecutors say the bribery scheme ran through "almost the entire" Albuquerque police DWI unit. Nearly three years after the FBI raids, the sentencing calendar keeps sliding.

Oct 21, 2026

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'Limited Interactions': Bill Richardson Met Epstein Nine Times After His Conviction

His camp said in 2019 he barely knew Jeffrey Epstein. The DOJ files mention him more than 800 times, and show his staff relaying his outreach on Epstein's clemency while he was still governor.

Oct 21, 2026

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