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Trump wants the Supreme Court to redefine who is American by reinterpreting the 14th Amendment to end birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that could reshape the understanding of who is American by birth. The case, Trump v. Barbara, challenges President Donald Trump’s executive order that redefines citizenship to exclude children born to parents who either do not have legal status, or hold temporary legal […]
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Reproductive health care restrictions likely to repel provider workforce, research shows
When an Alabama clinic’s only OB-GYN left the state to provide abortion care in Colorado, the head of operations thought the facility would have to close. But Robin Marty, executive director at WAWC Healthcare in Tuscaloosa, hired a doctor in August who she called a “unicorn” — someone who’s from Alabama and, after training outside […]
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Trump’s war on states is pushing American federalism to a breaking point
As the United States of America marks its 250th anniversary this year, the relationship between the states and the federal government is approaching a breaking point. Led by a bellicose president, the executive branch has moved to dominate states, resulting in more than a year of escalating confrontations between the two levels of government. President […]
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Democrats take a page from the GOP playbook with new partisan voter registration program
In a move to stanch a yearslong drop in the number of voters who register as Democrats, the Democratic National Committee is taking a page out of the GOP’s playbook and is launching a partisan voter registration program. For most of the past decade, Democrats have largely outsourced voter registration efforts to allied nonprofit organizations. […]
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‘Without those checks, he’s a king’: Thousands rally across Arizona against Trump for No Kings
Dripping sweat onto the pavement as they marched through downtown Phoenix on Saturday afternoon, thousands of protesters withstood unseasonably hot March weather to tell President Donald Trump that the U.S. is a country with “No Kings.” They came to Phoenix’s main No Kings Day protest and marched several miles to the state Capitol carrying signs, […]
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No Kings Day rallies draw crowds large, small throughout country as Americans protest Donald Trump
Protesters took to the streets in cities and rural communities Saturday to rally against President Donald Trump’s policies in the third No Kings demonstration since the Republican’s return to office last year. Organizers said there were more than 3,000 events across the nation expected to draw millions. It came one month after the U.S.-Israeli war […]
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Arizona won’t put Charlie Kirk’s name on a freeway after Hobbs vetoes a GOP bill
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday blocked Republicans from renaming the Loop 202 freeway in the East Valley after the slain conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. This veto comes just weeks after the Democrat vetoed another GOP-backed bill that would have created a specialty license plate in honor of Kirk. That proposal would have given $17 […]
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Bipartisan bill aims to fix communication failures that contributed to Emily Pike’s death
A bipartisan group of state legislators hopes that improving communication between the state’s Native American tribes and the Arizona Department of Child Services will help to prevent tragedies like the murder of 14-year-old Emily Pike from happening again. A member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Pike had run away from a DCS-operated group home […]
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As No Kings protests grow, a bigger question looms: What comes next?
Thousands of protests are scheduled across the United States on Saturday as part of the “No Kings” movement opposing President Donald Trump’s administration. Organizers expect millions of people to turn out for this third round of No Kings demonstrations, with more than 3,000 local-level events mapped on the movement’s official website. Previous No Kings protests, […]
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DOJ confirms it is sharing state voter data with DHS in search for noncitizen voters
The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed in court Thursday that it is sharing sensitive voter data with the Department of Homeland Security in a search for noncitizen voters. But a DOJ lawyer denied the department is building a national voter database. The Justice Department has demanded states provide full copies of their voter lists, including […]
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US House refuses to vote on Senate deal to fund Homeland Security without ICE, Border Patrol
WASHINGTON — The two chambers of Congress, both controlled by Republicans, were at odds Friday over how to fund the Department of Homeland Security, prolonging the shutdown that began in mid-February. The Senate voted before dawn to approve a funding bill that would have reopened every agency within the department impacted by the funding lapse. […]
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Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ protests expected to be largest display against Trump yet
Organizers of the third round of No Kings protests against President Donald Trump say they expect Saturday will be the single largest day of American political protest in history, with more than 3,000 events planned across the nation, including nearly 70 in Arizona. An estimated 7 million people showed up to rally against the Trump […]
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‘A higher moral law’: Republicans openly defy Arizona’s abortion amendment and their oaths of office
More than 60% of Arizona voters chose to make abortion a right two years ago, but Republican lawmakers continue to push ways to ban it — and they say that ignoring the mandate from their constituents is the right thing to do. In 2024, the landslide victory of Proposition 139 enshrined abortion in the Arizona […]
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Trump seizes Congress’s authority to pay TSA workers by executive order as Congress heads to spring break
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will sign an order allowing the Department of Homeland Security to pay airport security workers who have gone without a full paycheck since the shutdown began in mid-February. The order for Transportation Security Administration workers does not appear to include pay for other federal employees working […]
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Senate rejects voter ID amendment as Democrats call it ‘showmanship and theatrics’
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate was unable to agree Thursday whether to require photo identification to vote in federal elections, as the chamber debated a larger bill that would make several changes to how Americans register and cast ballots. The 53-47 procedural vote rejected an amendment from Ohio Republican Sen. Jon Husted to the SAVE America […]
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Lawsuit: Pima County Sheriff’s Office handed people over to Border Patrol despite claims it doesn’t
Civil rights lawyers are accusing deputies with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department of handing people over to Border Patrol, despite repeated claims from its top cop Sheriff Chris Nanos that it does not collaborate with federal police to enforce immigration violations. Court documents filed by the ACLU of Arizona against Nanos on Wednesday detail incidents […]
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Gas prices are skyrocketing because of Trump’s Iran war, so his EPA is easing rules on selling ethanol blends
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will allow gas stations to sell a blended fuel containing 15% ethanol into the summer season in an effort to lower gas prices, Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday. The blend, known as E15, is usually barred in many Midwest states over the summer to reduce smog, though the federal government […]
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Arizona is steps away from erasing Cesar Chavez Day from state law
Arizona is steps away from eliminating Cesar Chavez Day, after a bipartisan group of lawmakers agreed the state shouldn’t celebrate the labor leader in the wake of revelations that the Arizona-born labor leader sexually abused women and young girls for years. The move is one of several public repudiations of Chavez, a once revered Latino […]
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Arizona bill would require supermajority voter approval before cities can deploy surveillance tech
A proposal that would require cities, towns and counties to allow residents to vote on the implementation of automated license plate readers and other mass surveillance programs won bipartisan support Wednesday. The legislation puts a number of regulations in place on how surveillance technology used by law enforcement can be used in Arizona, as well […]
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Judge strikes down Arizona Independent Party name change, calling it a ‘bait and switch’
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes didn’t have legal authority to approve the name change of the “No Labels Party” to the “Arizona Independent Party” a judge ruled last week. In a March 18 order, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gregory Como voided Fontes’ approval of the name change along with his instruction to county […]
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