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Once again, federal courts blocked Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s trade agenda faced another major setback Thursday when the U.S. Court of International Trade handed a win to two small businesses and the state of Washington after they challenged the president’s 10% global tariffs, imposed after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his previous emergency tariff regime. In a 2-1 […]
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Mark Kelly calls Trump’s attempt to strip his retirement rank over free speech ‘absurd’ and ‘outrageous’
WASHINGTON — Attorneys for the Trump administration argued before a federal appeals court Thursday the Pentagon should be able to reprimand Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly for reminding members of the military they can refuse illegal orders, and for criticizing the Defense Department. Lawyers from the Justice Department told the three-judge panel that even though […]
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Campaign launched to enshrine vote-by-mail in state constitution and counter GOP restrictions
A coalition of Arizona Democrats have an uphill battle as they work to enshrine voting rights, including the right to no-excuse vote-by-mail, into the state constitution. During a Wednesday evening livestream, U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari announced the launch of the Committee to Protect the Vote Arizona, a campaign to collect 500,000 voter signatures to put […]
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Pima County can require judicial warrants before letting ICE onto its property, Mayes says
Pima County can legally refuse to allow federal agents to use county property for immigration enforcement actions because neither federal nor state law mandate the county’s cooperation, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes concluded And that means there’s no basis to the complaint GOP state lawmakers lodged against a county policy requiring a judicial warrant for […]
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Trump’s acting AG vows foreign terrorism charges for American street gangs
Interim U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday that federal prosecutors intend to pursue terrorism charges against members of American street gangs as an extension of President Donald Trump’s move last year to designate foreign drug cartels as terrorist organizations. Blanche told attendees at the 2026 Border Security Expo in Phoenix that federal prosecutors intend […]
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Protesters outside the White House call for ending detention for migrant families, kids
By Naisha Roy/Medill News Service WASHINGTON — Dozens of people gathered on a sandy lot in front of the White House construction zone Tuesday evening, carrying posters peppered with monarch butterflies and unfurling massive banners reading “Set kids free.” The butterflies symbolized immigrants without legal status, as the protesters called to abolish all detention facilities […]
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Rising healthcare costs threaten Republican margins as midterms approach, poll finds
WASHINGTON — Voters, including those within the Make America Healthy Again movement, say the rising cost of healthcare is a significant concern that will have an impact on whom they support in November’s midterm elections, according to a poll released Wednesday by KFF. Sixty-one percent of respondents to the survey, which asked how important several health-related […]
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Iconic landmarks, federal buildings in D.C. increasingly show fealty to Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — Get off the train at Union Station, walk outside and gasp at that iconic view of the Capitol dome in front of you. Cross the street and the first thing you run into is a construction site surrounding walled-off Columbus Circle. On the wall is a huge poster of President Donald Trump wearing a […]
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Hobbs vetoes ‘unbalanced and reckless’ Republican budget, calls for negotiations to resume
Arizona’s Democratic governor on Tuesday vetoed a Republican budget plan after it passed both chambers of the state legislature on party line votes, saying it would bring “chaos and dysfunction” to the Grand Canyon State. Republicans, who have a majority in both chambers, introduced their $17.9 billion budget plan on April 23 and quickly put […]
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Republicans fall one vote short on bill to criminalize blowing whistles to warn of ICE
A GOP-backed bill that would criminalize blowing whistles to alert people to immigration agents, a tactic embraced by activists in Minnesota earlier this year, was rejected on Tuesday. But that failure is likely to be temporary, and the measure may still land on the governor’s desk. The proposal would create a new state crime called […]
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Arizona legislature heads home for a month with budget shutdown clock ticking
The Arizona legislature is set to take a hiatus for most of the month of May and it doesn’t look like there are any plans for Republican leaders to hammer out a budget agreement with the governor during the time off. With a state government shutdown looming in 57 days, lawmakers are set to take […]
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ICE director Todd Lyons admits he didn’t know some deportation countries existed
The leader of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted that he had never even heard of some of the countries his agency has been deporting immigrants to. “Now we are actually removing people to countries that I didn’t even know existed,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said during a panel discussion at the 2026 Border […]
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Arizona’s criminal case against Kalshi permanently blocked by federal judge
A federal judge has permanently blocked Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes from prosecuting Kalshi, halting the state’s unprecedented attempt to criminally charge an online prediction market company with violating state gambling laws. Even though regulating gambling is “among the most rudimentary exercises of state police power,” Judge Michael Liburdi concluded that federal law preempts the […]
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Democrats newly energized to reform ‘illegitimate’ US Supreme Court after voting rights decision
After the U.S. Supreme Court severely weakened the federal Voting Rights Act in an April 29 decision, a furious U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries condemned what he called an “illegitimate” conservative majority on the court. “This isn’t even the Roberts Court,” Jeffries said, referring to Chief Justice John Roberts. “It’s the Trump Court.” Democrats […]
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Senate Republicans want to give Trump $1 billion for his ballroom
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans released a roughly $70 billion spending package Monday night that will keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol operating for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term without any of the new constraints Democrats have demanded. The legislation also includes $1 billion “to support enhancements by the United States […]
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‘I can’t even sleep’: Arizona immigrant hit with $1.8M fine for staying in US
Sanchez was already nervous about receiving a letter from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, but nothing could prepare him for seeing the dollar amount the government said he owed them: $1,820,252.00 The Cuban landscaper, who came to the United States with his family 20 years ago, was floored. The Arizona Mirror isn’t identifying Sanchez […]
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Arizona GOP budget clears legislature on party-line votes, heads straight for Hobbs’s veto pen
The Arizona Senate voted along party lines Monday to pass a package of GOP budget bills that are now headed for a veto from the state’s Democratic governor. The Republicans who control the state legislature introduced their $17.9 billion budget package a week ago, touting its tax cuts and continuation of existing funding for K-12 […]
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Hugh Lytle can stay on governor ballot despite UPS Store address, AZ Supreme Court rules
Even though Hugh Lytle used the address of his private mailbox at a UPS Store on his nominating paperwork instead of his home address that state law demands, the Arizona Supreme Court said the No Labels Party candidate for governor nonetheless “substantially complied” with the requirements and will remain on the ballot. In this situation, […]
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Gas prices jump again as Trump turns to new plan for Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON — Americans saw prices at the pump sharply rise in recent days as the nationwide average cost for a gallon of regular gas shot up 38 cents over the past week, according to GasBuddy. The motor club AAA clocked the average price of regular gas at $4.46 per gallon and diesel at $5.64, as […]
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Arizona’s GOP budget: Tax breaks for data centers and Roth IRAs, cuts for the people who need food
Arizonans’ budgets are strained with sky-high gas and grocery prices, paired with cuts to safety net programs, but the legislators who created the GOP’s budget proposal for the state brushed off concerns that most working families are struggling to pay their bills. The Republicans who control both chambers of the Arizona legislature released their budget […]
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