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Mesa can’t enforce its own fire codes at an ICE facility where detainees can’t even sit down
In late January, the Mesa Fire and Medical Department responded to a medical call at a lesser known U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, where it found such severe overcrowding that it gave ICE a list of corrections it needed to make. ICE said that the 238 people records show were detained that day at […]
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Supreme Court appears likely to let police keep using geofence warrants to track cellphones
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared likely to allow law enforcement to continue seeking warrants for the location history of cellphones near crime scenes, even as the justices wrestled with how far the government must go to protect Americans’ privacy. Some of the justices appeared to be searching for a middle ground during oral arguments […]
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Why did a Democratic-majority board appoint a Freedom Caucus lawmaker as county recorder?
Supervisors in Navajo County had narrowed their pool to three finalists by the time they met to appoint a new recorder. One, Jose Lerma, was a voter registration coordinator in the recorder’s office and familiar with the elections side of the job. Another, Suzanne Hudspeth, was a local realtor — experience that could help with […]
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First major TPS ruling of Trump era looms as Supreme Court hears Haiti and Syria cases Wednesday
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday will hear oral arguments on the Trump administration’s efforts to strip temporary legal status from 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, a move that could open them up to deportation. The case has the potential to have an impact on multiple lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to end […]
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Trump safely evacuated after shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
President Donald Trump safely evacuated the White House Correspondents Dinner at a hotel in Washington, D.C., on Saturday night after shots were fired by an alleged lone gunman. About two hours after the shots were fired, Trump, still wearing his tuxedo, addressed a roomful of reporters also in formalwear at the White House briefing room. […]
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Arizona AG sues Trump over Surprise immigration detention warehouse
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing the Trump administration over its plan to turn a warehouse in Surprise into an immigration detention center, saying that federal law prohibits its construction because the building is directly across the street from a hazardous chemical storage facility. During a Friday news conference announcing the lawsuit, Mayes argued […]
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Appeals court says Trump administration must open borders to asylum-seekers
An appeals court on Friday struck down the Trump administration’s closing of United States borders to asylum-seekers. An executive order by President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day last year, and later guidance to turn asylum-seekers around without a court hearing, are “unlawful” and “cast aside federal laws affording individuals the right to apply and be […]
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Andy Biggs caved on FISA surveillance. Every Arizonan with ties abroad should care.
Arizona is in the spotlight as Congress is currently considering reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, one of the most powerful mass surveillance tools in the U.S. government’s arsenal. The need to reform this spying tool has been one of the few issues where people on the right and the left have […]
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Court ruling limiting adult gender-affirming Medicaid coverage could have national impacts
A U.S. appeals court ruling last month that upheld West Virginia’s ban on Medicaid coverage for adult gender-affirming surgeries could embolden other states seeking to impose similar restrictions. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in March overturned a lower court decision in Anderson v. Crouch that had reversed West Virginia’s ban on Medicaid coverage […]
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Trump wants to gut local libraries and museums. Congress is not on board.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide. But congressional appropriators — who rebuffed similar efforts to gut the agency in fiscal 2026 — expressed little enthusiasm for the proposed cut in interviews with […]
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Conservative groups lose appeal of election overhaul lawsuit
An appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit from conservative groups that challenged how Arizona counties verify early ballot signatures and run ballot drop-boxes, among other things. Brought by the America First Legal Foundation and the Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona on behalf of a group of voters, the lawsuit rehashed numerous claims that election deniers […]
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Medical marijuana gets rescheduled, but recreational use still treated like heroin under federal law
Medicinal marijuana products that are legal at the state level will see looser federal regulation under an order the U.S. Department of Justice published Thursday, while a process that could remove the drug in all forms from the federal list of the most dangerous drugs is set to begin in late June. The order, signed by […]
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GOP bill would let prosecutors charge protesters with racketeering for damaging property
A Republican lawmaker who watched as Trump supporters broke into and ransacked the U.S. Capitol in 2021 wants to send Arizona protesters to prison for rioting if they damage property. Under the proposal from state Sen. Mark Finchem, R-Prescott, Arizona’s legal definition of a riot would be changed to include when two or more people […]
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Trump’s mail ballot order would shatter 55 years of Postal Service independence, experts say
President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail voting would shatter decades of U.S. Postal Service independence intended to shield it from partisan politics, postal experts and attorneys say. Postal experts said Trump ordering the postmaster general to take any action — let alone on a matter as sensitive as elections — violates guardrails in federal […]
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Legal experts skeptical of DOJ’s criminal case against Southern Poverty Law Center
Attorneys and law professors Wednesday expressed skepticism about the U.S. Department of Justice’s criminal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, with few expecting the charges to lead to sanctions against the civil rights nonprofit. The indictment alleges that SPLC’s use of paid informants within white supremacist groups — a tactic SPLC used to disrupt […]
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Senate GOP clears path for up to $140B in ICE funding as DHS shutdown drags on
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans approved a budget resolution early Thursday intended to speed the way for billions for immigration enforcement, sending the measure to the House, where GOP lawmakers in that chamber need to adopt it to unlock the reconciliation process. The 50-48 vote followed a marathon amendment voting session that Democrats used to highlight […]
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For the fifth time, Senate Republicans blocking effort to rein in Trump’s Iran war
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, and one Democrat, maintained their support for President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, after blocking for the fifth time a resolution that would force the president to seek congressional authorization for further action in the Middle East. The vote failed 46-51, largely following the same split as previous failed measures. Sen. […]
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US citizens shot by ICE beg Congress to rein in federal immigration agents
WASHINGTON — Nearly all Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee failed to show up for a Wednesday hearing convened by Democrats to highlight President Donald Trump’s aggressive tactics in his mass deportation campaign that have ensnared U.S. citizens. It marked a rare full committee hearing that Democrats were allowed to conduct because of Minority […]
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Pima County Attorney rejects GOP challenge to block ICE from ‘staging’ on county property
A resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors in February barring the use of county property by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers does not violate state and federal law, the Pima County Attorney’s Office maintains. Earlier this month, Republican state legislators—led by Senate President Warren Petersen — filed a request for an investigation and asked Attorney […]
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Judge blocks Arizona water rule that halted new housing developments across the Valley
A judge handed a huge win to developers Tuesday when he blocked an Arizona water rule that put a stop to new housing developments in some areas of the Valley. The ruling prohibits the Arizona Department of Water Resources from using its “unmet demand” rule for the Phoenix Active Management Area. The Home Builders Association […]
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