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Dozens of lawmakers are ditching Congress for governor’s races and the exit door
WASHINGTON — Congress will look considerably different next year, after dozens of its members move on to other political offices or retire, a number that’s likely to grow as some of those hoping to stay lose their reelection bids. A turnover of at least 13% will be the highest in more than three decades, bringing […]
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Arizona Republicans file complaint against Pima County’s policy barring ICE from county property
Republican lawmakers are accusing Pima County of breaking state law because of a policy that prevents federal immigration agents from stepping foot on county property, like courthouses or police departments, unless they have a judge’s permission. On Monday, Republican leadership in the Arizona Senate filed what’s known as a 1487 complaint with the Arizona Attorney […]
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Trump threatens to commit war crimes in Iran by bombing bridges, power plants, schools and hospitals
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday declined to rule out bombing certain types of civilian infrastructure in Iran, including schools and hospitals, and said that any agreement to end the war must include free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. “We have to have a deal that’s acceptable to me,” he said during a […]
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Trump’s birthright citizenship case could do more than end a right — it could reverse one
As the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week about the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship, Justice Sonia Sotomayor seemed skeptical. The order as written applies only to babies born in the future, and the Trump administration has asked the court to exclude current citizens from any decision. Still, […]
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Navigator cuts leave Americans with less help to find Obamacare plans
CINCINNATI — For four years, Kimberly Dudley has worked on the front line of the Affordable Care Act as a navigator, helping Ohioans solve the puzzle of buying private insurance on the federal HealthCare.gov marketplace. But the job is harder now, the answers scarcer. In one of its first acts, the second Trump administration cut […]
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County recorders, Republican lawmakers push for more say on elections rule book
Arizona’s county recorders, along with Republican legislative leaders, want more say in the creation of the state’s elections rulebook. Every other year, the Arizona secretary of state is tasked with revising the Elections Procedures Manual, which outlines procedures and rules for county elections officials to implement state election laws. Its policies carry the force of […]
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Turning Point USA is ‘ballot harvesting’ — the practice its leaders spent years demonizing
In March 2022, Tyler Bowyer, COO of Turning Point Action, the political arm of Turning Point USA, was clear: Anyone who engages in ”ballot harvesting” should be prosecuted. The practice of third parties collecting ballots from voters and delivering them to county election officials to be counted, a strategy used by Democratic campaigns — particularly […]
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Arizona joins coalition of states suing to block Trump’s mail ballot executive order
President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots faced a fresh challenge on Friday, as a coalition of Democratic states filed a lawsuit seeking to block an order that experts say is an extraordinary attempt by the president to assert authority over elections. More than 20 states — led by California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Washington […]
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Voter registration drives helped 2.1 million Americans in 2024. Trump’s SAVE Act would end that.
Before Wyoming elections, the state’s League of Women Voters tries to get voter registration information into the hands of residents at events and gatherings. But under state law, League volunteers can’t sign up voters themselves — only local election officials can do that. “It’s been tough,” said Linda Barton, president of the League of Women […]
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ICE wants to build detention mega-sites across America. Even Trump country is saying no.
WASHINGTON — New Hampshire’s Republican governor, frustrated with little information about the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to put a new detention facility in her state, joined local Democrats to oppose the move and disclosed DHS plans to retrofit warehouses across the nation to expand immigrant detention. Two Republican members of the U.S. Senate, one […]
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A year of trade chaos: Trump’s Liberation Day tariff anniversary brings new orders and Democratic attacks
WASHINGTON — One year after President Donald Trump announced his now-illegal “Liberation Day” tariffs, he marked the anniversary by signing executive orders adjusting duties on pharmaceuticals and metals as Democratic critics slammed economic fallout from Trump’s trade policies. Last April 2, Trump shocked American businesses and global markets when he declared a national emergency to […]
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Arizona’s Kalshi prosecution sparks federal lawsuit in escalating regulatory clash
Three weeks after Arizona filed criminal charges against online prediction market company Kalshi for allegedly violating the state’s gambling laws, the Trump administration sued the Grand Canyon State, saying it has no authority to regulate prediction markets. The lawsuit from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that oversees prediction markets, accuses Arizona of […]
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A bill to keep child sex offenders on probation scrambles party lines
In aiming to stop anyone who is convicted of dangerous crimes against children from ever being able to terminate or modify their terms of probation, Republican Sen. Janae Shamp has said her legislation will only apply to the “worst of the worst.” But attorneys, judges and even some of the criminals themselves say it’s not […]
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States say ICE pulled Medicaid data despite court order
A coalition of 22 states told a federal court that the Trump administration appears to have violated a court order that limited the types of health data that could be shared with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation proceedings. Back in December, a court allowed ICE to pull some basic information from Medicaid, the […]
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Republicans want colleges to pair adoption info with every STI test and condom
Republicans in the state legislature want every public university student in Arizona who receives contraceptives or testing for sexually transmitted infections from their school health office to receive information about adoption. House Bill 2040 would require public schools, colleges and universities to provide students with information about adoption any time they provide those students with […]
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Trump says the Iran War will end soon, but also vows to bomb the country ‘back to the stone ages’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said during a primetime address Wednesday that the U.S. military’s “little journey” in Iran will conclude “very shortly.” “We are systematically dismantling the regime’s ability to threaten America or project power outside of their borders. That means eliminating Iran’s navy, which is now absolutely destroyed, hurting their air force and […]
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Phoenix says its ICE policy is legal. A GOP lawmaker wants Kris Mayes to decide.
In response to growing backlash against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement actions, the Phoenix City Council last month adopted a policy that bars federal agents from using city property to plan or carry out raids. One Republican lawmaker says that violates Arizona law. On Tuesday, Rep. Quang Nguyen, R-Prescott, filed a complaint with the Arizona […]
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Democratic AGs’ 100th Trump lawsuit targets rollback of power plant emissions rules
Democratic attorneys general this week filed their 100th lawsuit against the Trump administration, part of a coordinated legal strategy. And the attorneys general say they are winning most of their court cases against the administration. Of the 67 cases with court rulings, the Democratic Attorneys General Association says its members have won 55 of those […]
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Appeals court blocks Republicans’ bid to dismantle Grand Canyon national monument
Arizona’s legislative leaders can’t dismantle a new national monument near the Grand Canyon that they claimed would harm both the state and local governments, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. In the memorandum ruling, a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with a lower court ruling made more than […]
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‘We are drafting the lawsuit right now’: Trump’s mail ballot order faces immediate legal fight
Democrats and other opponents of President Donald Trump’s executive order clamping down on mail ballots prepared Wednesday to challenge the directive, signaling the start of another fight between states and the White House over elections. The order, which would create a national list of voting-age American citizens and directs the U.S. Postal Service to place […]
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