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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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Everyone who filed to run for Arizona’s state, legislative and federal offices in 2026
More than 260 candidates filed to run in a primary election for Arizona state and federal office in 2026 before Monday’s deadline for would-be elected officials to turn in nominating petitions for this year’s election. Of those, almost 230 are running for the 90 seats in the Arizona Legislature’s 30 districts. There are 31 candidates […]
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Mining industry rallies Republicans to urge Trump to let them open mines on protected land
Arizona’s multibillion dollar mining industry wants Republicans in the state legislature to prod the Trump administration to make it easier for them to mine on federal and state land — including near the Grand Canyon. Since former President Joe Biden officially designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in […]
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Maricopa County recorder asks prosecutors to investigate 207 alleged noncitizen voters
Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap has formally referred potential noncitizen voters identified by an error-prone federal database to local prosecutors for further investigation ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said in a statement that Heap referred a total of 207 individuals for review — significantly more than the 137 voters […]
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GOP offers DHS deal without immigration reforms, Democrats vow to send it back
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday were waiting to hear back from Democrats after they sent them a new offer to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which has been shut down since mid-February. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said the proposal would fund many of the agencies within DHS, including the Federal […]
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TSA union: Workers are ‘literally starving’ as DHS shutdown enters second month
Transportation Security Administration officers are struggling to afford basic necessities as they approach their second missed full paycheck since a funding lapse began last month, union leaders said at a virtual press conference Tuesday. Officials from the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents more than 44,000 TSA officers nationwide, urged Congress to immediately find […]
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Supreme Court conservatives appear ready to revive Trump’s asylum turn-back policy
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed split Tuesday on whether the Trump administration should be allowed to turn away asylum-seekers who present themselves at ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border. The question presented to the justices was whether migrants have to fully cross into the United States in order to have the right […]
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ICE has been deporting pregnant and postpartum immigrants. Now we know how many.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained and deported hundreds of pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants since the start of the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed for the first time Wednesday. Federal policy says that such individuals should only be detained in limited circumstances. Between January 1, 2025, and February 16, 2026, […]
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Opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly 50% nationally — but not in Arizona
Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a Stateline analysis. The drop comes as a shrinking fentanyl supply has made the drug weaker and less deadly and volunteer efforts get more people into treatment. The weaker fentanyl tracks to a crackdown on […]
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Arizona hires high-powered law firm, setting the stage for a legal battle over Colorado River water
Arizona is preparing for a legal battle over its rights to Colorado River water. Following an extraordinarily dry winter along the river basin and what’s expected to be an exceptionally hot and dry spring across the West, where high temperatures in March have already blown past records, the pressure to maintain access to the state’s […]
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