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Trump administration pushes to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is again trying to send the wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the west African nation of Liberia and urging a federal judge to dismiss a bar on his removal, according to legal documents filed over the weekend. Abrego Garcia, of Maryland, has agreed to be deported to Costa Rica, […]
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‘It reeks of a vendor bill’: Arizona radiation protection measure fails on a tie vote
A bill that would have mandated new protections for health care professionals against long-term radiation exposure risks is dead after failing to gain enough support due largely in part to concerns the bill benefited only a few companies. The legislation is a reaction to the increased cancer rate among cardiovascular interventionalists, heart specialists who specialize […]
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Phoenix among airports hit hardest as TSA staffing crisis reaches new peak, Trump deploys ICE agents
Airport security workers missed work Monday at the highest rate since a partial government shutdown began in mid-February, the Department of Homeland Security said, and the Trump administration sent immigration officials to some airports in an attempt to keep lines moving. Travelers reported hourslong security lines at major airports in Atlanta and Houston, while waits […]
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Trump claims ‘good and productive’ talks with Iran to end the war, but Iran calls it ‘fake news’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday said his administration is in talks with Iran about resolving the war, a claim that significantly tamped down oil prices and spurred market increases in Europe and the United States — though Iran denied any progress in negotiations. Writing on his social media platform, Truth Social, the president […]
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Supreme Court conservatives signal skepticism of mail-in ballot grace periods in 14 states
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the validity of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, in a case that could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of voters during the upcoming midterm elections. The high court heard arguments on whether federal law overrides a Mississippi law that requires mail-in ballots […]
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to revive border turn-back policy in asylum fight
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case to determine if a migrant on Mexico’s side of a border crossing with the United States can legally apply for asylum when arriving at a U.S. port of entry. The case, which stems from a policy during President Donald Trump’s first term […]
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Justice delayed: The legal chaos that has left Pinal County capital cases in limbo
Everyone was asleep when they kicked in the door, sometime before 8 a.m. Justin Yates was in a chair just outside the apartment, a one-story, yellow-block building in Casa Grande. They shot him in the head. Jose Aguilera and Connie Carrerra were asleep on a couch in the living room. They shot both of them […]
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Budget blow up: Hobbs blames ‘unserious’ Republicans who say she is throwing a ‘tantrum’
The annual battle over Arizona’s budget is getting nasty, after Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs walked away from negotiations because she said GOP lawmakers were “unserious,” while the Republicans who control the legislature responded by accusing her of throwing a “temper tantrum.” Hobbs announced Friday that she was calling off all state budget negotiations until Republicans […]
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DOJ subpoena reveals federal investigators sought virtually all records from Arizona’s 2020 audit
The grand jury subpoena earlier this month that led the Arizona Senate to give the U.S. Department of Justice terabytes of data, including images of ballots, related to the legislative chamber’s partisan review of the 2020 election shows that federal investigators sought virtually all of the records from that “audit.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office for […]
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The pay gap between women and men widened last year, analysis finds
The earnings gap between men and women slightly widened last year, according to a new analysis published Thursday. The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute calculated women last year earned 18.6% less than men per hour on average. That’s up slightly from 2024, when the wage gap narrowed slightly to 18%. The wage analysis, which examines several […]
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Money from GOP leaders is flooding into two Arizona House races. Democrats say that’s telling.
Two Arizona Republican congressmen in critical districts are filling their campaign war chests with hundreds of thousands of dollars from GOP leadership in advance of midterm elections that could spell the end of Republicans’ control of Congress. U.S. Reps. Juan Ciscomani and Eli Crane have both gotten an injection of funds from joint fundraising committees […]
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US House committee subpoenas Pam Bondi to testify on DOJ’s ‘mismanagement’ of Epstein probe
U.S. Department of Justice officials were set to brief members of the House Oversight Committee on its much-criticized investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s yearslong sexual misconduct Wednesday, one day after the committee formally sent Attorney General Pam Bondi a subpoena compelling her testimony. The subpoena, issued under a resolution the committee voted to approve March 4, […]
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Arizona Republicans can’t agree on how to revive expired school funding plan
Nearly a year after a critical public school funding plan expired, there is still no clear path to reviving it and teachers are opposed to the proposal being tentatively pushed by Republican lawmakers. Last year marked the end of Proposition 123, which pulled in $300 million in annual revenue for K-12 public schools for a […]
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Trump floats $200 billion request to pay for his Iran war, dwarfing earlier estimates
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday didn’t rule out asking Congress for an additional $200 billion to cover the cost of his war in Iran, a substantial sum that will likely be difficult to move through both chambers. “It’s a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy top,” he said […]
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Cesar Chavez’s sexual abuse allegations unmask his biography as a grotesque and elaborate lie
The deeply disturbing news, more than 30 years after his death, that American civil rights hero and Arizona icon Cesar Chavez now stands accused of sexual abuse and assault, including by at least two women who were children at the time, is a tragedy of profound and manifold proportions. Let’s start by talking about the […]
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Many ACA customers are paying higher premiums. Most blame Trump and Republicans, poll finds.
Most people who get their health coverage through the Affordable Care Act say they face sharply higher costs, with many worried they will have to pare back other expenses to cover them, according to a poll released Thursday. Some are uncertain whether they will be able to continue paying their premiums all year. Still, 69% […]
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‘No end in sight’: Senate Republicans again refuse to stop Trump’s war in Iran
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans and one Democrat blocked another War Powers Resolution Wednesday night to stop President Donald Trump from further military action in Iran without authorization from Congress. The resolution failed to advance, 47-53. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., broke with Democrats to join Republicans in opposing the measure. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., voted […]
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Arizona Republicans stuff vetoed proposals into a must-pass agency extension bill
Republicans in the Arizona Legislature are trying to revive vetoed legislation that would place burdensome restrictions on food benefits and force hospitals to inquire about patient immigration status by inserting them into a vital agency continuation bill. When Rep. Selena Bliss, R-Prescott, introduced House Bill 2728, it was a procedural piece of legislation that would […]
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Federal appeals court tosses Arizona GOP lawsuit seeking to purge 1.27 million voters
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that tossed out a lawsuit by Arizona Republicans that accused the state of violating federal law and sought to purge up to 1.27 million voters from the rolls. In 2024, then-Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Gina Swoboda, who is now running for the nomination of her party […]
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GOP senators want to add mail-in voting limits and transgender bans to ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ voter ID bill
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators debated Wednesday whether the federal government should change how Americans register to vote and cast a ballot, with Republicans maintaining alterations are necessary to safeguard elections and Democrats arguing a new law would add unnecessary obstacles. Tensions over the issue were on full display when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., […]
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