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Rand Paul confronts DHS nominee Mullin over ‘anger issues’ at contentious hearing
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, the president’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, on Wednesday in his confirmation hearing was challenged with questions about his “anger issues” by the fellow Republican who heads the Senate committee that oversees the department. Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, chair of the Committee on […]
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‘A solution in search of a problem’: Election officials pan the SAVE America Act and the ‘chaos’ it will cause
The voting overhaul measure that the U.S. Senate began debating Tuesday would cause major headaches for underfunded state and local election officials, without meaningfully stopping fraud, according to a collection of voting rights advocates and elections officers. The so-called SAVE America Act, which President Donald Trump is relentlessly pushing, would create chaos for state and […]
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Senate begins debate on SAVE Act that Democrats say will disenfranchise millions
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans pressed forward Tuesday with a bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and a photo ID to cast a ballot, despite long odds the legislation will ever become law amid bipartisan opposition. The 51-48 vote to formally begin debate on the measure, which GOP lawmakers have […]
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Why Justin Heap’s plan to change 137 voters’ registration status raises legal questions
Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap said he plans to soon refer suspected noncitizen voters identified via a federal system to law enforcement for prosecution and change their registration status, but election lawyers and experts questioned whether his office is following the correct legal process. Heap, a Republican, said during a live interview on Friday with […]
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In unprecedented move, Arizona files criminal charges against prediction market company Kalshi
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed criminal charges against the online prediction market company Kalshi, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling business in the state and flagrantly violating a state law barring wagering on elections. “Kalshi may brand itself as a ‘prediction market,’ but what it’s actually doing is running an illegal gambling operation […]
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Arizona border fund debate reignites fight over state role in immigration enforcement
Last year, after a brief political tussle over whether the money could be spent on immigration enforcement, Gov. Katie Hobbs and lawmakers set aside $18 million for law enforcement agencies to carry out drug interdiction. This year, Hobbs and Republican legislators want to increase that funding, but Democrats remain wary about whether it will amount […]
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Pain of soaring gas prices compounded by electricity rate increases across states
WASHINGTON — Electricity rates “increased significantly” in nearly every U.S. state in 2025, with residents in a dozen states seeing at least a 10% jump, according to a congressional report released by Democrats Tuesday. Minority members of the Joint Economic Committee released state-by-state figures from monthly utility bill data showing, on average, American households paid […]
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Arizona Republicans advance anti-Muslim resolutions weeks after attacks at a Phoenix mosque
Resolutions crafted by a GOP lawmaker who called Muslims “f***ing savages”, that would designate the country’s largest Muslim advocacy group a terrorist organization passed their first hurdle in the Arizona Senate on Monday. The measure from Rep. John Gillette, R-Kingman, will have no practical effect beyond serving as a statement of the legislature’s beliefs. House […]
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Utility profits rise as household bills soar, new analysis finds
Investor-owned utility profits have soared as consumer utility bills have skyrocketed in recent years, according to a new analysis of dozens of electricity providers. The Energy and Policy Institute, a watchdog group tracking fossil fuel and utility industries, analyzed financial disclosures from 110 investor-owned electric utilities between 2021 and 2024, as well as available 2025 […]
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A perfect storm is hitting state budgets — and the most vulnerable will feel it most
A perfect storm has arrived on the ledgers of many state budgets, bearing down on the people who often need help the most. Federal and state policy decisions, the end of pandemic aid and long-term fiscal trends — such as people aging into Social Security benefits — are requiring states to take a tougher look […]
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Immigration enforcement threatens housing security, rippling through local economies
As federal immigration officers made more “at-large” arrests in communities across the country in the first year of the current Trump administration — including at homes, places of worship and workplaces — more than 1,100 Nebraska families developed family safety plans in the event a parent or breadwinner faced detention or deportation. These plans help […]
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GOP-backed ‘preborn child’ legislation could imperil future abortion access
Over a year ago, Arizona voters told Republican lawmakers to stay out a woman’s decision to terminate a pregnancy. That hasn’t stopped them from pushing laws that include phrases like “unborn” or “preborn child,” and reproductive rights experts say that’s an intentional strategy to chip away at abortion access. Israel Cook, the state legislative counsel […]
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Rhetoric versus reality: Facts about the abortion pill
As telehealth access to abortion medication has grown in the years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, anti-abortion groups and attorneys general from states with abortion bans are accelerating efforts to ban access to the medication, including by attempting to revoke the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill sued […]
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Trump’s DHS pick Markwayne Mullin would inherit Kristi Noem’s messes
WASHINGTON — If Oklahoma GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin is confirmed by the Senate to lead the Department of Homeland Security, he will take over an agency that has faced a weeks-long funding lapse, public blowback to its immigration enforcement strategy and a bottleneck of disaster relief awards left by his predecessor that drew bipartisan ire. […]
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Rural Arizonans fight bill that would let a hedge fund sell their water to Phoenix
A New York City-based hedge fund wants to pump water from an aquifer in rural La Paz County to sell it to Phoenix. Despite fierce opposition from the people who live there and rely on the aquifer, a GOP-led push at the state Capitol to let that happen is attracting bipartisan support. The McMullen Valley […]
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DOJ lost three voter data lawsuits. Now it’s suggesting it won’t accept the midterm results as legitimate.
The U.S. Department of Justice has begun connecting its push to obtain sensitive personal data on millions of voters to whether the upcoming midterm elections will be fair and secure, laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to potentially cast doubt on the results. The Justice Department has sued 29 states and the District of […]
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Hospital administrators push back on bills to protect doctors, nurses from radiation exposure
A trio of Republican bills with bipartisan backing aimed at requiring hospitals to provide new protections for health care professionals against long-term radiation exposure risks is running into stiff opposition from hospital administrators. The legislation is a reaction to the increased cancer rate among cardiovascular interventionalists, heart specialists who specialize in surgeries and procedures that […]
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Federal order seeks major capacity increase at proposed Marana ICE detention center
A former prison in Marana slated to become an immigration detention center has a capacity of 513 people, according to state documents. But a procurement order released by the federal government aims to push that capacity to 775. That’s a change that local advocates say would be devastating for detained people. “There is no way […]
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Arizona’s 2020 election lies are back — and the people who spread them now work for Trump
Arizona is once again at center stage for false election claims after federal agents subpoenaed 2020 election information from the state Senate and unfounded allegations from President Donald Trump have led to a flurry of debunked election conspiracy theories resurfacing online. On Monday morning, Trump shared an article that claimed that the Federal Bureau of […]
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Trump keeps delaying action on abortion pill, and the anti-abortion movement is losing patience
For the second time this year, the Trump administration is trying to at least delay another legal attempt to curb access to medication abortion. The U.S. Department of Justice late Friday afternoon asked a federal court in Missouri to either pause or dismiss a lawsuit over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision last year to approve […]
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