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ICE director Todd Lyons admits he didn’t know some deportation countries existed
The leader of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted that he had never even heard of some of the countries his agency has been deporting immigrants to. “Now we are actually removing people to countries that I didn’t even know existed,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said during a panel discussion at the 2026 Border […]
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Arizona’s criminal case against Kalshi permanently blocked by federal judge
A federal judge has permanently blocked Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes from prosecuting Kalshi, halting the state’s unprecedented attempt to criminally charge an online prediction market company with violating state gambling laws. Even though regulating gambling is “among the most rudimentary exercises of state police power,” Judge Michael Liburdi concluded that federal law preempts the […]
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Democrats newly energized to reform ‘illegitimate’ US Supreme Court after voting rights decision
After the U.S. Supreme Court severely weakened the federal Voting Rights Act in an April 29 decision, a furious U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries condemned what he called an “illegitimate” conservative majority on the court. “This isn’t even the Roberts Court,” Jeffries said, referring to Chief Justice John Roberts. “It’s the Trump Court.” Democrats […]
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Senate Republicans want to give Trump $1 billion for his ballroom
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans released a roughly $70 billion spending package Monday night that will keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol operating for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term without any of the new constraints Democrats have demanded. The legislation also includes $1 billion “to support enhancements by the United States […]
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‘I can’t even sleep’: Arizona immigrant hit with $1.8M fine for staying in US
Sanchez was already nervous about receiving a letter from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, but nothing could prepare him for seeing the dollar amount the government said he owed them: $1,820,252.00 The Cuban landscaper, who came to the United States with his family 20 years ago, was floored. The Arizona Mirror isn’t identifying Sanchez […]
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Arizona GOP budget clears legislature on party-line votes, heads straight for Hobbs’s veto pen
The Arizona Senate voted along party lines Monday to pass a package of GOP budget bills that are now headed for a veto from the state’s Democratic governor. The Republicans who control the state legislature introduced their $17.9 billion budget package a week ago, touting its tax cuts and continuation of existing funding for K-12 […]
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Hugh Lytle can stay on governor ballot despite UPS Store address, AZ Supreme Court rules
Even though Hugh Lytle used the address of his private mailbox at a UPS Store on his nominating paperwork instead of his home address that state law demands, the Arizona Supreme Court said the No Labels Party candidate for governor nonetheless “substantially complied” with the requirements and will remain on the ballot. In this situation, […]
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Gas prices jump again as Trump turns to new plan for Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON — Americans saw prices at the pump sharply rise in recent days as the nationwide average cost for a gallon of regular gas shot up 38 cents over the past week, according to GasBuddy. The motor club AAA clocked the average price of regular gas at $4.46 per gallon and diesel at $5.64, as […]
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Arizona’s GOP budget: Tax breaks for data centers and Roth IRAs, cuts for the people who need food
Arizonans’ budgets are strained with sky-high gas and grocery prices, paired with cuts to safety net programs, but the legislators who created the GOP’s budget proposal for the state brushed off concerns that most working families are struggling to pay their bills. The Republicans who control both chambers of the Arizona legislature released their budget […]
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DCCC backs Marlene Galán-Woods in crowded Democratic primary to flip Schweikert’s seat
In the highly competitive and crowded Democratic field to replace U.S. Rep. David Schweikert in Congress, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Monday announced it is backing Marlene Galán-Woods. The DCCC has added Galán-Woods to its “Red to Blue” program, giving her an edge over the five other other Democratic candidates vying for the nomination, […]
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Judge strikes down rule requiring counties to aid voters who go to wrong polling place
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes can’t force election officials to provide a way for voters who show up at the wrong polling place to cast a valid ballot, according to a new court decision striking down a key provision of the state’s election rulebook. In 2023, Fontes wrote a policy into the state’s election […]
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Arizona, ranked 49th, would have to boost school funding by 50% just to hit the national average
Arizona now ranks one place away from dead last in the country for spending on public school students. This week, the National Education Association released its annual report on public school spending and teacher pay. The worst state for per-pupil funding was Tennessee, with just $11,723 spent on K-12 public school students during the 2024-2025 […]
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More than a quarter of abortions used telehealth. A federal court just shut that down nationwide.
One of the main methods of obtaining abortion medication for those living in states with bans is now blocked nationwide, after a federal appeals court decision issued Friday afternoon. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule from 2023 that allowed mifepristone, one of two drugs used to terminate […]
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Nearly 1 in 3 immigration arrests in AZ since August are ‘collateral’ arrests of noncriminals
A quarter of immigration arrests since August were labeled by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as “collateral,” a type of arrest and detention that’s been challenged in court as an end run around civil rights. Public outrage and lawsuits over the arrests may be tamping down the large-scale sweeps that foster them, but tens of […]
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How the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act and what comes next for redistricting
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision gutting the federal Voting Rights Act could upend American politics and trigger a new rush to redraw congressional districts. The opinion released on Wednesday, in a case called Louisiana v. Callais, holds sweeping consequences for how states and local governments draw district lines at all levels of government, from Congress to […]
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The Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act. It may change how maps are drawn in Arizona.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to weaken a key section of the Voting Rights Act could change how election boundaries are drawn in Arizona — most immediately through a potential lawsuit to challenge its existing state legislative maps. Several experts who spoke with Votebeat within hours of the high court’s decision said any such challenge […]
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New DOJ ruling clears the way to deport 500,000 Dreamers without first revoking their status
WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus raised serious concerns Thursday about the impact of a recent Department of Justice decision that will make it easier to deport hundreds of thousands of people brought into the country unlawfully as children, referred to as Dreamers. Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said the April 24 decision from the Department […]
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Mayes won’t appeal ruling that her office broke public records law over Judicial Watch request
An appellate court ruled that Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’s office broke the law when it gave a conservative advocacy group almost no information about dozens of emails and documents it said weren’t public records. The court also found that the Attorney General’s Office failed to justify redacting names from one document and inadequately searched […]
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Trump, US House speaker prod GOP states to gerrymander after voting rights ruling
President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court decision weakening the federal Voting Rights Act as he urged one governor to gerrymander his state and praised another for suspending an approaching primary. The court’s decision on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as unconstitutional and empowered other Republican states to break […]
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Can a candidate for governor list a UPS Store as his home address? Arizona’s high court will decide.
If the Arizona Supreme Court doesn’t kick a third-party candidate for governor off the ballot for listing a P.O. box as his address on key paperwork, then a state law requiring candidates to declare their actual residential address will be unenforceable, attorneys challenging Hugh Lytle’s candidacy argued in a legal filing this week. “According to […]
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