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Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ for loyalists has no modern precedent, presidency scholar says
President Donald Trump’s extraordinary $1.776 billion fund to pay off allies and others who say they have been wronged by past administrations has drawn widespread condemnation by opponents, including some Republicans, who characterize it as an act of brazen corruption. But the Trump administration’s push to reward its supporters also harkens back to an earlier era […]
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Maricopa County recorder asks judge to hold board of supervisors in civil contempt of court
Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap is asking a judge to hold the county’s board of supervisors in civil contempt, escalating a longstanding and messy dispute over election control as the state primary creeps closer. Heap’s filing in Maricopa County Superior Court accuses supervisors of flouting an April 16 judgment from the same bench that ordered […]
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Measles, whooping cough spike amid low vaccination rates
Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa. Nationally there have been 1,983 measles cases this year, nearly the 2,288 total for all of 2025, which in itself was the […]
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USPS moves to implement Trump mail voting order, would require states to share voter lists
The U.S. Postal Service on Friday took its first major step to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, proposing a rule that would require states to submit lists of voters before mailing ballots. But the proposed rule appears to smooth over some of the rougher edges of the executive order, […]
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Enviros sue to protect snail in Quitobaquito Springs from border wall construction
The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity has sued the Trump administration for failing to protect a tiny snail, which only exists in Quitobaquito Springs—a Southern Arizona desert oasis threatened by plans to build a secondary border wall through the protected landscape. In an 11-page complaint, the environmental organization said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed […]
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Judge halts Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ critics call a payoff to political allies
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with a fund that opponents fear will be used to pay off the president’s political allies. Judge Leonie Brinkema in the Eastern District of Virginia issued a brief order halting the Department of Justice, the Treasury Department and other high-ranking administration officials from […]
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How Trump’s giant ‘slush fund’ sparked lawsuits, roiled Republicans and revived Jan. 6
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has attracted scrutiny for its corruption potential, even splitting congressional Republicans who rarely confront President Donald Trump’s decisions and policies. Among the top concerns: Could pardoned Jan. 6, 2021, riot defendants who assaulted police officers claim a slice of the pie and essentially be rewarded […]
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‘Heil!’: Deer Valley school board member gives Nazi salute during scheduling dispute
A Deer Valley Unified School District board member with a history of controversy is facing calls to resign after she gave a Nazi salute during the board’s meeting on Tuesday. “Heil! Heil!” board member Kimberly Fisher said as she raised her arm outstretched in the same manner as the infamous salute used by the Nazi […]
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The Pentagon says Trump’s Iran war has cost $29B. Democrats want CBO to check the math.
WASHINGTON — A group of U.S. Senate Democrats has sent a letter to the head of the Congressional Budget Office, asking him to include outside projections for the cost of the Iran war in the agency’s official cost estimate. “The American people deserve to know the true costs of this conflict, and they deserve transparency […]
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Judge lets Trump’s mail-in voting order stand for now, setting up bigger fight ahead
A federal judge on Thursday declined to block President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, finding that it was too early to challenge the directive. The decision by D.C. District Court Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, represents a setback for Democratic groups, lawmakers and other groups including the NAACP that have sued to […]
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‘Super El Niño’ could make Arizona’s already brutal summers even worse, climate scientists warn
Experts say that Arizona this year is likely to see more of the record-breaking heat, deadly flooding and intense wildfires that have marked recent summers — and it could be even worse, thanks to the strong El Niño expected. “It has been one of the biggest weather stories we have seen,” Shel Winkley, a meteorologist […]
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States could purge voter rolls close to elections if Supreme Court takes Trump’s side in Arizona case
The Trump administration wants the U.S. Supreme Court to empower states to review their voter rolls for noncitizens just days before elections, a change that voting rights advocates say would risk disenfranchising Americans. The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to wade into a legal fight between the Republican National Committee and […]
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Hobbs launches multi-million-dollar reelection ad campaign touting working-class background
In her first campaign ads in her reelection bid, Gov. Katie Hobbs is touting her efforts to lower costs for Arizonans and fight for working families across the Grand Canyon State. Hobbs’ campaign said the two ads — one in English and one in Spanish — are the launch of a multi-million-dollar advertising campaign that […]
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Trump struck a deal for China to buy $17B a year in US ag products. Farmers are skeptical.
By Rebecka Pieder/Medill News Service WASHINGTON – In a deal that could provide a major trade boost for American farmers, the White House said that during the recent summit, China committed to buying at least $17 billion in additional U.S. agricultural products annually for three years. But Beijing has not confirmed the figure and farm […]
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Arizona added jobs in April, but its employment rate has been stuck at 2024 levels for 2 years
After seven months of lower employment rates than last year, Arizona’s job market finally saw positive growth in April, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A recent report from the Common Sense Institute, a conservative economic think tank, analyzed federal data and found that Arizona’s inability to top last year’s […]
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Justin Heap refers alleged noncitizen voters to AG’s office after strongly worded letters
After weeks of sparring with state prosecutors, Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap referred potential noncitizens that he claims to have found on the county’s voter roll to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office on Friday. His referral comes after the attorney general’s office suggested it could take legal action against Heap unless he handed over information […]
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Federal judges block Alabama’s racially discriminatory congressional map, order remedial districts
A three-judge panel on Tuesday morning blocked Alabama from using a 2023 congressional map the panel ruled racially discriminatory and ordered the state to use a remedial map aimed at giving Black Alabamians a chance to elect their preferred leaders. The order comes almost a month after the U.S. Supreme Court substantially weakened Section 2 […]
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DHS says Democrats are lying about overcrowding and broken toilets at the Mesa ICE facility
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused two Arizona Democrats of lying about what they saw during unannounced oversight visits of a Mesa facility and insisted that reports of overcrowding and overflowing toilets are false, in spite of the agency’s own data and information the congresspeople got directly from immigration agents working at the facility. […]
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Year-round ethanol blend bill passed by US House faces uncertain Senate path
Proponents of ethanol, including lawmakers from corn-growing states, say year-round sales of a gasoline blend containing 15% of the biofuel would give consumers a less expensive alternative to fill their gas tanks, boost energy supplies and benefit agricultural interests. So why hasn’t Congress allowed it? There’s credible skepticism about those claims — and opposition from […]
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IVF supporters and anti-abortion purists are on a collision course
An anti-abortion group last month sued seven Utah fertility clinics, claiming their disposal of embryos as part of the in vitro fertilization process violates the state’s wrongful death law. The ministry Voice for the Voiceless believes it has a strong case because Utah is one of four states — Alabama, Louisiana and Missouri are the […]
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