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ICE wants to build detention mega-sites across America. Even Trump country is saying no.
WASHINGTON — New Hampshire’s Republican governor, frustrated with little information about the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to put a new detention facility in her state, joined local Democrats to oppose the move and disclosed DHS plans to retrofit warehouses across the nation to expand immigrant detention. Two Republican members of the U.S. Senate, one […]
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A year of trade chaos: Trump’s Liberation Day tariff anniversary brings new orders and Democratic attacks
WASHINGTON — One year after President Donald Trump announced his now-illegal “Liberation Day” tariffs, he marked the anniversary by signing executive orders adjusting duties on pharmaceuticals and metals as Democratic critics slammed economic fallout from Trump’s trade policies. Last April 2, Trump shocked American businesses and global markets when he declared a national emergency to […]
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Arizona’s Kalshi prosecution sparks federal lawsuit in escalating regulatory clash
Three weeks after Arizona filed criminal charges against online prediction market company Kalshi for allegedly violating the state’s gambling laws, the Trump administration sued the Grand Canyon State, saying it has no authority to regulate prediction markets. The lawsuit from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that oversees prediction markets, accuses Arizona of […]
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A bill to keep child sex offenders on probation scrambles party lines
In aiming to stop anyone who is convicted of dangerous crimes against children from ever being able to terminate or modify their terms of probation, Republican Sen. Janae Shamp has said her legislation will only apply to the “worst of the worst.” But attorneys, judges and even some of the criminals themselves say it’s not […]
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States say ICE pulled Medicaid data despite court order
A coalition of 22 states told a federal court that the Trump administration appears to have violated a court order that limited the types of health data that could be shared with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation proceedings. Back in December, a court allowed ICE to pull some basic information from Medicaid, the […]
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Republicans want colleges to pair adoption info with every STI test and condom
Republicans in the state legislature want every public university student in Arizona who receives contraceptives or testing for sexually transmitted infections from their school health office to receive information about adoption. House Bill 2040 would require public schools, colleges and universities to provide students with information about adoption any time they provide those students with […]
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Trump says the Iran War will end soon, but also vows to bomb the country ‘back to the stone ages’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said during a primetime address Wednesday that the U.S. military’s “little journey” in Iran will conclude “very shortly.” “We are systematically dismantling the regime’s ability to threaten America or project power outside of their borders. That means eliminating Iran’s navy, which is now absolutely destroyed, hurting their air force and […]
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Phoenix says its ICE policy is legal. A GOP lawmaker wants Kris Mayes to decide.
In response to growing backlash against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement actions, the Phoenix City Council last month adopted a policy that bars federal agents from using city property to plan or carry out raids. One Republican lawmaker says that violates Arizona law. On Tuesday, Rep. Quang Nguyen, R-Prescott, filed a complaint with the Arizona […]
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Democratic AGs’ 100th Trump lawsuit targets rollback of power plant emissions rules
Democratic attorneys general this week filed their 100th lawsuit against the Trump administration, part of a coordinated legal strategy. And the attorneys general say they are winning most of their court cases against the administration. Of the 67 cases with court rulings, the Democratic Attorneys General Association says its members have won 55 of those […]
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Appeals court blocks Republicans’ bid to dismantle Grand Canyon national monument
Arizona’s legislative leaders can’t dismantle a new national monument near the Grand Canyon that they claimed would harm both the state and local governments, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. In the memorandum ruling, a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with a lower court ruling made more than […]
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‘We are drafting the lawsuit right now’: Trump’s mail ballot order faces immediate legal fight
Democrats and other opponents of President Donald Trump’s executive order clamping down on mail ballots prepared Wednesday to challenge the directive, signaling the start of another fight between states and the White House over elections. The order, which would create a national list of voting-age American citizens and directs the U.S. Postal Service to place […]
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Republicans back plan to force more classroom spending by threatening funding cuts
More than 1,000 teachers walked away from the profession last year, the latest fallout from the state’s yearslong inability to keep teachers in the classroom. To address that, Republicans don’t want to boost school funding to increase salaries, but instead want to force school districts to spend the majority of their existing budgets on classroom […]
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White House calls Arizona’s nearly $5 gas a ‘short-term disruption’ as Hegseth refuses to rule out ground troops
WASHINGTON — The White House defended skyrocketing gas prices Tuesday as a “short-term disruption” during the ongoing war in Iran, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the administration will not “foreclose any option” in the conflict, including boots on the ground. Briefing publicly for the first time since March 19, Hegseth said it will […]
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White House calls Arizona’s nearly $5 gas a ‘short-term disruption’ as Hegseth refuses to rule out ground
WASHINGTON — The White House defended skyrocketing gas prices Tuesday as a “short-term disruption” during the ongoing war in Iran, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the administration will not “foreclose any option” in the conflict, including boots on the ground. Briefing publicly for the first time since March 19, Hegseth said it will […]
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‘Everyone born here is a citizen alike’: Supreme Court poised to reject Trump’s birthright citizenship order
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday seemed poised to reject the Trump administration’s attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, and instead uphold the country’s long understanding of citizenship by birth on American soil. If a majority of Supreme Court justices strikes down President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship […]
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Arizona part of coalition of states suing Trump administration over toxic air rule rollback
A coalition of 21 state and local governments filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a 2024 rule that established limits for toxic air pollutants. The regulation, known as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule, limits emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants. It covers pollutants including mercury, arsenic, lead and […]
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Trump escalates election takeover bid with ‘clearly unconstitutional’ executive order targeting mail-in voting
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Tuesday that attempts to restrict mail-in voting, a White House priority certain to face significant legal challenges. The order directs the U.S. Department of Homeland Security along with the Social Security Administration to compile a list of voting-age American citizens in each state and share it […]
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Supreme Court sides with Christian counselor in conversion therapy free speech case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a conservative Christian counselor who argued that Colorado’s 2019 law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ minors may violate her First Amendment right to free speech. The court’s 8-1 opinion, authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, holds that the Colorado law seeks to “regulate speech based on viewpoint,” and […]
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Is the United States becoming like Germany in the 1930s? Yes and no.
Editor’s note: This essay is now being incorporated into an emergency collection of prose and poems called ICE OUT: MINNESOTA AUTHORS RISING UP, published by Minnesota-based Afton Press and Calumet Editions. “Was Germany in the 1930s anything like the US now?” I get asked that a lot, not because I was there but because my […]
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Rep. Walt Blackman faces ballot challenge over $168,000 in unpaid campaign finance fines
Republican Rep. Walt Blackman is facing an election challenge from a former political rival who says the northern Arizona Republican should be disqualified from seeking reelection because he owes the state more than $168,000 in fines and penalties for late campaign finance filings. Steve Slaton, who owns the Trumped Store in Show Low, a popular […]
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