Lawmakers sue DHS for blocking congressional visits to immigrant detention sites
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora, operated by private prison firm GEO Group, is pictured on Jan. 30, 2025. U.S. Rep. Jason Crow said he was denied entry to the...
View ArticleText messages show how MariCo Recorder Justin Heap pressured supervisors for...
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors discusses the county's budget at a June 23, 2025, meeting in Phoenix. Two supervisors provided their text messages with Recorder Justin Heap in response to a...
View ArticleAlfredo Gutierrez showed Arizona the power of marching in the streets
Alfredo Gutierrez, 78, returned to ASU in 2024 after being kicked out in 1968 for protest activity. In May 2024, he graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in liberal studies from the...
View ArticleACLU sues Pima County sheriff over immigration contact records in traffic stops
Photo from Facebook/Pima County Sheriff’s DepartmentA civil rights organization is taking the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to court to force it to reveal how often deputies contact federal...
View ArticleRacist AI-generated cartoons targeting a GOP lawmaker spark outrage
Rep. Quang Nguyen, R-Prescott Valley, in 2022. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0A local news website run by a disgraced former state lawmaker who has faced child sex charges and espoused...
View Article‘Devastating’ spending cuts: Advocates decry Trump tax law’s harm to Latino...
U.S. Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velazquez, both New York Democrats, speak to the media opposite the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building, where they unsuccessfully attempted to gain access to...
View ArticleTrump EPA moves to eliminate foundation for climate change regulations
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, center, announces his agency's plans for deregulation from an Indianapolis trucking facility on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. At left is Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and at right is...
View ArticleArizona school voucher program ignored state audit law for nearly a year,...
Illustration via Getty ImagesFor almost a year, Arizona’s school voucher program was too busy for Arizona Department of Education employees to even attempt to comply with a new state law requiring...
View ArticleNavajo Nation president, vice president reconcile after year-long rift
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and Vice President Richelle Montoya announced their reconciliation efforts on July 24, 2025. Photo courtesy of the Navajo Nation Office of the PresidentAfter nearly...
View ArticleFor America’s 250th birthday, Trump champions ‘patriotic education’ in...
A tour guide speaks about the painting of the Declaration of Independence in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on July 3, 2025. The Trump administration's new history and civics education program asks teacher...
View ArticleWithout public notice, U.S. Olympic officials ban transgender women from...
The Olympic Rings logo is pictured in front of the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee. Photo by Fabrice Coffrini | AFP/Getty Images via The 19th An announcement was never made, and the...
View ArticleTrump strikes EU trade deal with 15% tariffs as court challenge looms
President Donald Trump and European Union leaders announced a trade framework over the weekend that will set 15% import taxes on EU goods. (Photo by Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and...
View ArticleFederal judge blocks Congress’s effort to block Medicaid funding for Planned...
Earlier this month, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said the state would provide $11 million in funding if Planned Parenthood loses its lawsuit and federal support. There are 30 clinics in the state that...
View ArticleTrump administration targets EPA’s authority to address global warming emissions
Heavy traffic moves along Interstate-395 on Nov. 22, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has submitted a proposal to scrap a years-old...
View ArticleTesla wants to bring ‘robotaxis’ to AZ, a skeptical tech engineer says they...
In an aerial view, Tesla cars sit parked in a lot at the Tesla factory on April 20, 2022 in Fremont, California. Photo by Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesTesla wants to bring autonomous “robotaxis” to...
View ArticleUS Education Department to unfreeze contested K-12 funds
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C., in a file photo from November 2024. Photo by Shauneen Miranda | States NewsroomWASHINGTON — The Trump administration said...
View ArticleAppeals court affirms nationwide block on birthright citizenship order
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's order blocking President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order from going into effect nationwide, despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court...
View ArticleTexas man sues California doctor for mailing abortion pills to his partner
A Texas man’s lawsuit against a California physician he accused of sending abortion pills to his partner is the first test of a reproductive health shield law in federal court. Photo by Tiago Fernandez...
View ArticleFewer than half of ICE arrests under Trump are convicted criminals
A woman holds up a large banner that reads: “ICE is here! Take precautions,” in Spanish at the Phoenix Immigration Court in Phoenix on May 28, 2025. ICE agents have detained people at the court, where...
View ArticleAZ Congresswoman promises to keep oversight pressure on ICE
U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari speaks to reporters on April 22, 2025, at Sky Harbor International Airport following her return from El Salvador, where she and other Democrats tried to visit Kilmar Armando...
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