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Rural hospitals, SNAP cuts, Medicaid: Democrats force tough votes on GOP...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walks back onto the Senate floor after speaking to reporters at the U.S. Capitol Building on June 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Andrew Harnik |...
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Battles over public lands loom even after sell-off proposal fails
Eagletrail Mountains Wilderness, an area west of Phoenix managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Photo by Bob Wick | Bureau of Land ManagementHunters, hikers and outdoors lovers of all stripes...
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Hundreds evacuated as wildfire near Navajo Nation capital grows to nearly...
The Navajo Nation police and McKinley County firefighters watch smoke rise into the sky as the Oak Ridge Fire burns in the distance on June 29, 2025. Photo Courtesy of the Navajo Nation Police...
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US Senate narrowly passes GOP megabill after overnight session, sending it to...
Republican Sens. John Barrasso of Wyoming, John Thune of South Dakota, Mike Crapo of Idaho and Lindsey Graham of South Dakota speak to reporters after passage of their sweeping tax break and spending...
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The prisoner who rewrote Arizona law
Abelardo Chaparro, 50, outside of his home in Apache Junction. Chaparro's case has set precedent for other cases like his where parole was discussed but never given as an option. Photo by Jerod...
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Hobbs warns of ‘devastation’ for Arizonans if Trump’s desired budget cuts go...
Gov. Katie Hobbs at a ceremonial signing of the budget on July 1, 2025. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorGov. Katie Hobbs sent a warning to Republicans in Congress debating a federal...
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Trump administration tells states it’s freezing $6.8 billion for K-12 school...
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing executive orders in the Oval Office on April 23, 2025. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer and...
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Hobbs signed 10 bills modeled from far-right playbooks, including Project 2025
Gov. Katie Hobbs speaks at a press conference on July 1, 2025, after a ceremonial signing of the budget she officially signed last week. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorPublic health...
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Federal changes could end up ‘cutting holes’ in HIV safety net, experts say
A patient has blood drawn as he receives a free HIV test from a medical assistant in Miami. The giant tax and spending bill under consideration in the U.S. Senate would bar clinics that provide...
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Republicans rewrote the US Senate megabill in its last moments
The U.S. Capitol on June 30, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The final “big beautiful bill” approved by Senate Republicans Tuesday included some last-minute changes on...
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Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill will slash health care for legal immigrants to...
A woman and her child are assisted by a US Marine while browsing through donated clothing at Fort Pickett on December 16, 2021, in Blackstone, Virginia. Fort Pickett normally operates as an Army...
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Tempe health company hit by phishing scam, then exposed clients in warning email
Screenshots of an email obtained by the Arizona Mirror sent to clients of Tempe-based Crisis Preparation and Recovery Inc. alerting them to an email that exposed other clients email addresses as the...
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GOP’s massive tax cut bill stalls as Freedom Caucus rebels over $3.4 trillion...
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters before heading to the House chamber for a procedural vote on the "One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act" at the U.S. Capitol on July 2, 2025 in...
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Hobbs begs congressional delegation to reject Trump’s tax bill, save rural...
Gov. Katie Hobbs on April 9, 2024, at a press briefing reacting to the Arizona Supreme Court's ruling that an 1864 near-total abortion ban is enforceable. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona...
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Revival of program to compensate families sickened by uranium included in...
Navajo uranium miners at the Rico Mine in Southwestern Colorado in 1953. Photo courtesy of The Navajo Uranium Miner Oral History and Photography Project at the Center for Southwest Research, University...
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Judge halts Trump border ‘invasion’ order that suspended asylum claims
Customs and Border Protection agents question families who have presented themselves at the Paso del Norte bridge to request asylum on May 11, 2023. (Photo by Corrie Boudreaux for Source NM)WASHINGTON...
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Anti-abortion leader argues US was not ready for Roe or Dobbs decisions
Americans United for Life has written model legislation that called for "Defunding Abortion," targeting organizations including Planned Parenthood that also provides reproductive health care services...
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Climate change pushes Arizona into ‘uncharted territory’ with deadly heat
Photo via Getty ImagesIn 2024, the max temperature in Phoenix sat at or above 100 degrees for approximately 30% of the year — and that non-stop consecutive heat has environmental advocates and doctors...
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Republicans clear Trump tax package for signature despite warnings of...
The U.S. Capitol as lawmakers worked into the night on the "big beautiful bill" on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans cleared the “big, beautiful...
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Trump’s immigration agenda gets $170 billion, making ICE the largest law...
Federal authorities detain a man after attending a court hearing at immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on July 1, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty...
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Record 174 vetoes highlight Arizona’s partisan gridlock under divided government
Gov. Katie Hobbs gives the annual State of the State address in the Arizona House of Representatives on Jan. 13, 2025. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0In Arizona, a divided state government...
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Trump signs $3.4 trillion deficit-boosting tax and spending cut package at...
President Donald Trump holds up the "big, beautiful bill" that was signed into law as during a Fourth of July military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025 in Washington,...
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They’re calling her an influencer. She’s calling it campaign strategy.
Deja Foxx poses for a portrait at her home in Tucson on June 21, 2025. Photo by Courtney Pedroza for The 19th TUCSON, ARIZ. — On a Saturday afternoon, Deja Foxx is staging a TikTok Live in her living...
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States scramble to shield hospitals from GOP Medicaid cuts
A respiratory therapist checks on patients in a Chicago hospital in 2022. States are scrambling to shield their hospitals from the looming loss of hundreds of millions in federal funding under the tax...
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Abrego Garcia lawyers try to return him to Maryland, fearing removal to third...
A protester holds a photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia as demonstrators gather to protest against the deportation of immigrants to El Salvador outside the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United...
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‘Part of our culture’: Navajo Nation’s Oak Ridge Fire response includes...
A flock of sheep is gathered in a pen as they wait for a much-needed haircut from a group of Diné volunteers during a shearing event held on July 4, 2025, at the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds to help sheep...
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Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration officials over ‘defunding’...
Planned Parenthood has about 600 clinics in 48 states, and according to their calculations, more than 1.1 million patients could lose access to care because of a provision in the massive budget bill...
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Trump floats high tariffs on Japan, Korea and more countries by Aug. 1
President Donald Trump is displayed on a television screen as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 7, 2025 in New York City. Markets around the world fell dramatically as...
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As AZ lawmakers oppose Trump’s tariffs on Mexican tomatoes, FL farmers cheer...
Photo by Mitch Perry | Florida PhoenixThe U.S. Department of Commerce’s announcement that it will withdraw from an agreement with Mexico controlling tomato imports is being applauded by Florida...
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Court swiftly halts Trump administration’s one-year Planned Parenthood...
A Planned Parenthood clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah, is pictured on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Photo by McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)WASHINGTON — The federal government cannot withhold Medicaid...
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Trump seeks to ban Chinese farmland ownership, claw back existing purchases
A farmer on a tractor sprays soybean crops. (Photo by Westend61/Getty Images)President Donald Trump’s administration will pursue a ban on Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland as part of an effort to...
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With the Oak Ridge Fire mostly contained, the work shifts to the ‘tough’ job...
Navajo Nation Council Delegate Brenda Jesus talks with her team as they prepare to visit homes in the Oak Springs area on July 4, 2025, to deliver donations to support them through the Oak Ridge Fire....
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Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist Steve Benson dies at 71
Steve Benson and Claire Ferguson after their wedding in March 2020. Photo courtesy Claire FergusonSteve Benson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist known for his sharp wit and incisive...
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In new lawsuit, pregnant doctor says RFK Jr.’s vaccine policy puts her at risk
An immunization nurse carries a tray with a COVID-19 vaccine at Borinquen Health Care Center in Miami, Florida. Photo by Joe Raedle | Getty Images via The 19th A pregnant physician is at the center of...
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Here’s what Maricopa County voters should do if they get proof-of-citizenship...
Maricopa County Recorder's Office sent this letter to voters who will need to provide proof of their citizenship to continue to vote in state and local elections. The letter explained that an initial...
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Trump’s tax bill eliminates clean energy incentives, costing Arizona billions
Image of Sun Streams 4, part of the Longroad Energy Sun Streams Complex about 40 miles west of Phoenix. This part of the project will generate 377 MW and have a storage capacity of 1200 MWh. Image...
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‘We won’: Navajo Nation lifts all evacuations as Oak Ridge Fire nears...
Two Navajo community members look at a map of the Oak Ridge Fire boundaries during a town hall meeting at the Window Rock Fighting Scouts Field House on July 8, 2025. Photo by Shondiin Silversmith |...
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Steve Benson’s greatest gift wasn’t his art — it was his heart
Cartoon by Chris BrittFor nearly five years, my job came with a perk that sometimes left me feeling like I needed to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming: I was the first person to see every new...
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Judge turns down attempt by Trump administration to dismiss Abrego Garcia suit
Maryland Democratic U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey, who represents the district where Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife live, led the chant “bring him home” outside the U.S. District Court for the District of...
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Federal judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order in class action...
Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, joined demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, May 15, 2025, to protest the Trump administration's effort to strip...
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Doctors, advocates hold out hope for appeals in abortion privacy rule case
A 2024 provision under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects reproductive health information from disclosure to law enforcement when care was legally obtained, such...
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‘Indigenous lives matter’: Arizona’s Turquoise Alert for missing Indigenous...
A mural placed on a stage symbolically depicts the grief and violence Indigenous women face. In the background, advocates for an end to that violence paint signs to march with later. Photo by Gloria...
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Top ICE official dodges questions about Abrego Garcia’s deportation in...
Protesters outside the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt rally on April 4, 2025, in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, calling for him to be returned to the U.S. (Ariana...
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Trump’s deportation campaign undermines local murder prosecution in Tucson
comPima County Attorney Laura Conover during a press conference in April 2024. Photo by Paul Ingram | TucsonSentinel.comIn the early morning hours of June 30, Ricky E. Miller Sr. was shot while sitting...
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US Senate GOP under pressure on Trump demand to defund NPR, PBS, foreign aid
The National Public Radio headquarters in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Congress has just one week left to approve the...
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‘We’re real people’: Arizona Medicaid recipients brace for devastating cuts
Care workers with the Service Employees International Union participate in a living cemetery protest at the US Capitol June 23, 2025. Workers denounced the impact to patients, families and workers if...
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‘Ag-to-Urban’ sacrifices Arizona’s water future for development profits
An aerial view of farmland which is irrigated by the water from the long-depleted Colorado River on May 25, 2023, near Yuma, Arizona. Photo by Mario Tama | Getty ImagesAs Arizonans, we understand all...
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Judge likely to keep Abrego Garcia detained to prevent quick deportation
A protester holds a photo of Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia as demonstrators gather to protest against the deportation of immigrants to El Salvador outside the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to...
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Judge’s order blocking Planned Parenthood funding ban unlawful, Trump DOJ says
A Planned Parenthood clinic in Salt Lake City is pictured on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge Friday to...
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Kelly: Republicans cut health care and food for AZ families so the wealthy...
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona, speaks to a group of union workers, advocates and community members on July 11, 2025, in Phoenix about the impacts of deep cuts to safety net programs for...
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