U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump scrap deportation protections for 350,000...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will allow, for now, the Trump administration to terminate temporary...
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Photo via iStock Editorial/Getty Images PlusBehind closed doors, some of our state politicians are busy negotiating to force Arizona taxpayers to fork over up to $1 billion of our hard-earned taxes....
View Article‘It is a fight’: Patients, OB-GYNs and sexual health advocates determined to...
Members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists meet with a member of Congress during the organization’s Congressional Leadership Conference in March. (Courtesy of ACOG)There are...
View ArticleMaricopa County poised to hire national consulting firm for review of...
An employee at Runbeck Election Services monitors early ballots being printed at the company's facility in Phoenix. Photo by Jerod MacDonad-Evoy | Arizona MirrorMaricopa County supervisors are poised...
View ArticleRFK Jr. insists upcoming ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report won’t target...
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Screenshot from committee webcastWASHINGTON — U.S. Health...
View ArticleDemocrats probe IRS nominee Billy Long over fake tribal tax credits
Former U.S. Rep. Billy Long, nominee for Internal Revenue Service commissioner, testifies before the Senate Finance Committee at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Screenshot from...
View ArticleGiant tax and spending bill in U.S. House remains snagged by GOP disputes
President Donald Trump arrives with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., for a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty...
View ArticleDemocrats in Congress decry ‘outrageous’ DOJ charges against New Jersey...
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON —...
View ArticleRepublican legislators call for more solutions to the missing and murdered...
Rep. Teresa Martinez speaks during a press conference at the Arizona State Capitol Rose Garden on May 20, 2025, to urge action and raise awareness about the missing and murdered Indigenous peoples...
View Article‘Mayhem’ as ICE officials arrest multiple people at immigration court in Phoenix
Protesters opposing legislation that will require local police departments to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement carry signs in front of the Arizona Senate building on Feb. 17, 2025. Photo by...
View ArticleNative leaders, advocates gather for Emily’s Law bill signing ceremony
Gov. Katie Hobbs participates in a bill signing ceremony for House Bill 2281 ion May 21, 2025. Photo by Shondiin Silversmith | Arizona MirrorSurrounded by the flags of Arizona’s 22 Tribal Nations,...
View ArticleDemocrats on U.S. House spending panel grill Education Secretary McMahon over...
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon testifies at a hearing of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on May 21, 2025....
View ArticleTrump administration violated order on deportations without due process,...
Detainees board a plane chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at King County International Airport on April 15, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. Photo by David Ryder | Getty...
View ArticleU.S. House GOP revamps giant budget bill in bid to appease hard right
U.S. House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md., center, speaks to reporters on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at the U.S. Capitol. From left are Republicans Keith Self of Texas, Scott Perry of...
View ArticleArizona to execute Richard Djerf for 1993 quadruple murder of Phoenix family
Arizona has carried out most executions with lethal injection since 1992, but with a litany of changing protocols and problems, which ultimately halted executions in the state for eight years. Photo...
View ArticleU.S. House Republicans push through massive tax and spending bill slashing...
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The U.S. House early Thursday...
View ArticleFrom courthouse ambushes to citizen deportations, Trump is weaponizing...
Activists protest the agenda of President Donald Trump during a rally near the water tower on the Magnificent Mile on Jan. 25, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)A day...
View ArticleFederal judge temporarily halts Trump’s plan to gut Education Department,...
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education must temporarily reinstate...
View ArticleRFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report targets childhood wellness but...
President Donald Trump points during a White House event for the release of Make America Healthy Again commission report on May 22, 2025. Also pictured are, from left, Agriculture Secretary Brooke...
View Article‘Damned if you do, damned if you don’t’: Activists guard Phoenix immigration...
Protesters gather at the immigration court in downtown Phoenix to guard against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting people showing up for their scheduled court hearings. Photo by...
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