A handful of 2024 races are headed to a recount, including one legislative seat
An elections worker scans mail in ballots at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on Nov. 7, 2022. Photo by Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesElection season is over, which means it’s now...
View ArticleTrump picks Dr. Oz to run mammoth Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced his intent to nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In this photo, Oz speaks at a March 15, 2022...
View ArticleFed’s recent rate cuts could improve borrowing options for state and local...
A Connecticut Department of Transportation crew works on an Interstate 95 bridge on Nov. 05, 2023, in Westport, Connecticut. The Federal Reserve’s rate cut earlier this month could mean lower borrowing...
View ArticleFrom jurisdictional issues to lack of resources, Indigenous women testify on...
A panel of women testifying Nov. 20, 2024, to the House Appropriations Committee oversight hearing on Investigating the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women listen as Maulian Bryant (left)...
View ArticleU.S. House Speaker Johnson bans trans women from women’s bathrooms at the...
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday issued an order banning transgender women from using women's bathrooms in some parts of the U.S. Capitol. In this photo, Johnson, right, answers...
View ArticleElection Day bomb threats sent to Maricopa, Pima counties were identical
Maricopa County voters wait in line on Nov. 5, 2024, the same day that 10 Arizona counties received Election Day bomb threats. Photo by Caitlin Sievers | Arizona MirrorBomb threats sent to Maricopa and...
View ArticleU.S. House ethics panel Republicans vote against disclosure of Matt Gaetz report
Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be attorney general, walks alongside Vice President-elect J.D. Vance as they arrive for meetings with senators at the...
View ArticleHow will bolstered Republican majorities in AZ legislature contend with Hobbs...
Illustration by teddyandmia | iStock / Getty Images PlusFortified Republican majorities in both chambers of the Arizona Legislature, coupled with a decisive win by Donald Trump at the top of the...
View ArticleAfter online attacks against her by an incoming school board member, a Mesa...
Tami Staas is suing eight people in a civil lawsuit for defaming her. Photo by LOOKOUTWhen Tami Staas was first called a “groomer” and perverted on a popular far-right blog site, she decided it wasn’t...
View ArticleSmall fire extinguished in Arizona congressman’s office
The Cannon House Office Building is shown in a photo from December 2020. (Photo courtesy of Architect of the Capitol)WASHINGTON — Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs’ staff extinguished a small fire in...
View ArticleMatt Gaetz bows out as Trump’s pick for attorney general
Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz leaves a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 3, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Former Florida...
View ArticleAbortion foes strategize to get Trump to ban some abortions while keeping his...
Donald Trump spoke at the March for Life rally in January 2019 during his first term as president. Photo by Mark Wilson | Getty ImagesThe 2024 election results created complicated new realities for...
View ArticleAfter ‘counting ballots faster than we ever have,’ Maricopa County certified...
Election workers open 2024 election ballots at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on Nov. 5. Maricopa's two-page ballot took longer than anticipated to remove from...
View ArticleDonald Trump tells U.S. Senate Republicans they ‘must kill’ journalist shield...
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a House Republican Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty...
View ArticleBorder Patrol shrunk in Trump’s first term. Now he wants 10,000 more agents.
Border Patrol agents intercept immigrants near Eagle Pass, Texas, in August 2019. Photo by Jaime Rodriguez | U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionWASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump has promised to...
View ArticleThey shared their abortion stories on the campaign trail. They’re not done...
Lauren Miller poses for a portrait at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, in March 2023. Photo by Montinique Monroe | The 19th Lauren Miller already had a bad feeling about how things would turn...
View ArticleTrump’s sentencing on NY hush money felony convictions indefinitely postponed...
President-elect Donald Trump on stage with former first lady Melania Trump during an election event at the Palm Beach Convention Center early on Nov. 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chip...
View ArticleAs Cochise County certifies election, Peggy Judd looks back at the vote that...
Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd voted to certify the 2024 presidential election on Nov. 20, 2024 in Bisbee, Arizona. Photo by Jen Fifield | VotebeatWILLCOX, Ariz. — Peggy Judd knew exactly what...
View ArticleTrump still has not signed critical transition agreements allowing access to...
The South Portico of the White House is seen Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)WASHINGTON — Less than two months before being sworn into office, President-elect...
View ArticleSome in the venture capital community backed Trump. Here’s what’s next
Tesla owner Elon Musk, right, was hardly alone in the tech sector in supporting the reelection efforts by Donald Trump, left. Many Silicon Valley investors and innovators were hoping for a lighter...
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