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‘My dad didn’t go to war for nothing’: Pentagon scrubs Native American heroes...
Navajo Code Talkers and their family members met with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace at the Pentagon, Aug. 10, 2007. Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles...
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Trump ban on transgender troops blocked in court
An aerial view of the Pentagon on Oct. 28, 2018. (Photo by Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Quinn Hurt/Department of Defense)WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on...
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Arizona executes Aaron Gunches for 2002 murder after lengthy legal battle
Photo courtesy Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and ReentryAt 10:33 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19, Aaron Gunches died by lethal injection as punishment for the murder of Ted Price in...
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‘They heard us’: Indigenous advocates rally at Capitol for MMIP awareness
During a rally for missing and murdered Indigenous people at the Arizona Capitol on March 18, 2025, Jared Marquez (left) from the San Carlos Apache Tribe leaned over and placed a red handprint over...
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‘Magic money’: Arizona Republicans advance bills to legitimize cryptocurrency
Illustration via Getty ImagesRepublican measures aimed at bolstering cryptocurrency usage in the state by deeming it “legal tender” and creating a “strategic reserve” moved forward, despite concerns...
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What I learned from my conversations with a death row volunteer
Photo by xizeng lu | Getty ImagesAaron Gunches had spent 20 years asking the State of Arizona to kill him. Finally, at 10:33 a.m. on March 19, he got his wish. As he lay strapped to a gurney in the...
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Voters added abortion rights to the Constitution. Republicans want abortion...
Photo via Getty ImagesRepublicans in the Arizona Legislature want to put increased restrictions on medication abortions, in direct contradiction to a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to...
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A killer wrote his own death warrant and Arizona finally signed it
Photo by Pict Rider | Getty ImagesWhen the warden asked if he had any last words, Aaron Gunches squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head. He was strapped to a gurney in the execution chamber,...
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Why can you praise Jesus on your license plate, but not celebrate being gay?
Illustration by Jim Small | Arizona MirrorAs I was driving to get lunch the other day, I saw a luxury SUV with the license plate “JESUSNM” in the lane next to mine, a pretty obvious reference to...
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How Trump carved a pathway for his mass deportations through executive orders
A section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall near El Paso, Texas, on June 6, 2024. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Among the flurry of executive orders President Donald Trump signed...
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Republicans advance ‘backdoor abortion ban’ despite voter-approved protections
A protester at a Planned Parenthood Great Northwest rally in Boise, Idaho, holds up a sign about the EMTALA case on April 21, 2024. Photo by Otto Kitsinger | Idaho Capital SunLast year, Arizonans took...
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Politics derails bill criminalizing ‘stolen valor’ claims in Arizona
Rep. Walt Blackman, R-Snowflake, speaks at a March 19, 2025, press conference about his legislation to criminalize some stolen valor claims. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorArizona...
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Tribal flags removed from Phoenix VA hospital under new federal policy
The Carl T. Hayden Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Phoenix. Public domain imageThe flags of Arizona’s 22 tribal nations have been removed from the Carl. T. Hayden VA Medical Center in...
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Trump signs order directing Education secretary to shut down her own department
U.S. President Donald Trump stands with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon after signing an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room...
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Trump administration reported to consider expanding military role along...
A Texas National Guardsman observes as Border Patrol agents pat down migrants who have surrendered themselves for processing, May 10, 2023. (Photo by Corrie Boudreaux for Source NM)WASHINGTON — The...
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Innocent Venezuelans were deported to a brutal El Salvador prison because of...
President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele said hundreds of Venezuelan migrants deported from the U.S. to a prison in his country under the Alien Enemies Act would perform hard labor for up to a year,...
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Lawmakers approve DCS funding transfer after heated partisan debate
Photo via Getty ImagesKids in the care of the Arizona Department of Child Safety won’t have to sleep in the agency’s offices next week, after a bipartisan group of legislators voted to transfer funds...
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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez rally thousands at ASU against ‘billionaires buying...
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on stage in Tempe on March 20, 2025. The pair are touring swing states to host "Fight Oligarchy" rallies. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy |...
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At attorney general town hall, catharsis and calls to action for weary Democrats
Attendees watch from the overflow room — the cafeteria of North High School in North St. Paul — the second stop in a series of “Community Impact Hearings” hosted by five blue-state attorneys general on...
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Trump, who has his own meme coin, promotes crypto at industry conference
President Donald Trump spoke Thursday, March 20, 2025, to a crypto industry conference. (Photo illustration by Namthip Muanthongthae / Getty Images)President Donald Trump signaled his continued support...
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