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States’ nuclear energy growth needs federal action to follow Trump’s vocal...
The shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania, pictured on Oct. 10, 2024. The plant’s owner, Constellation Energy, plans to spend $1.6 billion to refurbish the...
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FEMA leader ousted, one day after publicly opposing agency’s elimination
Cam Hamilton, at the time senior official performing the duties of the administrator at FEMA, testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee on May 7, 2025. (Screenshot from House...
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Hobbs vetoes GOP bill ‘weaponizing’ legislative contempt authority
Image via Getty ImagesThe Arizona Legislature won’t be able to sic county sheriff’s offices on people who ignore their subpoenas and people who testify at the state Capitol won’t face felony charges if...
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Puzzled senators question Trump’s FBI chief on nonexistent spending plan
FBI director Kash Patel testifies before a U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Photo from U.S. Senate webcast)WASHINGTON — The case of the missing Federal Bureau of...
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Trump wants SCOTUS to greenlight deportation of 532,000 immigrants with...
The U.S. Supreme Court, as seen on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday made an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the...
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‘Out of control’: Kristi Noem on defense over Homeland Security spending overrun
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrives for a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Thursday, May 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo...
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Arizona’s cannabis industry struggles as Q1 sales plummet 13% from 2024 levels
Photo by Faith Miller | Cronkite NewsAfter falling in 2024, marijuana sales in Arizona accelerated their slide in the first quarter of 2025, falling more than 13% over the prior year. The decline was...
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Momnibus Act aims to improve maternal health nationally despite budget cuts
The death of a friend spurred Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood of Illinois to champion the Momnibus Act, legislation aimed at improving maternal health outcomes in the United States. (Photo by...
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August default looms without debt limit action, Treasury Department warns
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent prepares to testify before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 16, 2025, in...
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Trump again tries to defund NPR and PBS, sparking a new congressional battle
A protester holds a sign in support of funding for public media during a May 1, 2025, rally at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka as part of a 50501 national day of action. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas...
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Trade war cools as US, China announce temporary tariff reduction to 10%
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent prepares to testify before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 16, 2025 in...
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Trump executive order aims to slash prescription costs to match lower...
A pharmacy manager retrieves a bottle of antibiotics. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at lowering drug prices by pressuring...
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9,000 Afghans who helped the U.S. fight the Taliban will lose deportation...
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem walks past reporters after doing a TV interview with Fox News outside of the White House on March 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna...
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U.S. House GOP mandates Medicaid work requirements in giant bill slashing...
The U.S. House will begin debate in committee this week on a bill that would cut Medicaid spending. (Getty Images)WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans plan to debate and approve the three final pieces...
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Hobbs blocks GOP bill requiring Arizona governments to help with Trump...
Image via Getty ImagesGov. Katie Hobbs vetoed 35 bills on May 12, including a GOP-backed measure that would force every level of government in the Grand Canyon State to assist in President Donald...
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GOP bill would shift up to 25% of SNAP costs to Arizona and other states
Boxes of sugary cereal, including those from General Mills, fill a store's shelves on April 16, 2025, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)The U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s portion...
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Republicans tackle Medicaid cuts, threatening health care for millions, in...
Capitol Police remove a protester in a wheelchair from the House Energy And Commerce Committee hearing room during the committee markup of part of the budget reconciliation package on May 13, 2025 in...
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Governor vetoes GOP bill to close schools on Election Day, convert gyms to...
Image via Getty ImagesA Republican proposal that would have closed Arizona schools on Election Day and forced them to allow their gymnasiums to be used as polling places was vetoed Tuesday for being...
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‘Extreme and toxic’: Democrats in Congress mount opposition to GOP tax cut...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries holds a press conference May 13, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Democrats Tuesday criticized...
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Trump asks Supreme Court to reverse its own order blocking Venezuelan...
Prison officers stand guard at a cell block at maximum security penitentiary CECOT, or Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism, on April 4, 2025, in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador.. (Photo...
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