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Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship reaches Supreme Court as justices...
Four nationwide injunctions have been issued in connection with President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. (Getty Images)WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday...
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Arizona joins growing list of states requiring ID for online porn access
Photo via Getty ImagesGov. Katie Hobbs signed legislation that will require Arizonans to prove they are at least 18 years old before accessing online pornography by either submitting a...
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‘Very, very big tax cut’: Republicans advance package with Trump campaign...
A measure passed by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee allows individual taxpayers such as waiters and waitresses to deduct qualifying tips earned throughout the year, a tax break that would end...
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A sweeping national private school voucher program was tucked inside the GOP...
A proposal in the U.S. House would allocate $5 billion a year in tax credits for people donating to organizations that provide private and religious school scholarships. (Getty photos)WASHINGTON — A...
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U.S. House panel passes GOP plan that cuts Medicaid by $625B, adds work...
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., left, and ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., right, speak during a markup with the committee on Capitol Hill on May 13, 2025 in...
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Noem, Democrats tangle over protest at New Jersey immigrant detention center
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty...
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States would be on the hook for billions under U.S. House GOP bill making...
A “SNAP welcomed here” sign is seen at the entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. (Getty Images)The U.S. House Agriculture Committee approved, 29-25, Wednesday evening its portion of...
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‘Nothing to be surprised about’: Governor’s office responds to Horne’s...
Photo via Getty ImagesThe head of Arizona’s public schools said he was surprised that the governor vetoed two pieces of anti-trans legislation that he claimed were common sense and would protect girls...
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U.S. Supreme Court appears divided over birthright citizenship and nationwide...
Hundreds gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, May 15, 2025, to protest the Trump administration's effort to strip birthright citizenship from the Constitution. (Photo by Ashley...
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No proof of work could mean no Medicaid — and women stand to lose the most
House lawmakers are trying to advance a bill that would cut about $715 billion from Medicaid, a program that provides health insurance for nearly 80 million Americans, including caregivers, children...
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EPA transfers carbon injection well oversight to Arizona amid growing safety...
A carbon injection well in Illinois. Photo via Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignArizona will have total control over regulation of underground wells to store...
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The U.S. House GOP backed a child tax credit bump. Josh Hawley wants much more.
Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a ceremonial swearing-in with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., as his wife Erin Morrow Hawley, and children Elijah, Blaise and Abigail, look on at the U.S. Capitol...
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From sexual assault response to missing person protocols: How systems failed...
A memorial honoring San Carlos Apache teen Emily Pike can be seen at the intersection of Mesa Drive and McKellips Road in Mesa, the location where she was last seen in January. Photo by Shondiin...
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“Complete free-for-all”: House Republicans seek 10-year pause on state AI...
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas shakes hands with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman following a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Thursday, May 8, in Washington, D.C....
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Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ stalls in as far-right Republicans break ranks...
The U.S. House Budget Committee votes on Friday, May 16, 2025 on a massive reconciliation package. The vote failed, 16-21. (Screenshot from House webcast)WASHINGTON — Republicans suffered a major...
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Trump admin tells judge wrongly deported man ‘will not return’ to the US,...
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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After Hobbs signs Axon carve-out bill, opposition group plans multi-pronged...
Axon brought a mobile tactical simulator to the Arizona Capitol on March 4, 2025, as part of its effort to back legislation that would stop a ballot referendum in Scottsdale brought by residents...
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Trump move to deport Venezuelans violated due process, U.S. Supreme Court rules
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, May 16, 2025, that the Trump administration's attempt to deport a group of Venezuelans under an 18th-century wartime law "does not pass muster." (Photo by Jane...
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Conservatives on U.S. House Budget Committee switch votes, advance GOP package
The U.S. Capitol is pictured on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on the Budget Committee moved the “one big, beautiful” reconciliation bill a...
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Two secretaries of state unpack the lessons of proof-of-citizenship laws for...
Secretaries of state Adrian Fontes of Arizona and David Scanlan of New Hampshire discussed the impact of proof-of-citizenship laws in a conversation moderated by Votebeat Arizona reporter Jen Fifield....
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