Latino rights group sues GOP legislative leaders over bans on protesters from Capitol LUCHA sued Arizona's top legislators for banning protest members from the Capitol for the rest of the legislative session

Alejandra Gomez, the executive director of LUCHA, denounced the bans as an “abuse of power” and a violation of civil rights

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War crimes experts: Trump's Iran threats would be illegal if carried out | Arizona Mirror Experts say Trump's Iran threats would be war crimes, exposing troops to future prosecution at home or abroad

“The next administration could come in and investigate our service members for alleged war crimes. And they should, to demonstrate renewed fidelity to U.S. law, to the law of war.”

How Trump’s SAVE America Act could make it harder for married women to vote | Arizona Mirror The SAVE America Act could make voting harder for millions of women whose names don't match their birth certificates

“Given that 85% of American women change their name when they get married, the impact on women is going to be huge and it’s going to be very problematic.”

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Population at the Mesa facility dropped sharply in the seven days after Democrats Yassamin Ansari and Greg Stanton announced their visit — then climbed again almost immediately after

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RFK Jr. touts IHS funding at tribal conference while spreading false claims about diabetes RFK Jr. told tribal leaders diabetes is curable through diet while touting IHS funding at an Arizona tribal conference

“Type 2 diabetes is curable,” Trump's health secretary said. “You can reverse the diagnosis by changing the food source.”

That isn’t true.

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Court ruling lets Arizona abortion provider mail pills and see patients by telehealth Arizona's largest abortion provider is mailing pills and offering telehealth after a court voided multiple restrictions

A February ruling that struck down Arizona's telehealth ban and two-trip requirement has allowed the state's largest abortion provider to cut costs and reach more patients

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AG nearly done investigating GOP legislative candidate who may have voted illegally since 2012 | Arizona Mirror The Arizona AG's investigation into Neil DeSanti for allegedly voting illegally in 16 elections is nearly complete

Neil DeSanti has voted at least 16 times since 2012. He's never been legally registered to vote, and a bid to restore his civil rights in 2024 was rejected.

He's once again running for the #azleg.

But he may be facing serious criminal charges soon.

Arizona’s drop in SNAP participation signals potential nationwide impact of Trump legislation More than 400,000 Arizonans have lost their SNAP benefits since July — the largest decline in the nation by a wide margin

Because of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, more than 400,000 Arizonans have lost their SNAP benefits -- including 180,00 children

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Hegseth declares 'historic victory' after ceasefire declared, while Iran claims 'historic defeat' of the US | Arizona Mirror US and Iran both claimed victory after the ceasefire as strikes continued and Iran kept control of the Strait of Hormuz

Oil prices dropped sharply and stocks surged on ceasefire news, but Iran retained control of the Strait of Hormuz and strikes continued across the Gulf region

AG nearly done investigating GOP legislative candidate who may have voted illegally since 2012 | Arizona Mirror The Arizona AG's investigation into Neil DeSanti for allegedly voting illegally in 16 elections is nearly complete

State prosecutors are nearly finished with their criminal investigation into GOP legislative candidate Neil DeSanti for allegedly voting illegally since 2012

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No Labels governor candidate Hugh Lytle faces two challenges to boot him from ballot | Arizona Mirror Hugh Lytle faces two ballot challenges to his Arizona governor run, one filed by a law firm tied to Gov. Hobbs

A law firm that previously represented Katie Hobbs filed a challenge arguing that Hugh Lytle's nominating petitions used a business address instead of the residential address required by law

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Senate President Petersent refers AG Mayes and Secretary Fontes to DOJ for obstruction Warren Petersen referred Kris Mayes and Adrian Fontes to the DOJ after they asked what voter data he handed over to the FBI

The Senate president referred his likely attorney general opponent to the DOJ after she asked whether confidential voter data was included in records he gave the FBI

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'Extremely sick' Trump threatens ‘a whole civilization will die’ in Iran later tonight as deadline looms | Arizona Mirror President Donald Trump continued to escalate his rhetoric against Iran Tuesday, threatening that “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”

“Each Republican who refuses to join us in voting against this wanton war of choice owns every consequence of whatever the hell this is,” the top Senate Democrat said

Arizona Republicans file complaint against Pima County's policy barring ICE from county property Arizona Republicans asked the AG to investigate Pima County's policy barring ICE from county property without a warrant

“We're seeing Democrat-run local governments put radical political agendas ahead of public safety," Senate President Warren Petersen said

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Trump threatens to commit war crimes in Iran by bombing bridges, power plants, schools and hospitals | Arizona Mirror Trump refused to rule out bombing civilian infrastructure in Iran and dismissed concerns it would constitute war crimes

President Trump said the US military would bomb bridges, power plants and maybe even hospitals and schools if Iran won't agree to his terms to end the war by tomorrow night, including free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz

Trump's birthright citizenship case could do more than end a right — it could reverse one | Arizona Mirror The birthright citizenship case raises fears that accepting Trump's logic could allow retroactive citizenship revocation

“Birthright citizenship is not just a legal principle. It’s a statement about who we are as a nation. It affirms that America is not defined by bloodlines or exclusion, but shared values and equal rights.”

County recorders, Republican lawmakers push for more say on elections rule book Arizona Republicans advanced a bill giving county recorders and legislative leaders formal input on the state's elections rulebook

Republicans say years of litigation over the Elections Procedures Manual prove the current process is broken

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Turning Point USA is ballot harvesting — the practice its leaders spent years demonizing Turning Point USA, which spent years attacking ballot harvesting, is now collecting ballots door-to-door in the SRP board election

Turning Point USA's volunteers are collecting completed ballots from voters in the Salt River Project service area — a practice the group's late founder Charlie Kirk spent years attacking

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Arizona joins coalition of states suing to block Trump's mail ballot executive order | Arizona Mirror More than 20 states sued to block Trump's mail ballot order, saying states — not the president — control elections

“The greatest threat to the safety and security of our elections is Donald Trump continuing to lie about them.”

Voter registration drives helped 2.1 million Americans in 2024. Trump's SAVE Act would end that. | Arizona Mirror The SAVE America Act would end voter registration drives that helped register 2.1 million Americans in the 2024 election cycle

Every form of voter registration drive would effectively end under the SAVE America Act as currently drafted in the Senate

ICE wants to build detention mega-sites across America. Even Trump country is saying no. | Arizona Mirror Republicans are pushing back against ICE plans to build immigrant detention warehouses in communities across the country

“I think for a lot of people, it sounds and looks a lot like we’re building an infrastructure for concentration camps.”

A year of trade chaos: Trump's Liberation Day tariff anniversary brings new orders and Democratic attacks | Arizona Mirror Trump signed new tariff orders on pharmaceuticals and metals on Liberation Day's one-year anniversary

“We can thank the Trump tariffs for imposing thousands of dollars in additional costs on everyday Americans, small business owners and farmers throughout the country.”

Arizona's Kalshi prosecution sparks federal lawsuit in escalating regulatory clash | Arizona Mirror The CFTC sued Arizona over its Kalshi indictment, saying state gambling laws cannot apply to prediction markets

The Trump administration's CFTC sued Arizona over its efforts to regulate Kalshi, escalating a legal battle that could reach the Supreme Court

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A bill to keep child sex offenders on probation scrambles party lines Attorneys and a former U.S. attorney say Arizona's child sex offender probation bill eliminates judicial discretion and goes too far

“I thought the Republican Party was supposed to be about less government involvement. All they keep doing is making policies and statutes, the same as my HOA.”

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Republicans want colleges to pair adoption info with every STI test and condom | Arizona Mirror An Arizona bill requiring adoption information with STI testing passed on party lines and is headed for a Hobbs veto

“It replaces tailored evidence-based counseling with a one-size-fits-all, state-scripted message, undermining professional judgment and effective sex education.”

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Trump says the Iran War will end soon, but also vows to bomb the country 'back to the stone ages' | Arizona Mirror Trump promised the Iran war would end "very shortly" in a primetime address that offered little new as civilian casualties mounted

In his 18-minute address to the nation about the war in Iran he launched, Trump largely recycled statements that he and Cabinet officials have been making for several weeks