Attorney General listsens to recent college graduate Noemi Lucero, who is a member of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program after her parents brought her to the United States as a 12-year-old, during a June 15, 2026, roundtable on the 14th anniversary of DACA. (Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez/Arizona Mirror)
Mayes marks DACA anniversary by vowing legal fight as Trump targets Dreamers
On the 14th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes vowed to keep defending the Dreamers who were brought to the country as children and remain undocumented.
“I want every Dreamer in Arizona to know this: You have an attorney general in me who will fight for your rights, fight for your families and fight to...
Voters wait in line at the Memorial Presbyterian Church to vote in the 2024 Election in Maricopa County on Nov. 5, 2024, in Phoenix, Ariz. In November, voters will decide whether to require ID for mail voting, a proposal that could reshape voting statewide. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Votebeat)
Republican legislators put measure to change voting procedures on November ballot
In a contentious late-night vote, the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature on Friday placed a measure on the November ballot that, if passed by voters, would significantly alter voting in the state.
The measure, HCR 2001, would make various changes to voting procedures, most notably requiring all voters, even those who vote by mail, to provide “valid government-issued proof of identity.” If voters...
Justin Gaethje talks to President Donald Trump after defeating Ilia Topuria in a lightweight title bout during UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House on June 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump celebrates 80th birthday with UFC bloodsport, conspiracy theories at the White House
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday Sunday cageside at a multimillion-dollar bloody mixed martial arts event staged on the White House South Lawn, punctuated by fighter jet flyovers, a live military band and fireworks to mark the country’s 250th anniversary.
It also included the airing of a conspiracy theory about a former first lady, Michelle Obama, during...
Fourteen state attorneys general are asking the EPA to classify the abortion medication mifepristone as a water contaminant. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Republican attorneys general urge EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant
Republican attorneys general from 14 states and 19 GOP members of Congress are asking U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to classify and regulate the abortion medication mifepristone as a water contaminant.
Mifepristone is prescribed as part of a two-drug medication regimen to...
A weatherproof tarp covers the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on June 15, 2026. (Photo by Sam Gauntt/States Newsroom)
Kennedy Center under wraps: Tarp hides facade days after Trump name was forced down
Days after President Donald Trump’s name was removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a large tarp and scaffolding was still blocking the building’s facade from public view Monday afternoon.
Construction crews took Trump’s name off the center early Saturday morning after...
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