U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs on July 21, 2026, after he was declared the winner of the Republican primary election for governor. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
Doctors warn Andy Biggs’ record on healthcare, abortion should alarm Arizona voters
Arizona doctors and progressive organizations are warning voters that Republican gubernatorial nominee Andy Biggs has a long record as an elected official of attacking access to healthcare and abortion care...
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Mayes tells federal court it’s too early to block Prop. 314, says no one has been arrested yet
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says it’s too soon for a lawsuit to be filed against a 2024 law that would allow local police officers to arrest unauthorized immigrants because no one has been arrested under it yet.
Earlier this month, the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, a legal nonprofit that offers pro bono defense for people facing deportation proceedings, filed a lawsuit against the law, arguing that it flies in the face of federal authority and should be permanently blocked. The group requested...
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Deborah Begay wins JP primary while facing judicial misconduct charges over Facebook post
Maricopa County’s first Native American justice of the peace, Deborah Ann Begay, is facing charges of judicial misconduct for a complaint that she used her status as a judge to obtain special treatment for a friend’s son.
Begay, who is Navajo, worked as a justice of the peace for the Moon Valley precinct of the Maricopa County Justice Court from 2021 to 2025. After she lost the 2024 election, she worked as...
Soldiers at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on July 22, 2026, carry Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who died July 18, 2026, from injuries suffered during an enemy attack on July 17, 2026, at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan. (Photo by Jason Minto/U.S. Air Force)
Congress splits on curbing Trump’s war powers in Iran as 4 more soldiers die and gas prices spike
WASHINGTON — One day after President Donald Trump attended the dignified transfer of the remains of four U.S. service members killed as a result of the Iran conflict, the two chambers of Congress were at odds over whether to rein in the president’s military powers in the monthslong war.
While members of the U.S. House approved a War Powers Resolution 214-208, with four Republicans joining all Democrats, lawmakers in the U.S. Senate rejected...
Investigators work near the Houston location of a fatal ICE shooting July 7. Statistics released July 20 show a record number of immigration arrests in June and an even higher rate in early July. (Photo by Jon Shapley/The Texas Tribune)
ICE arrests hit record 43,000 in June as detentions and fatal traffic stops escalate
Immigration arrests reached 1,593 per day in early July in a new push to detain and deport immigrants that has led to deaths in traffic stops. There were more than 43,000 arrests in June, the highest recorded by the Trump administration, according to statistics released Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reflecting new bookings into detention facilities.
The June monthly total surpassed the 42,000 arrests in December, which included...
Salad greens for sale at a bodega in Astoria, New York. The number of cases of cyclosporiasis has more than doubled to over 4,173 cases across 41 states this week. (Photo by Shalina Chatlani/ Stateline)
Cyclosporiasis outbreak surges to over 4,173 confirmed cases
The number of cases of cyclosporiasis — a parasitic infection linked to contaminated water or food that causes severe intestinal issues — has more than doubled to over 4,173 cases across 41 states this week, up from the 1,645 confirmed cases in 34 states reported last week by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cyclosporiasis causes symptoms that include watery or “explosive” diarrhea, nausea and...
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