The Arizona Green Party says that gubernatorial hopeful Risa Lombardo is a “sham candidate” who is being propped up by Republicans. So far, she’s spent most of her public campaign funding with a Nevada company that was created just days before she qualified for Clean Elections money. (Photo by Jim Small/Arizona Mirror)
A mystery company, a MAGA activist and $1.1M: Inside Risa Lombardo’s ‘sham’ Green Party candidacy
Risa Lombardo, a former local GOP official who is accused of being a sham Green Party candidate for Arizona governor, spent 78% of her public campaign funding to pay a single Nevada business that was created 13 days before her first payment to it.
And those payments could constitute major violations of Arizona’s public campaign finance system, which has strict rules...
Migrants wait throughout the night on May 10, 2023, in a dust storm at Gate 42, on land between the Rio Grande and the border wall, hoping they will be processed by immigration authorities before the expiration of Title 42. (Photo by Corrie Boudreaux/Source NM)
ACLU asks federal court to block Prop. 314’s border-crossing crime days before it takes effect
An Arizona law that would empower local police officers and state judges to arrest and deport people who cross the state’s southern border without authorization is set to go into effect in just four days. An immigrant rights legal group is suing to prevent that from happening.
In 2024, 61% of voters cast their ballots in favor of Proposition 314, called the “Secure the Border Act.” The ballot measure enshrined...
The Warner Bros. logo is displayed on the water tower at Warner Bros. Studio on July 13, 2026, in Burbank, California. Twelve state attorneys general, including Arizona’s Kris Mayes, filed a lawsuit seeking to block Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. They argue that the merger would violate the Clayton Act, an antitrust law that prevents anticompetitive practices. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Arizona joins 12-state lawsuit to block Paramount’s $110B acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
Twelve Democratic-led states on Monday sued to block Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District for the Northern District of California, argues the merger violates Section 7 of the Clayton Act, a federal law prohibiting...
President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Judge blasts Trump for using the presidency to ‘manipulate’ courts in IRS lawsuit
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump “acted in bad faith” when he swiftly dropped his tax return lawsuit and directed his Cabinet members to establish a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, a federal judge in Florida ruled Monday.
Federal Judge Kathleen Williams of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida excoriated Trump...
Agents make an immigration arrest in April in Nashville, Tenn. A new federal appeals court ruling means many immigration prisoners from all over the country can still be held indefinitely without bond in some of the nation’s largest detention centers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. (Photo by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
Appeals court reverses decision on immigrant detention, leaving no-bond policy in place
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a July 2 panel decision requiring bond hearings for immigrants held under the Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy.
For now, that means many immigration prisoners from all over the country can still be held indefinitely without bond ...
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