Risa Lombardo is running for governor as a Green Party candidate, but she was a Republican precinct committeeman until less than a week before she re-registered and launched her campaign. (Photo via iStock/Getty Images Plus)
She sold MAGA merch. Now she’s running for governor as a Green Party candidate.
Risa Lombardo was a Republican precinct committeeman until days before she filed a statement of interest to run for Arizona governor as a Green Party candidate in 2026.
In 2023, Lombardo was hawking “Kari Won” buttons and supporting far-right Republican campaigns...
Hugh Lytle, an independent candidate for governor, held a press conference on Feb. 16, 2026, outside of the state house to criticize a bill that would make his party name, the Arizona Independent Party, illegal and he said would derail his campaign. (Photo by Dermont Stevenson/Cronkite News)
Court clears the way for entrepreneur Hugh Lytle to run for Arizona governor as an independent
Independent candidate for Arizona governor Hugh Lytle is still in the running after both challenges trying to block him from the ballot were rejected.
“The judge’s decision is not a personal win for me...
Participants in a welding program for minimum-security inmates are pictured at Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Oct. 7, 2024. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)
Trump’s ‘Make America Skilled Again’ job training program would slash existing funding by $1.2 billion
WASHINGTON — Tucked into President Donald Trump’s new budget request is a plan that could dramatically change — and, critics say, slash — how much money and help states provide to people needing jobs and training.
Trump’s latest budget proposes a federal “Make America Skilled Again’’ grant that would combine...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain an observer after making arrests in January in Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
How Republicans in Congress could fully fund ICE for years to come — and maybe do more
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are once again looking toward the complex budget reconciliation process as a way to achieve some of their policy goals without Democratic votes.
GOP leaders were able to use the special pathway last year to approve the “big, beautiful” law that extended tax cuts, overhauled and cut Medicaid...
An Iranian flag is planted in the rubble of a police station, damaged in airstrikes on March 3, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel have continued the joint attack on Iran that began Feb. 28. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
Republicans block Iran war vote, again, as poll shows voters blame Trump for gas prices 2-to-1
WASHINGTON — An effort to force President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval for further war actions in Iran failed in the U.S. Senate for the fourth time Wednesday, with all but one Republican continuing to support the president’s Middle East conflict...
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