Marlene Galan-Woods (left), Rick McCartney, former state Rep. Amish Shah and Jonathan Treble participate in the 2026 AZ Clean Elections primary debate for the 1st Congressional District at Sneaky Big Studios in Scottsdale on June 23, 2026. (Pool photo by Diannie Chavez/The Arizona Republic)
Democrats in CD1 agree Trump is the problem, but differ on how to take him on
Both of the Democratic front-runners in a Phoenix-area congressional district that is among the most closely watched in the country this year put President Donald Trump center stage in a debate Tuesday, with each making their case to voters that...
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9th Circuit freezes DOJ appeal over AZ voter rolls while it weighs similar California, Oregon cases
A federal appeals court on Tuesday paused the U.S. Department of Justice’s appeal of a lower court ruling that the Trump administration has no right to Arizona’s voter registration database until two other cases are resolved.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order in the lawsuit, granting a request from DOJ that the Arizona case be put on hold until...
(Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor)
Hobbs vetoes bill to fast-track small nuclear reactors at Arizona data centers
A bill to allow utility companies to build small nuclear reactors without having to conduct environmental studies or public hearings and bar nearly all Arizona counties from regulating them was among the dozens of measures vetoed last week by Gov. Katie Hobbs.
The measure would...
Mylissa McNeill, sitting outside her home in Jacksonville, Ark., earlier this year, says she was denied prompt miscarriage care in August 2022. (Photo by Katie Adkins/Arkansas Advocate)
Miscarriage management remains muddled 4 years after Dobbs
Mylissa McNeill never expected to be a mother. But when she learned she was pregnant in the spring of 2022, at age 41, she and her partner were happy and excited at the prospect of parenting a little girl they planned to name Maeve.
On June 24, 2022, about one month after McNeill discovered she was pregnant, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned...
An observer is detained by ICE agents after they arrested two people from a residence on Jan. 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
No judge, no hearing: Appeals court OKs Trump’s nationwide fast-track deportations without due process
WASHINGTON — An appeals court Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to use fast-track deportations within the interior of the country and not just at the Southern border, a key pillar in the president’s mass deportation campaign.
The 2-1 decision...
The U.S. Supreme Court, on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
Legal protections for nearly 350,000 Haitians at risk as US Supreme Court nears ruling
Even with a valid driver’s license, Maryse Balthazar knows she lacks protection from what she dreads most: deportation back to Haiti.
Balthazar, a nursing assistant, often hesitates to leave her home in South Florida, worried that...
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