Deer Valley Unified School District board member Kimberly Fisher (far left) gives a Nazi salute at the close of the governing board’s May 26, 2026, meeting. (Screenshot via YouTube)
‘Heil!’: Deer Valley school board member gives Nazi salute during scheduling dispute
A Deer Valley Unified School District board member with a history of controversy is facing calls to resign after she gave a Nazi salute during the board’s meeting on Tuesday.
“Heil! Heil!” board member Kimberly Fisher said as she raised her arm outstretched...
President Donald Trump looks on during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on May 27, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
How Trump’s giant ‘slush fund’ sparked lawsuits, roiled Republicans and revived Jan. 6
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has attracted scrutiny for its corruption potential, even splitting congressional Republicans who rarely confront President Donald Trump’s decisions and policies.
Among the top concerns: Could pardoned Jan. 6, 2021, riot defendants who assaulted police officers claim a slice of the pie and essentially be rewarded...
A mail ballot drop box is seen at a polling station on Nov. 4, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. D.C. District Court Judge Carl Nichols on May 28, 2026, declined to block, for now, an executive order by President Donald Trump on mail-in voting. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Judge lets Trump’s mail-in voting order stand for now, setting up bigger fight ahead
A federal judge on Thursday declined to block President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, finding that it was too early to challenge the directive.
The decision by D.C. District Court Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, represents a setback for Democratic groups, lawmakers and...
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‘Super El Niño’ could make Arizona’s already brutal summers even worse, climate scientists warn
Experts say that Arizona this year is likely to see more of the record-breaking heat, deadly flooding and intense wildfires that have marked recent summers — and it could be even worse, thanks to the strong El Niño expected.
“It has been one of the biggest weather stories we have seen...
Plumes of smoke rise following an explosion on March 5, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Democrats in the U.S. Senate on May 27, 2026, asked that the Congressional Budget Office provide the “true costs” of the Iran war. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
The Pentagon says Trump’s Iran war has cost $29B. Democrats want CBO to check the math.
WASHINGTON — A group of U.S. Senate Democrats has sent a letter to the head of the Congressional Budget Office, asking him to include outside projections for the cost of the Iran war in the agency’s official cost estimate.
“The American people deserve to know the true costs of this conflict, and they deserve transparency and honesty when their government commits the nation to war...
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