LUCHA Executive Director Alejandra Gomez speaks to attendees of the Congreso 2026 poll observer training in Phoenix on July 11, 2026. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
Fearing troops or ICE at the polls, Arizona organizers train hundreds as election observers
No one involved can explain why former psychiatrist Peter Morey was appointed to the Arizona Sex Offender Management Board last year, 15 years after his Oregon medical license was suspended for inappropriate behavior toward vulnerable patients.
When it issued an emergency suspension of Morey’s license in 2010, the Oregon Medical Board wrote that Morey’s behavior posed “immediate danger to the public and his patients” after finding that he had...
Rogelio Bolufé poses for a picture at a Trump resort in Florida in an undated photo. The 43-year old Cuban was deported by ICE in May 2026 and claims mistreatment while in their custody. (Courtesy Haymel de la Vega)
From Alligator Alcatraz to Ecuador: A Cuban detainee’s journey through ICE’s Arizona facilities
Rogelio Bolufé’s journey in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention has taken him all over the country, including multiple stops at some of Arizona’s most notorious facilities. His journey ended with a deportation flight to Ecuador, a country the native Cuban had never been to.
The 43-year-old immigrant who had been living in Miami fought ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to avoid being deported back to Cuba, citing fears that...
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks as South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster looks on during a press conference in the governor’s office at the Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina, on Aug. 9, 2022. (File photo by Travis Bell/STATEHOUSE CAROLINA/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)
South Carolina US Sen. Lindsey Graham dies after ‘brief and sudden illness’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night of a “brief and sudden illness,” the South Carolina Republican’s office announced early Sunday.
“Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period,” the statement added.
Graham, who turned 71 on Thursday, was a close ally of President Donald Trump and...
The National Museum of American History sits on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy National Museum of American History)
Historians warn Trump’s Smithsonian attack seeks to rewrite the American story, not correct it
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s latest attack on the Smithsonian Institution represents an attempt to replace a shared American history with his own ideology, academics said as the Smithsonian defended its longstanding position as a nonpartisan actor.
A July 4 White House report accused the Smithsonian Institution and its National Museum of American History of promoting...
A laptop shows Grok, an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI. The Trump administration is continuing its pushback against state AI laws that it views as ideologically biased. (Photo by Robbie Sequeira/Stateline)
Trump administration targets state AI laws over ideology
The Trump administration is continuing its pushback against state artificial intelligence laws that it views as ideologically biased, proposing a new Federal Trade Commission policy.
The proposed policy statement, which is open for public comment through July 31, would affect how the FTC regulates AI companies. The agency said it’s meant to address concerns that...
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