U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Phoenix, speaks on a May 6, 2026, livestream announcing the launch of the campaign to get the Free, Fair and Secure Elections Act on the November 2026 ballot. (Screenshot)
Campaign launched to enshrine vote-by-mail in state constitution and counter GOP restrictions
A coalition of Arizona Democrats have an uphill battle as they work to enshrine voting rights, including the right to no-excuse vote-by-mail, into the state constitution.
During a Wednesday evening livestream, U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari announced the launch of the Committee to Protect the Vote Arizona, a campaign to collect 500,000 voter signatures to...
Interim U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to attendees of the 2026 Border Security Expo on May 6, 2026, in Phoenix. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
Trump’s acting AG vows foreign terrorism charges for American street gangs
Interim U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday that federal prosecutors intend to pursue terrorism charges against members of American street gangs as an extension of President Donald Trump’s move last year to designate foreign drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
Blanche told attendees at the 2026 Border Security Expo in Phoenix that federal prosecutors intend to use the foreign terrorist organization designation against more than...
Federal agents on patrol in Minneapolis in January. A coalition of 22 states says the Trump administration appears to have violated a court order limiting the types of health data that can be shared with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation proceedings. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)
Pima County can require judicial warrants before letting ICE onto its property, Mayes says
Pima County can legally refuse to allow federal agents to use county property for immigration enforcement actions because neither federal nor state law mandate the county’s cooperation, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes concluded
And that means there’s no basis to the complaint GOP state lawmakers lodged against...
Protesters gather near the White House to urge the shutdown of immigrant family detention in the United States. Many were from Texas, distraught over the conditions in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center. (Photo by Naisha Roy/Medill News Service)
Protesters outside the White House call for ending detention for migrant families, kids
WASHINGTON — Dozens of people gathered on a sandy lot in front of the White House construction zone Tuesday evening, carrying posters peppered with monarch butterflies and unfurling massive banners reading “Set kids free.”
The butterflies symbolized immigrants without legal status, as the protesters called to abolish all...
Voters say the cost of healthcare will be a major factor in how they vote in this year’s midterm elections. (Getty Images)
Rising healthcare costs threaten Republican margins as midterms approach, poll finds
WASHINGTON — Voters, including those within the Make America Healthy Again movement, say the rising cost of healthcare is a significant concern that will have an impact on whom they support in November’s midterm elections, according to a poll released Wednesday by KFF.
Sixty-one percent of respondents to the survey, which asked how important several health-related issues were, said the price of healthcare will have a major impact on...
A banner showing President Donald Trump hangs from the U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
Iconic landmarks, federal buildings in D.C. increasingly show fealty to Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — Get off the train at Union Station, walk outside and gasp at that iconic view of the Capitol dome in front of you.
Cross the street and the first thing you run into is a construction site surrounding walled-off Columbus Circle. On the wall is a huge poster of President Donald Trump wearing a hard hat...
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