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Arizona lawmakers will collect $200K in per diem during their month off, work or not
While the Arizona legislature is on break for the rest of May, lawmakers will collectively make nearly $200,000 in daily subsistence payments, whether or not they travel to the Capitol or do any work.
The Republicans who control the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona Senate voted on May 5 to adjourn for the rest of the month, after...
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Prosecutors seek death penalty against man who confessed to killing 3 at Tucson prison
More than a year after he confessed to stabbing and beating three men to death at a Tucson prison, the Pinal County Attorney’s Office has filed its intent to seek the death penalty against Ricky Wassenaar.
Wassenaar, 63, was already serving 16 life sentences for crimes he committed while trying to break out of prison in 2004. Those crimes, along with...
Mifepristone is one part of a two-drug regimen commonly used to terminate a pregnancy before 10 weeks and for miscarriage treatment. (Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images)
Supreme Court keeps telehealth abortion access alive for now, but May 14 deadline looms
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday extended a highly anticipated stay blocking an appellate court’s pause on telehealth abortion access until May 14.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approved medication-abortion regimen remains available via telehealth until then, following...
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Blue states fight back as Trump withholds billions in congressionally approved funding
President Donald Trump is wielding power in unprecedented ways to bring states to heel, marking a dark new chapter in the relationship between the federal government and the states.
Since taking office last year, Trump has punished Democratic-led states that anger him by withholding federal funding and slow-walking assistance. His administration has denied disaster aid to...
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in December 2025. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)
Trump so far failing in quest for power over elections as midterms approach
As President Donald Trump tries to assert power over U.S. elections, he has raged on social media, cajoled Republican lawmakers and unleashed the Department of Justice on his political enemies.
What has he accomplished with all that effort? Not a lot...
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