Gov. Katie Hobbs in January 2026. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
Hobbs to Republicans: Show me your budget or every bill you send me is dead
Gov. Katie Hobbs says she won’t sign any more bills until Arizona’s Republican legislative leaders reveal their budget plan.
The Democratic governor paused budget negotiations three weeks ago after she said that the Republicans who...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Arizona on April 2, 2026, alleging the state is violating federal law by trying to regulate Kalshi and other online prediction markets. (Photo by Jim Small/Arizona Mirror)
Federal judge blocks Arizona AG from prosecuting Kalshi, says it violates the Constitution
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Attorney General Kris Mayes from pursuing criminal charges against the online prediction market company Kalshi, concluding that the Trump administration is likely to succeed in its lawsuit arguing that federal law bars states from regulating the industry.
Federal Judge Michael Liburdi granted a temporary restraining order late last week in the lawsuit brought by...
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)
‘I have no fear of the Trump administration’: Pope Leo fires back after president attacks him
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump lashed out at Pope Leo XIV Sunday night following the pontiff’s sharp criticism of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran and wider Middle East conflict.
In a lengthy post, littered with falsehoods, on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump accused the first U.S.-born pope of...
South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden prepared to sign three anti-abortion bills into law last month in Sioux Falls. (Photo by Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)
Anti-abortion lawmakers seek to redefine ‘abortion’ to exclude medical treatment
Some anti-abortion state lawmakers are pushing to revise the definition of “abortion” so abortion bans don’t apply to cases in which the death of an “unborn child” is the result of medical care provided to the pregnant woman.
In the four years since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to ban abortion, stories continue to emerge of women with doomed pregnancies who developed...
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