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‘We don’t need Democratic votes’: Republican budget slashes spending to pay for tax cuts
The annual battle over the state budget is heating up again, after the Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature released their plan to cut taxes and to slash funding for state agencies.
As lawmakers took up the bills for the first time on Tuesday during a joint hearing of the Arizona House of Representatives and Arizona Senate appropriations committees, Republicans claimed that the tax cuts in their nearly $18 billion budget will benefit...
The Sandra Day O’Connor federal courthouse in Phoenix. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
Arizona’s voter database is not the DOJ’s to demand, a Trump-appointed judge rules
A federal judge on Tuesday said the Trump administration has no right to Arizona’s voter registration database, the latest in a string of losses for the U.S. Department of Justice in its quest to gather voter information in every state.
Judge Susan Brnovich dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the Justice Department cannot...
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., applaud as Britain’s King Charles III and and Queen Camilla arrive before he addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kylie Cooper-Pool/Getty Images)
King Charles III cites ‘checks and balances’ on executive power in historic speech to Congress
WASHINGTON — King Charles III did not name President Donald Trump Tuesday when he acknowledged before a joint session of Congress the transatlantic tension between the United States and the United Kingdom, but stressed “America’s words carry weight and meaning” as he reflected on decades of diplomatic ties.
The monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland told lawmakers that from “bitter division” 250 years ago, the two nations...
James Comey speaks onstage at 92NY on May 30, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Ex-FBI Director James Comey, targeted by Trump, indicted for ’86 47′ seashell photo
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday obtained a second grand jury indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, long a target of President Donald Trump’s anger for overseeing an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
A federal grand jury in North Carolina indicted Comey related to a photo he posted on social media of seashells arranged to read “86 47.” Comey took the photo while vacationing in...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Standing center is Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and at right is Hawaii Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
DHS shutdown drags on as Johnson demands ‘tweaks’ to a bill the Senate passed unanimously
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to make changes to a Senate-passed bill that would end the shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, a move that will further delay funding and prolong the stalemate that began in mid-February.
The holdup could again interrupt paychecks for workers at the Transportation Security Administration and Federal Emergency Management Agency, both of which are...
A Trump administration proposal would end gender identity protections for people in federally funded housing and shelters. (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor)
Trump administration proposes rolling back gender identity protections in federal housing
A Trump administration proposal would end gender identity protections for people in federally funded housing and shelters.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed rule would remove references to “gender” and “gender identity” from agency regulations and replace them with “sex,” defined as...
Trees bloom in early spring outside an apartment building in the Bronx, N.Y., in 2026. New York City had the highest number of Emergency Housing Voucher recipients and is scrambling to transition them as the program sunsets. (Photo by Robbie Sequeira/Stateline)
Emergency housing vouchers are ending early, leaving cities and renters scrambling
A New York City mom and domestic violence survivor felt a flashback of fear when she received a notice in March that the emergency housing voucher she and her son have relied on since 2023 will run out soon.
“It felt like the rug was pulled out from under me...
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