House passes $1.7 trillion government spending bill as funding deadline looms
The House voted Friday to pass a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill that would fund critical government operations across federal agencies and…
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Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling
Hairdresser Grisel Garcés survived a harrowing, four-month journey from her native Venezuela through tropical jungles, migrant detention centers in…
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Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike
The drawn-out saga of Title 42, the set of emergency powers that allows border officials to quickly turn away migrants, has been chaotic at the…
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Arizona lawyers: Kari Lake election loss lawsuit lacks merit
Republican Kari Lake didn’t offer evidence to back her claims of widespread, intentional misconduct on Election Day at her two-day…
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Federal spending bill would end pandemic provision that led to record Medicaid enrollment
States would once again be able to terminate residents’ Medicaid coverage if the federal spending bill working its way through Congress becomes…
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City council honors Watts and McClendon
Leslie McClendon and Karen Watts served a combined eleven years for the Yuma…
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Ducey says Arizona containers will be removed
New in the last hour, Governor Doug Ducey says he will remove the shipping containers in Yuma’s wall…
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Arizona judge allows GOP lawsuit over AG election to proceed
An Arizona judge ruled Tuesday that Republican Abraham Hamadeh can proceed with his lawsuit challenging the results of the election for attorney…
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Arizona judge to consider Kari Lake’s stolen election claims
Kari Lake has claimed for weeks that her loss in the race for Arizona governor was…
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Senator Kelly discusses border security and fixing broken immigration system
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly spoke on the Senate floor with Republican and Democratic colleagues about the southern border crisis and the importance of…
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Kari Lake will get to make case for election misconduct
A judge on Monday dismissed part of a lawsuit filed by Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, but will allow her to call…
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Title 42 to remain in place for now as Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily freezes order meant to end it
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday put a temporary hold on the termination of a controversial Trump-era immigration policy known as…
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Sinema urges leaders to improve Arizona’s border security
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema stressed to Democratic and Republican Senate appropriations leaders to have funding that will improve Arizona’s border…
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Appeals court rejects bid by GOP-led states to keep Title 42 border policy in force
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by several Republican-led states to keep the so-called Title 42 rule in force, after a district…
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Judge orders Phoenix to stop sweeps of homeless encampments
A federal judge has temporarily halted the city of Phoenix from conducting sweeps of a huge homeless encampment…
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Senate passes defense bill that rescinds military Covid vaccine mandate
The Senate voted on Thursday to pass sweeping legislation that would authorize $858 billion in national defense funding and rescind the US…
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Federal judge says Biden can’t yet end Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy
A federal judge in Texas has put on hold for now the Biden administration’s most recent attempt to end the so-called “Remain in Mexico”…
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MCAS Yuma among those receive support in annual defense bill
Senator Mark Kelly helped secure important priorities for the annual defense bill which helps support Arizona’s military,…
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Senate passes legislation to ban TikTok from US government devices
The Senate passed legislation Wednesday evening to ban TikTok from US government devices, in a move designed to limit perceived information-security…
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US plans for more migrant releases when asylum limits end
The Department of Homeland Security said more migrants may be released into the United States to pursue immigration cases when Trump-era asylum…
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