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Arizona Senator Mark Kelly questioning Secretary of Defense nominee Peter Hegseth during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2024

AZ Sen. Mark Kelly urges Trump to reconsider tariffs

Mar 12, 2025 Kelly warns they hurt Arizona's economy, raise prices, and threaten key industries.
Attorney General Kris Mayes speaking with attendees on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives on opening day of the 57th legislature in Phoenix, Arizona. January 13, 2025

Arizona AG urges Trump administration to halt federal firings in case to be heard Wednesday

Mar 12, 2025 Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is among the Democratic attorneys general in 19 states suing the Trump administration over its mass firing of federal workers.
Protest supporting Palestinians at Arizona State University's Tempe campus on Friday, April 26, 2024

Department of Education investigates ASU and other universities for alleged Civil Rights violations

Mar 11, 2025 The Trump Administration investigates student protests that occurred in support of Palestine last year.
Montezuma Castle National Monument in Camp Verde, Arizona.

Federal lease terminations threaten five National Park Service facilities in Arizona

Mar 10, 2025 Cuts could disrupt visitor experiences, scientific research and park operations.
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly shakes the hand of a Ukrainian soldier during his visit to Kyiv.

Elon Musk calls AZ Senator Mark Kelly a "traitor" following Ukraine visit

Mar 10, 2025 Senator Mark Kelly's visit comes as the United States pauses aid to Ukraine.
The University of Arizona was the first four-year public university in the state of Arizona to be federally recognized as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).

Trump's DEI ban could take $800 million from Arizona universities

Mar 10, 2025 Affected grants cover wildfires, pollution, public health and more.
Voice of America Director-designate Kari Lake speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

A bane for tyrants abroad, U.S.-funded networks fear fate under Kari Lake

Mar 10, 2025 U.S.-funded international networks reach more than 420 million people in more than 100 countries each week. Some network leaders fear that Lake intends to cancel all funding for them.
Flags from Arizona's 22 federally recognized tribes displayed at the University of Arizona bookstore in November 2020.

Federal government to close Bureau of Indian Affairs' Western Regional Office, alarming tribes

Mar 8, 2025 General Services Administration plans to close the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Western Region Regional Office in Phoenix, raising tribal concerns over service disruptions for 53 tribes, including 20 in Arizona.
The Pima County Courthouse building in downtown Tucson, Arizona.

Pima County Board of Supervisors reviews federal funding freeze impact

Mar 4, 2025 Officials warn that paused grants and funding cuts could impact essential county programs.
Volunteers with the Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans pass out supplies to women and children at a migrant shelter in Nogales, Sonora, on Feb. 4, 2025.

Deportations down despite increased border enforcement in Trump's first month back in office

Mar 3, 2025 Despite personnel surges and resources mobilized to both sides of the border, deportation numbers have actually dropped during Donald Trump’s first month back in office.
Children play at a shelter that's part of the Casa Alitas program on March 1, 2024.

Trump suspends legal aide to thousands of migrant children in the U.S.

Feb 21, 2025 The Trump administration ended legal aid for unaccompanied minors, leaving them without representation in immigration court.
U.S. Attorney for Arizona Gary Restaino speaks during a press conference in July 2024.

Trump terminates Biden appointee, head of Arizona U.S. attorneys

Feb 19, 2025 He took over the job in 2021.
Volunteers with the Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans pass out supplies to women and children at a migrant shelter in Nogales, Sonora, on Feb. 4, 2025.

Some migrants opt to stay at U.S.-Mexico border after Trump blocks asylum pathways

Feb 5, 2025 Some migrants who hoped to seek asylum are deciding to make a home at the U.S.-Mexico border after the Trump administration cut off most legal pathways to asylum.
The Pima County Courthouse building in downtown Tucson, Arizona.

$68 million in Pima County grants under review amid Trump’s executive order

Feb 5, 2025 Federal grant funding for infrastructure, environmental projects and aid programs remains uncertain.
Douglas City Hall. January 10, 2023.

Douglas declares an emergency in anticipation for effects from Trump's border policy

Jan 30, 2025 The emergency declaration passed in a three to two vote.
Attorney General Kris Mayes speaking with attendees on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives on opening day of the 57th legislature in Phoenix, Arizona. January 13, 2025

‘Absolutely appalled’ Arizona AG Kris Mayes sues Trump Administration over $3 trillion federal funding freeze

Jan 29, 2025 The Trump administration walked back the freeze after public outcry.

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