U.S. Marshals and Homeland Security Investigations agents take a man into custody at the intersection of 14th and N streets NW in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 3, 2025. (Photo by [...]
A store displays a sign accepting Electronic Benefits Transfer, or EBT, cards for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program purchases for groceries on Oct. 30, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by [...]
A makeshift memorial of flowers and American flags honoring the late West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom stands outside the Farragut West Metro station on Dec. 1, 2025 in [...]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a Nashville press conference on July 18, 2025, to discuss arrests of immigrants during recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps. (Photo by [...]
FBI Director Kash Patel, left, at a press conference on Nov. 27, 2025, looks at photos of the two West Virginia National Guard soldiers shot in Washington, D.C., the previous [...]
Boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter in Los Angeles. Drugs like Ozempic have grown in popularity to treat obesity, prompting more than a dozen states [...]
Children are pictured at an Autism Speaks Light it Up Blue Autism Awareness Celebration at Chicago Children's Museum in April 2017. State Medicaid agencies are struggling to pay for applied [...]
A Republican proposal to change Arizona law would require companies that sell digital downloads or streaming of movies and games to disclose to customers if they’re only purchasing temporary licenses [...]
An ICE agent stands guard on 6th Avenue in Mesa after a collision involving an ICE agent and the man they were attempting to apprehend. (Screenshot courtesy of a witness)Immigration [...]
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on March 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense announced [...]
A U.S. Department of Education regulation slated to take effect in July 2026 would give the secretary broad discretion to decide which organizations qualify for a program to forgive student [...]
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes addresses the crowd at the Arizona Capitol during the No Kings protest on Oct. 18, 2025, in Phoenix, Ariz. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror Arizona [...]
Farmworkers gather produce near Hemet, Calif. The Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)In a tacit admission [...]
President Donald Trump prepares to speak after watching as members of the U.S Army participated in the 250th birthday parade of the U.S. Army June 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. [...]
Masked federal immigration officers talk while they patrol at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building in New York City on Oct. 16, 2025. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — [...]
Sky Roberts, left, brother of Virginia Giuffre, who was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, and his wife Amanda Roberts hold up a photo of Giuffre during a news conference on the [...]
Austin Smith on July 31, 2023. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Former Republican state legislator Austin Smith pleaded guilty Monday to what he previously called “ludicrous” charges that [...]
Rep. Alexander Kolodin, R-Scottsdale, heads an ad hoc legislative committee considering possible regulation of AI in an effort to protect elections. The committee met in Phoenix on Friday to hear [...]
Ricardo Reyes, a veteran and the executive director of VetsForward, speaks out against the deportation of José Barco in front of the local ICE office in Phoenix, Ariz., on Nov. [...]
Planes line up on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport on Nov. 10, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The record 43-day government shutdown that ended [...]
A Flock Safety license plate reader camera near Casa Grande, Ariz., in October 2025. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)The Glendale Police Department used an anti-Romani slur last year when conducting [...]
A photograph of President Donald Trump and late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is displayed after being unofficially installed in a bus shelter. (Leon Neal/Getty Images).WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats investigating [...]
Workers and volunteers help distribute food boxes to those in need at a large-scale drive-through food distribution, in response to the federal government shutdown and SNAP/CalFresh food benefits delays, on [...]
President Donald Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked Friday night a lower court’s order that the Trump administration pay for a [...]
A protester holds a sign at an abortion rights rally at the state Capitol on May 3, 2022. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorRepublicans defending laws that require women [...]
The entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. (Stock photo by hapabapa/Getty Images)The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the [...]
A police officer stands watch as activists protest outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 5, 2025 in Broadview, Illinois. Immigrants without legal status who have been [...]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters during a news conference on Nov. 5, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Following [...]
Volunteers with the Capital Area Food Bank distribute items to furloughed federal workers in partnership with No Limits Outreach Ministries in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Oct. 28, 2025. (Photo by Ashley [...]
Gov. Katie Hobbs speaks during her "Arizona First" rally at El Rio Center on Nov. 1, 2025, in Tucson, Arizona. Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty ImagesArizona’s Attorney General Kris Mayes gave [...]
Democratic U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, accompanied by Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, points to a poster depicting rising medical costs if Congress allows the [...]
Boxes of sugary cereal fill a store's shelves on April 16, 2025, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Boston ruled Friday that the [...]
Volunteers from No Limits Outreach Ministries in Hyattsville, Maryland, and the Capital Area Food Bank prepare for distribution on Oct. 28, 2025 to furloughed federal workers affected by the government [...]
U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego and U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly. Photos by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest federal employee union has ramped up pressure on Senate [...]
The U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats urged Republican leaders Wednesday to pass a bill to extend critical food assistance for the most vulnerable Americans [...]
Bananas and cereals at a grocery store in Fairfax, Virginia, on March 3, 2011. (USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.)A coalition of Democratic state officials sued the Trump administration Tuesday, asking [...]
President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during an event announcing broad global tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 2, 2025. (Photo by [...]
Produce at a Virginia grocery store in 2011. (Photo by Lance Cheung/U.S. Department of Agriculture)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo Friday the agency’s contingency fund cannot [...]
The U.S. Capitol building and Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., at sunset on Oct. 14, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Some members of Congress are asking for their [...]
Federal agents stand outside a home in Avondale on Oct. 22, 2025 during an hours-long standoff after they chased an unauthorized immigrant there. Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez/Arizona Mirror Immigration [...]
An aerial view of the Pentagon on May 12, 2021. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase/Department of Defense official photo)In the vacuum left following the en masse [...]
A “SNAP welcomed here” sign is seen at the entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. (Getty Images)WASHINGTON — More than 42 million low-income Americans are at risk [...]
The Supreme Court on Oct. 29, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)Every state with either a Democratic governor, attorney general or both signed a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, [...]
A shopper who receives SNAP benefits slides an EBT card at a checkout counter in a Washington, D.C., grocery store in December 2024. (Photo by U.S. Department of Agriculture)WASHINGTON — [...]
Thousands of demonstrators gather on the west side of the Colorado Capitol during a No Kings protest, part of a nationwide act of resistance against Trump administration policies, in Denver [...]
Photo via Getty ImagesWith just over a year to go before the 2026 midterm election, candidates for Arizona’s statewide office have already amassed millions of dollars, with incumbent Gov. Katie [...]
A sign with a notice of closure is seen pinned on the fence to the National Zoo on Oct. 12, 2025, in Washington, D.C. . The closure affects all the [...]
The Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)During arguments in a Louisiana case, U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed open to limiting the consideration of race in [...]
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Oct. 8, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday following a four-day [...]