Photo via Getty ImagesRepublican lawmakers would be able to sue people who use social media to criticize them and call them names under a bill they approved that would make [...]

Pentagon officials ascend stairs on March 10, 2026, as they leave a classified briefing for members of the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill. (Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats tasked [...]

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference in Doral, Florida, on March 9, 2026. Trump spoke about his administration's strikes on Iran. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images) President [...]

Stock market numbers are displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 6, 2026. All three major indexes continued to dip at opening [...]

Charlie Kirk speaking with supporters at a "Liberty for Trump" event at the Graduate Hotel in Tempe on Oct. 27, 2020. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs [...]

Maine House of Representatives Speaker Ryan Fecteau, flanked by legislative Democrats, last month called for a state investment of $250 million to offset federal health care cuts. State Medicaid programs [...]

Plumes of smoke rise following an explosion on March 5, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was confirmed killed after the United States and Israel launched [...]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters during a press conference in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 3, [...]

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, speaks as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee March 3, 2026. Tillis is among the lawmakers who [...]

U.S. Reps. Kelly Morrison, Ilhan Omar and Angie Craig of Minnesota, all Democrats, arrive outside of the regional ICE headquarters at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on Jan. 10, [...]

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego speaks to reporters at his Phoenix office on Feb. 27, 2026. (Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez/Arizona Mirror)Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego says Congressional Democrats will continue refusing [...]

President Donald Trump in a video posted by the White House on social media announces a U.S. strike on Iran, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Screenshot of White House video)WASHINGTON [...]

President Donald Trump tours the assembly line at the Ford River Rouge Complex on Jan. 13, 2026 in Dearborn, Michigan. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)As allies of President Donald Trump [...]

Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona MirrorDuring a 19-hour day that started early Thursday afternoon and ended in the early morning hours of Friday, Arizona lawmakers debated or voted on [...]

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson looks on as Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes speaks during a House Administration Committee hearing in the Longworth House Office Building at the [...]

The U.S. Capitol with snow and ice on the steps on Jan. 29, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats will spend billions of dollars and countless [...]

U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly speaks on the failed grand jury indictment against him during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 11, 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)The [...]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating an attempted arson of a Surprise warehouse purchased by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)Someone tried to burn down [...]

Canned foods on grocery store shelves. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a package of Republican bills that would have put harsher penalties on the state’s food [...]

Healthcare legislation and regulation, medical malpractice decision and health care injury personal attorney concept with gavel and stethoscope isolated on blue backgroundAfter 14 years of litigation, two contempt findings, millions [...]

Image via iStock / Getty Images PlusThe number of Arizonans who signed up for coverage through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace this year plummeted by more than 60,000, and health [...]

Marathon Petroleum Company’s Salt Lake City Refinery in Salt Lake City on Jan. 3, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)A coalition of public health and environmental groups [...]

Federal agents stage at a front gate as Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar, Kelly Morrison and Angie Craig of Minnesota attempt to enter the regional ICE headquarters at the Bishop Henry [...]

Tourists inspect a display entitled 'The Dirty Business of Slavery' at the President's House on August 9, 2025 in Philadelphia. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)In a scathing opinion, U.S. District [...]

Tourists inspect a display entitled 'The Dirty Business of Slavery' at the President's House on August 9, 2025 in Philadelphia. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)In a scathing opinion, U.S. District [...]

A Central Arizona Project canal carries Colorado River water to the Phoenix metropolitan area. (Photo by DougVonGausig/Getty Images)A last-ditch meeting two weeks ago aimed at building the foundation for a [...]

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a Feb. 13, 2026, press conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Noem advocated for the passage of the SAVE Act, which would implement a national [...]

Exhaust fumes emanate from the tailpipe of a city transit bus as it passes an American flag hung on the Los Angeles County Hall of Justice. (Photo by David McNew/Getty [...]

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is [...]

A sign held by a teacher at a rally at the Arizona Capitol on June 5, 2024, to advocate for restrictions on the state's school voucher system, known as Empowerment [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

FBI agents load boxes of election documents onto trucks at an elections warehouse in Fulton County, Ga. State and local election officials are bracing for the prospect of federal action [...]

Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., on Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington, D.C.  Scott criticized President Donald Trump's use of a [...]

A protestor holds a sign at an April 14, 2024, protest in favor of reproductive rights and abortion access in Scottsdale. Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez | Arizona MirrorA Maricopa [...]

A border patrol agent stands in front of protestors as people gather near the scene of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue, where federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old man [...]

A demonstrator waves a red cloth as hundreds gather after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good through her car window Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 near Portland Avenue [...]

Photo via Getty ImagesA Republican state senator wants to dissolve the branch of the Arizona Court of Appeals that covers southern Arizona.  “I suppose the best way to describe what [...]

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at a roundtable discussion with local ranchers and employees from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Jan. 7, 2026 in Brownsville, Texas. (Photo [...]

The sun rises over Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10, 2025, in Page, Arizona. Lake Powell, a critical Colorado River reservoir, is only at a [...]

Protesters hold signs criticizing U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement at the state Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 30, 2026. The protest was one of hundreds held across the country in [...]

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman announces charges against Jeffrey Epstein on July 8, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — [...]

Water levels at Lake Mead, Nevada, photographed from the Hoover Dam on Oct. 26, 2022, are at 26% of the reservoir’s capacity, which is visible from the change in color [...]

Musician Nicki Minaj attends the Treasury Department's Trump Accounts Summit with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on Jan. 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. [...]

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at a roundtable discussion with local ranchers and employees from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Jan. 7, 2026 in Brownsville, Texas. (Photo [...]

Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly speaks with reporters in the Mansfield Room of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON [...]

Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller speaks outside the Arizona Senate on Jan. 12, 2026, about upcoming legislation to criminalize interference with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Miller says he's ignoring [...]

People gather near the scene of 26th Street West and Nicollet Avenue, where federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old man Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, the third shooting in as [...]

A detainee boards a 747 that is part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Air Operations at Mesa Gateway Airport on Sept. 23, 2025. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)Two gay men [...]

Federal agents block in and stop a woman to ask her for another person’s whereabouts Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)WASHINGTON — The House [...]