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Under Trump, Social Security resumes what it once called ‘clawback cruelty’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A year ago, the Social Security stopped cutting off people’s monthly checks to recoup money they had allegedly been overpaid - but beginning March 27, to recover new overpayments, the SSA will automatically withhold 100% of recipients’ monthly benefits.

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Battered by cuts & firings, VA employees describe serving veterans under ‘invisible cloud of dread’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Over the past month, the VA has cut 2,400 positions and plans to slash more than 70,000 - and while the department has promised the firings will not harm veterans or their care, VA employees across the country said the cuts and a climate of fear are already hurting veterans.

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COVID stole a parent from more than 200,000 children. Indian Country lost the most. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
2,000 Indigenous children in the Navajo Nation lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19, according to one analysis - yet that number doesn’t convey the grief that continues to reverberate at the five-year COVID anniversary.

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What the escalating trade wars mean for your grocery bill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Life these days is expensive, and President Donald Trump’s latest trade decisions aren’t likely to help the situation. The pendulum-like nature of Trump’s trade policies almost certainly means higher grocery store prices.

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The most likely Medicaid cuts would hit rural areas hardest tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Working-age adults who live in small towns and rural areas are more likely to be covered by Medicaid than their counterparts in cities, creating a dilemma for Republicans looking to make deep cuts to the health care program.

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10 years of The Foilies: EFF looks back at the games governments play to avoid transparency tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
A lot has changed over the last decade, but one thing that hasn't is the steady flow of attempts by authorities to avoid their legal and ethical obligations to be open and accountable. This year, we reflect on the most absurd and frustrating winners from the last 10 years.

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FOIA Foilies 2025: Recognizing the worst in government transparency tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Every year during Sunshine Week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, MuckRock and AAN Publishers team up to publish The Foilies — naming and shaming the most repugnant, absurd and incompetent responses to public records requests under FOIA and state transparency laws.

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Visit Sentinel crew at the Tucson Festival of Books tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Come meet the Tucson Sentinel staff and some of our friends at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend.

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Az governor sets CD7 special election following Grijalva's death tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Declaring Arizona's 7th Congressional District seat vacant after the death of Rep. Raul Grijalva, Gov. Katie Hobbs set a special election — a primary on July 15 and general election on September 23.

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Effort to block non-citizens from voting could impact married women, too tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Millions of American women have a different last name than what’s on their birth certificates, and House Republicans have prioritized a bill that voting rights groups say could make it harder for them to vote.

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Arizona high school robotics teams pair ingenuity & teamwork in VEX State Championship tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Fifty Arizona high school robotics teams competed at Desert Ridge High School over the weekend for a trip to the VEX World Championship in Dallas from May 6-8.

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U.S. housing agency considers launching crypto experiment tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is considering taking a first step to using cryptocurrency, and some believe the initiative may be a trial run for the use of crypto across the federal government.

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Author Gary Paul Nabhan's new book celebrates revolutionaries of the borderlands tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
An interview with author Gary Paul Nabhan

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Trump pulls Supreme Court into birthright citizenship brawl tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to rein in judicial prohibitions on enforcement of an executive order ending birthright citizenship for certain children of immigrants.

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Schumer support for GOP spending bill appears to possibly stave off gov't shutdown tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced during a floor speech that he will vote to advance the stopgap spending bill that must become law before Friday at midnight to avoid a partial government shutdown.

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Trump justifies trade war with Canada by citing smuggling – but nearly all comes from Mexico tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Trump has justified tariffs on Canadian imports in part as a way to force Canada to crack down on smuggling and tighten security at the vast border - but data from both sides of the U.S.-Canada border shows a dramatically smaller problem than the southern border.

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Grijalva left a mark & lessons for a new generation to live by tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Southern Arizona kid who got into politics as a radical activist lived a life of meaning that new generations of people on a mission can learn from — if they are ready to understand a Boomer knew a thing or two (or seven).

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Grijalva remembered as champion for tribal communities across Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tribal nations throughout Arizona honored U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died Thursday, as a warrior for Indigenous communities and commended his continuous efforts to support Indigenous people’s fights to protect the environment, water and natural resources.

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Raúl Grijalva, congresista de Tucson por mucho tiempo, fallece a los 77 años tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
El congresista Raúl Grijalva falleció la mañana del jueves a 77 años de edad, según su oficina y su hija. Grijalva, en el Congreso desde el 2003, fue tratado por cáncer del pulmón el año pasado, y dijo que no volvería a postularse para el cargo después de las elecciones de noviembre.

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Author & filmmaker Bill Carter's new documentary recalls how U2 came to aid of Sarajevo tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
An interview with filmmaker and author Bill Carter

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