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Veterans, activists unite in Arizona’s 50501 protest against Trump, Musk & Project 2025 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Hundreds of Arizonans — among them young members of the queer community, Army veterans and senior citizens — assembled at the state Capitol in Phoenix on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump’s overreach and his implementation of Project 2025.

Arizona Republicans lose bid to block Grand Canyon monument protections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit that Arizona GOP lawmakers brought last year aiming to strike down former President Biden’s national monument designation near the Grand Canyon - though Republicans expect Trump will reverse Biden’s designation if the courts won’t.

Trump bid to end birthright citizenship paused by federal judge tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Pregnant mothers and immigrant rights groups won a temporary reprieve from President Donald Trump’s unilateral push to revoke citizenship from noncitizens' children after a federal judge ordered a nationwide pause on an executive order ending birthright citizenship.

Trump signs executive order banning transgender athletes from female school sports tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that prohibits transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams consistent with their gender identity, an executive order sure to be met with legal challenges.

Tucsonans can safely dispose of household hazwaste, old electronics & more this Saturday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Get rid of your old paint, computers and sensitive documents this Saturday at the city of Tucson’s monthly household hazardous waste collection event.

Tucson's Benedictine Sanctuary to become new music venue this fall tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Midtown Tucson will get a new performance space at the former Benedictine Sanctuary this fall — a project of former Hotel Congress director David Slutes and Phoenix's Charlie Levy.

GOP lawmaker wants to repeal Az’s ban on machine guns, pipe bombs & more tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican lawmaker Alexander Kolodin wants to repeal the Arizona law banning people from owning machine guns, silencers, sawed-off shotguns and even pipe bombs and other homemade explosive devices.

Trump wants the U.S. to ‘take over’ Gaza and relocate the people. Is this legal? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
President Donald Trump proposed the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently relocate the nearly two million Palestinians living there to neighbouring countries - though he can’t just take over someone else’s territory.

Az Republicans follow lead of RFK Jr. with effort to ban SNAP users from buying soda, candy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republicans want to ban the use of federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds to purchase candy and soda, but critics say their overly-broad proposal would bar low-income families from buying things like flavored water and granola bars.

Phoenix man pleads guilty to election center theft tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Walter Ringfield pleaded guilty to one count of computer tampering for stealing a security key from a Maricopa County elections center in June 2024 and pleaded guilty to three separate theft charges.

Justice Department restarts legal aid programs for detained immigrants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Justice reversed a recent order preventing legal aid groups from providing services to immigrants in federal detention centers and immigration courts after the Trump administration was sued for freezing federal payments.

Mexico opens 2-front war on U.S. guns tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum linked the tariff ceasefire to the U.S. government’s commitment to stop the trafficking of high-powered weapons, and next month, Mexico will ask for the U.S. Supreme Court’s endorsement on its lawsuit against gun manufacturers.

Families sue after losing access to gender-affirming care under Trump’s executive order tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Major LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations are hitting back against President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to halt gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, and suing the Trump administration in federal court.

Nonprofits press Arizona lawmakers to fund community programs over deportations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Advocates for Arizona’s underserved communities urged state legislators to stop funding deportation efforts and instead use that money for affordable housing, access to higher education and paid family medical leave for all.

Demonstrators at U.S. Capitol rally against Trump’s ‘direct attack’ on education tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Maryland Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, alongside advocates and labor union leaders, lambasted President Donald Trump’s sweeping education initiatives since he took office and his choice of Linda McMahon to lead the U.S. Education Department.

Legal briefs challenge Arizona’s lethal injection drugs as illegal tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Three amicus briefs have been filed by outside parties arguing why Aaron Gunches should not be executed — at least not using the controversial drug supply that has sat in unmarked jars in an Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry refrigerator since 2020.

Trump administration begins sending immigrants to Guantanamo Bay tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration sent the first flight of detained migrants on military aircraft from the United States to the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as President Donald Trump continues high-profile displays of his immigration crackdown.

Tucson biz groups lining up against Prop. 414 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Local business groups are lining up to oppose the city of Tucson’s Prop. 414, which would increase the sales tax by a half-cent per dollar to boost funding for the police and fire departments and offer programs to reduce homelessness, help with childcare and otherwise assist low-income Tucsonans.

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