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Trump’s firing spree rises to SCOTUS as watchdog gov't attorney challenges termination tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As the first challenge to President Donald Trump’s firing spree rises to the Supreme Court, a government watchdog employee who was fired this month will ask the justices to affirm his win in the lower courts and find that the administration was wrong to seek his ouster.

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Judge rejects blue state AGs’ request to block Musk, DOGE access to federal agencies tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by 14 state attorneys general to bar billionaire Elon Musk and agents of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive federal data or firing agency staff who resist such access.

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Havasupai Tribe blasts Energy Fuels, Navajo Nation for cutting it out of uranium haul talks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Uranium haul trucks are once again leaving the Pinyon Plain Mine, and the Havasupai Tribe describes the actions of the state and the Navajo Nation permitting this hauling by Energy Fuels, Inc. as a disregard for “the health risks and dangerous implications of uranium mining.”

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Arizona GOP lawmakers advance firing squad execution proposal tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Republican proposal that would amend the Arizona Constitution to execute prisoners by firing squad instead of lethal injection passed its first hurdle , and if the measure ultimately passes both chambers of the legislature, it would go before voters in 2026.

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Ciscomani praises DOGE work while protestors warn that U.S. is sliding into fascism tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani said he supported the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce federal spending through Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative.

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Az AG backs bill to let cops shoot down cartel drones, despite a federal ban on doing so tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Amid an increase in drug cartel drones flying over the states’ southern border, Arizona GOP lawmakers and the Democratic attorney general say that local police should be able to shoot them out of the sky without fear they’ll be sued.

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Hobbs vetoes Az Republican plan to end Election Day ballot drop-offs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a Republican proposal to speed up election results by adopting policies used in Florida that would have eliminated the way hundreds of thousands of Arizonans cast their ballot each year, her first veto of the 2025 legislative session.

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U.S. Attorney for Arizona Gary Restaino terminated by Trump White House tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Attorney for Arizona Gary Restaino, a former attorney with the Justice Department's public integrity division, was terminated by the Trump administration on Monday.

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U.S. Education Department threatens yanking funds for schools that use race in decisions tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Department of Education is threatening to rescind federal funds for schools that use race-conscious practices in admissions, programming, training, hiring, scholarships and other aspects of student life, according to a "Dear Colleague" letter sent to schools.

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Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in Arizona are increasing, but there’s no law to prosecute them tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Statewide, Arizona Department of Public Safety reported 223 hate crimes in 2023, up 4.69% from the previous year - but Arizona doesn’t have a hate crime statute, and due to gaps in reporting and data, tracking bias-motivated crimes here is a mess.

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7 score in double figures as Pima men dominate South Mountain tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (27-0, 15-0 in ACCAC) took control early in their game against South Mountain Community College (10-17, 5-10) on Saturday.

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Vital drains 5 3-pointers, Land scores 12 off bench as Pima women's basketball overwhelms Yavapai tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (21-5) played their final non-conference game of the regular season on Monday against Yavapai College (5-17).

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Billions of dollars at stake for farmers hit by Trump funding freeze, pause on foreign aid tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Farmers across the United States are finding themselves in precarious economic positions, as they attempt to navigate a strained farm economy and a barrage of executive orders from the Trump administration that put some farm programs in limbo.

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Thousands of Arizona children now waitlisted for state child care assistance tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
More than 2,000 Arizona children have been waitlisted for state child care assistance, and that number is likely to climb as the agency reviews pending applications.

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Trump’s ‘Unleash American Energy’ order sparks concern about Grand Canyon National Monument tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
President Donald Trump’s executive order for “Unleashing American Energy” is sparking concern for the safety of federal lands within national monuments across the U.S., but especially in the Southwest, where Trump has targeted monuments before.

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GOP's ‘Arizona ICE Act’ to force local police into immigration enforcement clears first hurdle tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republicans are barreling ahead with a proposal that could force local police officers to comply with the federal government’s immigration policies, despite warnings from Latino Arizonans and others that doing so will only lead to more unfair arrests.

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Cutting funding for science can have consequences for economy, U.S. tech competitiveness tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Proposed cuts to the federal agencies that fund scientific research could undercut America’s global competitiveness, with negative impacts on the economy and the ability to attract and train the next generation of researchers.

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Trump fires 20 immigration judges amid mass dismissals of federal workers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite a backlog of nearly 3.7 million cases in U.S. immigration court, the Trump administration has fired 20 immigration judges without an explanation, according to a union representing federal workers.

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PACs covered their bases with post-election contributions tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Of the three Senate and 11 House candidates who ousted incumbents in 2024, nine received donations after Election Day from corporate, union and trade association PACs that had supported their opponents during the campaign.

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Az's Prisma Community Care resumes gender-affirming care, but court decision leaves some trans youth in limbo tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a turn of events, Prisma Community Care - formerly known as Southwest Center for HIV and AIDS, and one of Arizona’s oldest and largest LGBTQ+ clinics - started resuming gender-affirming care just a week after cutting its program due to a federal executive order.

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