Migrantes deportados luchan por reconstruir sus vidas en Nogales https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052025_nogales_migrants_esp/migrantes-deportados-luchan-por-reconstruir-sus-vidas-en-nogales/
Una cancha de baloncesto vacía en Nogales, Sonora, se ha transformado en un refugio involuntario que los migrantes deportados y las familias desplazadas de los Estados Unidos ahora se ven obligados a llamar hogar.
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Here’s how you can use the Take It Down Act https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052025_take_it_down_act/heres-how-you-can-use-take-it-down-act/
With the Take It Down Act now law, here is an explanation of how it will be implemented and how to request the takedown of explicit images created or shared without permission.
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How the Trump administration aims to slash healthcare spending https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052025_health_spending/how-trump-administration-aims-slash-healthcare-spending/
Health care has proved a vulnerable target for the firehose of cuts and policy changes President Donald Trump ordered in the name of reducing waste and improving efficiency. But most of the impact isn’t as tangible as, say, higher egg prices at the grocery store.
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Rapidly expanding school voucher programs pinch state budgets https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052025_voucher_expansion/rapidly-expanding-school-voucher-programs-pinch-state-budgets/
Vouchers and scholarship programs, which use taxpayer money to cover private school tuition, are part of the wider school choice movement, but universal vouchers could drive up costs by creating two parallel education systems — both funded by taxpayers..
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Prosecutor fumble forces reboot in Arizona ‘fake electors’ case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052025_fake_electors/prosecutor-fumble-forces-reboot-arizona-fake-electors-case/
After two years of litigation, state prosecutors accusing Arizona Republicans of interfering with the 2020 presidential election will have to start from scratch.
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Democratic report calls Federal Election Commission a ‘broken’ agency on its 50th anniversary https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052025_broken_fec/democratic-report-calls-federal-election-commission-broken-agency-its-50th-anniversary/
The Federal Election Commission doesn't have enough commissioners to legally execute any of its high-level duties, but even when fully operational, the FEC is a “broken,” “foundering” and “floundering” agency, according to a scathing assessment of the 50-year-old agency.
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Douglas-area CBP officers intercept more than 6,000 AK-47 rounds in sedan https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051925_douglas_ammo/douglas-area-cbp-officers-intercept-more-than-6000-ak-47-rounds-sedan/
A 56-year-old man faces federal charges after Douglas-area U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered nearly 6,400 rounds of rifle ammunition stashed in his car last week.
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Pima County repaving roads this week https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051925_pima_paving/pima-county-repaving-roads-this-week/
Pima County is performing maintenance on several roads starting May 19 through May 23 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Tucson City Council candidates to meet in first forum this week https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051925_political_calendar/tucson-city-council-candidates-meet-first-forum-this-week/
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Debates set for Tucson City Council and Congressional District 7 special election; Sentinel team on the airwaves; voter registration deadlines for summer elections draw near, and more.
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Joe Biden has advanced prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 9. What does this mean? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051925_biden_cancer_op/joe-biden-has-advanced-prostate-cancer-with-gleason-score-9-what-does-this-mean/
Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has already spread to his bones, and the former president and his family now said to be reviewing treatment options.
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Supreme Court nixes protective status for Venezuelan migrants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051925_tps_venezuelans/supreme-court-nixes-protective-status-venezuelan-migrants/
The Supreme Court ruled to strip protected status from nearly 350,000 Venezuelan migrants living in the U.S., boosting President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan.
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DOJ accuses Medicare Advantage insurers of paying ‘kickbacks’ for primo customers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051925_medicare_kickbacks/doj-accuses-medicare-advantage-insurers-paying-kickbacks-primo-customers/
A lawsuit filed by the Justice Department alleges insurers paid “hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks” to large brokerages - incentives to steer patients into the insurer’s Medicare Advantage plans while also discouraging enrollment of more costly disabled beneficiaries.
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2 secretaries of state unpack lessons of proof-of-citizenship laws for voting https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051925_citizenship_voting/2-secretaries-state-unpack-lessons-proof-of-citizenship-laws-voting/
Votebeat had a chance to sit down with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan to discuss one of the most contentious topics in election administration today: laws that require voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship.
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Pima women take 12th place in NJCAA Div. I track & field championships https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/051725_pcc_womens_track/pima-women-take-12th-place-njcaa-div-i-track-field-championships/
The Pima Community College women’s track & field team closed out the 2025 season on Saturday at the NJCAA Division I Outdoor National Championships in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Conservatives on U.S. House Budget Committee switch votes, advance Republican spending package https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051925_gop_budget/conservatives-us-house-budget-committee-switch-votes-advance-republican-spending-package/
U.S. House Republicans on the Budget Committee moved the “one big, beautiful” reconciliation bill a step closer to the chamber floor in a rare Sunday night vote after a handful of conservatives blocked the bill Friday.
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FactCheck: Q&A on Trump’s Rx drug pricing executive order https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051925_factcheck_drug_pricing/factcheck-qa-trumps-rx-drug-pricing-executive-order/
In signing an executive order aimed at reducing U.S. drug prices, President Donald Trump said some prices would be cut in half or more “almost immediately.” But the order is light on details of how the plan would be implemented.
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Trump-appointed judge blocks $11 billion in cuts to public health funding https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051925_health_funding/trump-appointed-judge-blocks-11-billion-cuts-public-health-funding/
A coalition of 23 states including Arizona won a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from slashing more than $11 billion in public health funding approved by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Borowsky breaks Pima outdoor record in javelin, gets All-American nod as Pima track closes 2025 season https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/051725_pcc_mens_track/borowsky-breaks-pima-outdoor-record-javelin-gets-all-american-nod-as-pima-track-closes-2025-season/
The Pima Community College men’s track & field team finished off the 2025 season on Saturday at the NJCAA Division I Outdoor National Championships in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Tucson Council takes deep dive on billion-dollar TEP takeover; Pima Supes consider housing tax https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051825_agenda_tep_op/tucson-council-takes-deep-dive-billion-dollar-tep-takeover-pima-supes-consider-housing-tax/
The city of Tucson still considering buying Tucson Electric Power as potential costs exceed $1.5 billion, RTA drama to continue, Pima County Supervisors consider budget and more from local government meetings around Tucson.
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No Trump appointments means Federal Election Commission can't enforce campaign finance laws https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051825_fec_status/no-trump-appointments-means-federal-election-commission-cant-enforce-campaign-finance-laws/
On May 1, the Federal Election Commission lost its ability to enforce and regulate federal campaign finance laws - here's what you should know about the FEC’s latest de facto shutdown.
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