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Trump’s political operation is sitting on nearly $240 million tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump may not be eligible to seek another term, but his political organizations spent the first half of 2025 refilling their coffers with the midterm elections looming.

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Breaking down why Medicare Part D premiums are likely to go up tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Medicare enrollees who buy the optional Part D drug benefit may see substantial premium price hikes — potentially up to $50 a month — when they shop for next year’s coverage, and beneficiaries should not simply roll over their existing stand-alone Medicare drug plans.

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FTC drops Biden-era lawsuit over Grand Canyon University nonprofit claims tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to drop its lawsuit against a service provider for Grand Canyon University, a Christian university in Phoenix.

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Lawmaker calls for explanation of inconsistent Forest Service staffing data tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A lawmaker is demanding Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins account for discrepancies between public statements about wildland firefighter staffing and a report showing there were thousands of vacancies in the Forest Service’s firefighting workforce.

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Destruction of sacred Apache land now imminent tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Defenders of a swath of Apache holy land marked for doom may be out of options after a federal judge again denied motions for preliminary injunction.

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Tucson to dissolve climate panel; post-Project Blue rules take shape tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Climate change programs are losing funding as the world hurtles toward calamity, and Tucson and Pima County start to address rules for data centers — including Tucson large-water users, and the RTA plan gets another review. Plus more in local government meetings this week.

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Gutierrez: We must work to bring intelligence & analytic decision making back public health tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
It is unfathomable that mRNA research to create better vaccines for prevention, but also to hopefully cure several cancers is being targeted because the person in charge of the agency is a conspiracy theorist with absolutely no medical or scientific knowledge.

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‘Complete nightmare’: Student veterans, advisers say VA cuts are derailing their educations tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Getting GI Bill benefits from the Veterans Administration, which student veterans use to pay for their tuition, textbooks and housing, already took weeks. Since federal government staffing cuts since President Donald Trump took office, it’s been taking at least three times longer.

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Pima transportation board advances 20-year, $2.67B RTA Next plan tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The RTA Board voted 6-2 Friday to advance a new 20-year, $2.67 billion RTA Next plan for voters to decide on the March 2026 ballot.

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ICE drops nearly $1 million on truck upgrades for recruiting ads tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent nearly $1 million on flashy truck upgrades as the Trump administration pushes to recruit 10,000 new agents.

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FactCheck: Recapping Trump’s deceptive tariff claims tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Higher tariffs that President Trump had vowed to impose on goods imported from dozens of countries went into effect on Aug. 7 - but before and after he took office in January, Trump has made a series of false and misleading statements to justify his new tariff policies.

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COVID-19 vaccines for kids are mired in uncertainty amid conflicting federal guidance tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The process that normally provides clear, consistent recommendations and ensures availability for vaccines before respiratory virus season has been upended, and this year’s COVID-19 vaccine guidance for children is a prime example.

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Loft Cinema 'grand opening' celebrates Tucson theater's expansion tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Construction is far from over at The Loft Cinema, but director Peggy Johnson believes she can finally see the finish line. The local movie theater recently completed three major components after about a year of renovations.

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Conover sues feds, claiming continued obstruction of Pima County's homicide case vs. carjacker tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said she filed a lawsuit the Trump administration on Friday, demanding access to Julio Cesar Aguirre — a Mexican man whose prosecution has been at the center of an expanding rift between Conover and federal prosecutors.

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Gallego visits Iranian man in immigration detention in Florence tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego visited a Iranian man at the immigration detention facility in Florence — following Sen. Mark Kelly and other members of Congress in meeting with constituents held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Lights out: Arizona earns 5–0 victory in twice-delayed match vs. UNLV tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
In a match that featured a lightning delay, lights going out and late-match gamesmanship from their opponents, the Arizona Wildcats persevered and outplayed the UNLV Running Rebels and earned a 5 –0 victory at Mulcahy Stadium on Thursday night.

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Tucson's Planetary Science Institute scientist awarded prestigious Kuiper Prize tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Planetary Science Institute’s Senior Scientist Faith Vilas was awarded the 2025 Gerard P. Kuiper Prize for her outstanding contributors to planetary science.

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Marijuana sales in Arizona plummet as recreational market growth stalls tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Marijuana sales in Arizona slid faster in the second quarter of 2025 than they did in the first quarter, marking the largest year-over-year decrease since voters approved recreational cannabis use in 2020.

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Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Dragon Bravo Fire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona isn’t just a wildfire story, it’s also a water story, and it signals a larger, emerging challenge across the West. As fire seasons expand in size and complexity, the overlap between fire and water will only grow.

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Darian: Local mine will waste 3 times more water than Project Blue tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Yes, data centers use a lot of water. But did you know a foreign mining company projects to waste three times as much of Arizona’s most precious resource in the mountains beyond Tucson?

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