Trump's cuts to terrorism prevention could leave Americans exposed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091125_terrorism_cuts_op/trumps-cuts-terrorism-prevention-could-leave-americans-exposed/
The dismantling of the country’s terrorism and extremism prevention programs have drastically limited the U.S. government’s terrorism prevention work, and risk setting America’s counterterrorism work back into a reactive, military approach that has proven ineffective.
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9/11 did not change the world – it was already on the path to decades of conflict https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091122_9-11_conflicts_path_op/9-11-did-not-change-world-8211-it-was-already-path-decades-conflict/
The September 11 attacks in New York and Washington were visceral in their impact - killing more than 2,700 people - and often seen as the single event that turned traditional military postures on their heads - but the decades of world disorder began much earlier.
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How memories of Japanese American imprisonment during WWII guided U.S. response to 9/11 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091125_9-11_response_op/how-memories-japanese-american-imprisonment-during-wwii-guided-us-response-9-11/
Incarceration by the federal government in the aftermath of Japan’s Pearl Harbor bombing nearly 60 years earlier would be a crucial element in decisions about how the George W. Bush administration responded to 9/11.
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What schools teach about 9/11 and the war on terror https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091123_war_terror_op/what-schools-teach-9-11-and-war-terror/
The events of 9/11 and the global war on terror are integrated into U.S. classrooms with a relatively consistent narrative that focuses on 9/11 as an unprecedented and shocking attack, but there are inherent risks in teaching a simple nationalistic narrative of heroism and evil.
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Americans used to unite over tragic events − and now are divided by them https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091124_american_unity_op/americans-used-unite-over-tragic-events-8722-and-now-are-divided-by-them/
Events like the natural disasters, school shootings, terrorist attacks and economic crises, and even the COVID-19 pandemic represent a change in how tragic circumstances are cast and how they are responded to in the U.S. and beyond, and tragedy seldom unifies Americans today.
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Lessons about 9/11 often provoke harassment of Muslim students https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091124_911_muslim_students_op/lessons-9-11-often-provoke-harassment-muslim-students/
Near the start of each school year, many U.S. schools wrestle with how to teach about 9/11 – the deadliest foreign attack ever on American soil, and Muslim students are often subjected to ridicule and blame for the attacks.
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Supreme Court grants swift review for Trump’s tariff authority https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091025_scotus_tariffs/supreme-court-grants-swift-review-trumps-tariff-authority/
The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to quickly resolve a major legal battle over President Donald Trump’s authority to unilaterally wage a global tariff war.
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Teachers unions join lawsuit over Trump admin dropping guidelines keeping ICE from schools, churches https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091025_sensitive_locations_lawsuit/teachers-unions-join-lawsuit-over-trump-admin-dropping-guidelines-keeping-ice-from-schools-churches/
The largest teachers' unions—the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers—joined a lawsuit over the Trump administration's abandoning long-held guidelines that restricted immigration arrests at certain locations deemed to be "sensitive" — including schools, hospitals, courthouses and churches.
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Grab a friend for this week's events around Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/091025_to_do/grab-friend-this-weeks-events-around-tucson/
This week's lineup of events can serve as group activities. And if you don't have a group, here's your chance to find one.
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Enviros: Court-ordered tracking well in San Pedro basin ran dry in June https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091025_monitoring_well_dry/enviros-court-ordered-tracking-well-san-pedro-basin-ran-dry-june/
A court-ordered monitoring well for the San Pedro River in Southern Arizona ran dry in June, the Center for Biological Diversity said Wednesday. "What more proof do our leaders need that the San Pedro is being sucked dry?," the group's co-founder said.
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Dems ready ethics complaint against GOP lawmaker who called Muslims ‘f***ing savages’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091025_gillette_ethics_complaint/dems-ready-ethics-complaint-against-gop-lawmaker-who-called-muslims-fing-savages/
Arizona House Democratic leadership said Wednesday morning that they intend to file an ethics complaint against Kingman Republican John Gillette after he called Muslims “f***ing savages” in an interview on Monday.
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Chris Donat ends Southern Az congressional bid https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091025_donat_drops_out/chris-donat-ends-southern-az-congressional-bid/
Democrat Chris Donat announced Tuesday that he was ending his 2026 campaign for Southern Arizona’s Congressional District 6 seat.
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Charlie Kirk dies after shooting at Utah Valley University https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091025_charlie_kirk_shot/charlie-kirk-dies-after-shooting-utah-valley-university/
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah, at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday, according to reports from the scene.
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Prescribed burn in Cochise County works to deter wildfires amid active season https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091025_ramsey_burn/prescribed-burn-cochise-county-works-deter-wildfires-amid-active-season/
A prescribed pile burn began yesterday in Ramsey Canyon, a part of the Coronado National Forest, and is expected to continue through Friday, Sept. 12. The burn area covers a 10-acre rectangle, just off of East Ramsey Canyon Road, about 8 miles south of Sierra Vista.
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Gutierrez produces 2nd hat trick as Pima score 6 goals at Chandler-Gilbert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/090925_pcc_mens_soccer/gutierrez-produces-2nd-hat-trick-as-pima-score-6-goals-chandler-gilbert/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (3-1, 1-1 in ACCAC) bounced back in the win column on Tuesday as they played an ACCAC conference contest at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (0-2, 0-2).
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Charlie Kirk shot during event at Utah Valley University https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091025_charlie_kirk_shot/charlie-kirk-shot-during-event-utah-valley-university/
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah, at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday, according to reports from the scene.
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RFK Jr. lists 100+ recommendations to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091025_maha_100_list/rfk-jr-lists-100-recommendations-make-america-healthy-again/
The Trump administration released its strategy to Make America Healthy Again on Tuesday, which officials hope will reduce chronic diseases and align federal policy with their beliefs.
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Arizona counties defy attorney general opinion on voters caught in proof-of-citizenship error https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091025_az_voter_id/arizona-counties-defy-attorney-general-opinion-voters-caught-proof-of-citizenship-error/
Thousands of Arizona voters caught up in a state record-keeping error will lose at least some voting rights if they don’t prove their citizenship.
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Federal judge freezes Trump effort to fire Fed official https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091025_fed_firing_freeze/federal-judge-freezes-trump-effort-fire-fed-official/
A federal judge Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from terminating Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook, setting up a further court battle over the central bank’s independence.
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Dems target Eli Crane for flip-flopping on Epstein file disclosure https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091025_crane_epstein/dems-target-eli-crane-flip-flopping-epstein-file-disclosure/
National Democrats are launching a social media ad blitz in Arizona to call out Republican U.S. Rep. Eli Crane for flip-flopping on his promise to release more information on Jeffrey Epstein.
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