Nonprofits press Arizona lawmakers to fund community programs over deportations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020525_community_deportations/nonprofits-press-arizona-lawmakers-fund-community-programs-over-deportations/
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.
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Demonstrators at U.S. Capitol rally against Trump’s ‘direct attack’ on education https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020525_education_attack/demonstrators-us-capitol-rally-against-trumps-direct-attack-education/
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.
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Legal briefs challenge Arizona’s lethal injection drugs as illegal https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020525_lethal_drugs/legal-briefs-challenge-arizonas-lethal-injection-drugs-as-illegal/
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.
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Trump administration begins sending immigrants to Guantanamo Bay https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020525_guantanamo_immigrants/trump-administration-begins-sending-immigrants-guantanamo-bay/
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.
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Tucson biz groups lining up against Prop. 414 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020425_prop_414_biz/tucson-biz-groups-lining-up-against-prop-414/
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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Gabbard nomination for intel chief headed to Senate floor https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020425_gabbard_senate/gabbard-nomination-intel-chief-headed-senate-floor/
Former Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard got a step further in her bid to serve as the next director of national intelligence after a U.S. Senate panel propelled her nomination to the Senate floor.
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FBI agents sue DOJ to block internal Jan. 6 probe, warn of mass terminations & threats https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020425_fbi_lawsuit/fbi-agents-sue-doj-block-internal-jan-6-probe-warn-mass-terminations-threats/
A group of nine anonymous FBI agents asked a federal judge to block the Justice Department’s internal probe of employees who worked on massive investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents.
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Hobbs appoints Wade as Pima County Superior Court judge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020425_superior_court_appointment/hobbs-appoints-wade-as-pima-county-superior-court-judge/
University of Arizona graduate Nathan Wade will serve as a Pima County Superior Court judge, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced Tuesday.
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Hundreds protest Trump immigration policies at Arizona Capitol https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020425_immigration_protest/hundreds-protest-trump-immigration-policies-arizona-capitol/
Critics of the White House’s hostile immigration policies took over the Arizona Capitol as part of a national day of protest, the latest in a series of public demonstrations that have erupted across the Valley to oppose President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan.
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RFK Jr. nomination as health secretary approved by key U.S. Senate panel https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020425_rfk_health/rfk-jr-nomination-as-health-secretary-approved-by-key-us-senate-panel/
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved one step closer to becoming Health and Human Services secretary after a Senate committee favorably reported his nomination to the floor, despite decades of spreading false information about vaccine safety.
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Conover: ICE should 'come with a warrant' if they raid Pima County facilities https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020425_conover_ice_memo/conover-ice-should-come-with-warrant-if-they-raid-pima-county-facilities/
Pima County officials should protect employees from "unauthorized interference" and "fraudulent actors" as the Trump administration makes a show of force with immigration arrests, County Attorney Laura Conover advised in a newly released legal memo.
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Unions sue Treasury over granting Musk, ‘DOGE’ agents access to sensitive financial data https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020425_unions_lawsuit/unions-sue-treasury-over-granting-musk-doge-agents-access-sensitive-financial-data/
Several unions representing federal employees sued the Treasury Department for granting Elon Musk and non-government agents of his Department of Government Efficiency access to a sensitive system containing personal and financial information of millions of Americans.
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Members of Congress refused entry to USAID agency shuttered by Trump administration https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020425_usaid_shuttered/members-congress-refused-entry-usaid-agency-shuttered-by-trump-administration/
Democratic members of Congress were denied entry to the U.S. Agency for International Development, after billionaire Elon Musk, empowered by President Donald Trump, worked to close the nation’s humanitarian arm.
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Trump’s tariff threats fit a growing global phenomenon: Hardball migration diplomacy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020425_tariffs_migration_op/trumps-tariff-threats-fit-growing-global-phenomenon-hardball-migration-diplomacy/
“Migration diplomacy” – the use of diplomatic tools and threats to control the number and flow of migrants – isn’t new, and while it can be cooperative, there’s always the possibility a disagreement will spiral into diplomatic spats or outright conflict.
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Trump idles National Labor Relations Board with two firings https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020425_nlrb_firings/trump-idles-national-labor-relations-board-with-two-firings/
President Donald Trump ousted National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox in an unprecedented move that paralyzes the board, and also fired NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, teeing up a constitutional challenge that could further weaken worker protections.
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Grazing project could burden endangered wolves, conservationists tell 9th Circuit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020425_wolves_grazing/grazing-project-could-burden-endangered-wolves-conservationists-tell-9th-circuit/
Conservationists asked the 9th Circuit to order the U.S. Forest Service to reconsider the potential impacts of a large-scale grazing project on the continued recovery and survival of the Mexican gray wolf.
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Kris Mayes warns Az federal workers to pass on Trump’s ‘unenforceable’ mass buyout offer https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020425_mayes_buyout/kris-mayes-warns-az-federal-workers-pass-trumps-unenforceable-mass-buyout-offer/
A dozen attorneys general, including Arizona’s Kris Mayes, are warning federal employees across the country to be wary of the White House’s so-called buyout offer.
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ACLU & immigration legal aid groups sue Trump administration over asylum ban https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020325_asylum_lawsuit/aclu-immigration-legal-aid-groups-sue-trump-administration-over-asylum-ban/
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with immigration legal aid groups, filed the first major lawsuit against the Trump administration’s proclamation of an “invasion” at the southern border to justify expelling migrants and preventing them from claiming asylum.
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2nd federal judge issues temporary order blocking Trump's spending freeze https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020325_trump_freeze/2nd-federal-judge-issues-temporary-order-blocking-trumps-spending-freeze/
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the Trump administration from implementing a spending freeze on grant and loan programs that was outlined in a memo released last week, but has since been rescinded.
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Barajas launches Tucson City Council campaign with powerhouse endorsements https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020325_barajas_tucson_campaign/barajas-launches-tucson-city-council-campaign-with-powerhouse-endorsements/
Democrat Selina Barajas rolled out a formal launch of her Council campaign on Monday, naming supporters that include U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, Mayor Regina Romero, Ward 1 Councilmember Lane Santa Cruz, Supervisors Adelita Grijalva, Jennifer Allen and Matt Heinz, and South Tucson Mayor Roxanna Valenzuela.
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