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Az Republicans follow lead of RFK Jr. with effort to ban SNAP users from buying soda, candy tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republicans want to ban the use of federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds to purchase candy and soda, but critics say their overly-broad proposal would bar low-income families from buying things like flavored water and granola bars.

Mexico opens 2-front war on U.S. guns tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum linked the tariff ceasefire to the U.S. government’s commitment to stop the trafficking of high-powered weapons, and next month, Mexico will ask for the U.S. Supreme Court’s endorsement on its lawsuit against gun manufacturers.

Demonstrators at U.S. Capitol rally against Trump’s ‘direct attack’ on education tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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.

Legal briefs challenge Arizona’s lethal injection drugs as illegal tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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.

Tucson biz groups lining up against Prop. 414 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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.

FBI agents sue DOJ to block internal Jan. 6 probe, warn of mass terminations & threats tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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.

Hundreds protest Trump immigration policies at Arizona Capitol tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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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