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Judge halts Trump federal employee buyout offer tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge on Thursday halted President Donald Trump’s “Fork in the Road” federal buyout program - being pushed by both the administration and Elon Musk as a way to drastically reduce the number of federal employees - from taking effect until at least Monday afternoon.

Tucson's streets are among the deadliest in the U.S. — here's why tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson is one of the most deadly cities in the nation for motorists and pedestrians, and though crashes and deaths fell slightly last year, pedestrian deaths are up by more than 40 percent since 2017, which experts attribute to the direction of city planning and a growing homeless population.

U.S. House members battle over eliminating Education Dep't at hearing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The largely partisan clash over whether to abolish the Department of Education came to the forefront at a hearing by a U.S. House education panel, as rumors continue to circulate over President Trump’s plans to dismantle the federal agency that’s just four-and-a-half decades old.

Water is the other U.S.-Mexico border crisis & the supply crunch is getting worse tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Border security will be the likely focus of U.S.-Mexico relations under the new administration, but there also is a growing water crisis along the U.S.–Mexico border that affects tens of millions of people on both sides, and it can only be managed if the two governments work together.

Az ranchers ask 9th Circuit to reopen wells shuttered for pumping Gila River water tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A group of Arizona ranchers went before the Ninth Circuit seeking to reverse a lower court decision that sealed their wells because they pumped a small percentage of Gila River water — a resource to which the Gila River Indian Community says it has full rights.

Veterans, activists unite in Arizona’s 50501 protest against Trump, Musk & Project 2025 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Hundreds of Arizonans — among them young members of the queer community, Army veterans and senior citizens — assembled at the state Capitol in Phoenix on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump’s overreach and his implementation of Project 2025.

Arizona Republicans lose bid to block Grand Canyon monument protections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit that Arizona GOP lawmakers brought last year aiming to strike down former President Biden’s national monument designation near the Grand Canyon - though Republicans expect Trump will reverse Biden’s designation if the courts won’t.

Trump bid to end birthright citizenship paused by federal judge tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Pregnant mothers and immigrant rights groups won a temporary reprieve from President Donald Trump’s unilateral push to revoke citizenship from noncitizens' children after a federal judge ordered a nationwide pause on an executive order ending birthright citizenship.

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