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Arizona, blue states sue to stop White House funding cuts before they happen tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A coalition of 21 states, including Arizona, is suing the Trump administration over a clause that allows it to terminate a grant if it “no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities.”

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GOP leaders in U.S. Senate struggle to lessen pain of Medicaid cuts for rural hospitals tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Senate Republicans were scrambling to restructure several proposals in the “big, beautiful bill” that don’t meet their chamber’s strict rules for passing a reconciliation package, while GOP lawmakers on the other side of the Capitol warned those changes may doom its passage.

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Opponents call GOP public lands sell-off a violation of tribal sovereignty & treaties tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
After intense criticism from conservation groups, political leaders, and the public, a legislative proposal to sell public lands in several Western states, including Arizona, to supposedly address a housing crisis in the U.S., is now being revised and restructured.

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Trump admin asks 9th Circuit to lift stay on ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration asked a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday to let it restart "Remain in Mexico," a policy requiring migrants to stay in Mexico until their immigration court date.

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DOJ whistleblower says court nominee suggested violating court orders in Trump deportation case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump’s nominee for a key appellate court vacancy and a top Justice Department official told colleagues that the agency might have to tell a federal court “fuck you” if it wanted to carry out the White House’s mass deportation operations.

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Después del solsticio, No Más Muertes deja cientos de galones de agua en el Az desierto tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Dos días después del solsticio de verano, el día más largo del año, dos docenas de voluntarios de No Más Muertes dejaron 364 galones de agua en un tramo del Valle de Altar, a unas 33 millas al suroeste de Tucson.

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Just after the longest day of the year, No More Deaths leaves hundreds of gallons of water in Az desert tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two days after the summer solstice—the longest day of the year—two dozen volunteers with No More Deaths left 364 one-gallon water bottles in a stretch of the Altar Valley, about 33 miles southwest of Tucson.

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CD7 candidate Daniel Hernandez grabs bystander's phone during confrontation at Bisbee event tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Democratic political event in Bisbee turned heated after an attendee shouted a question about Palestine to Tucson congressional candidate Daniel Hernandez, spectators said.

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Women prosecuted for miscarriages at record levels since Roe overturned tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In the three years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision struck down the federal right to abortion granted by Roe, women around the country have faced criminal charges after their pregnancies ended in miscarriage or stillbirth.

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Bird flu spurs shift to quail eggs & other alternatives tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As bird flu has spread across 10 states - including Arizona, where at least four commercial farms in Maricopa County have experienced an outbreak that has decimated their chicken flocks, quail breeders are seeing increased interest in alternatives.

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GOP proposal to auction off federal lands ruled out by Senate parliamentarian tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A proposal to auction millions of acres of federal lands to pay for President Donald Trump's budget proposal has been ruled out of the reconciliation bill by the Senate parliamentarian, but the measure's sponsor has promised to return with a revision.

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Child care is now rivaling home costs tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The cost of child care is rising. By a lot. In 45 states and Washington, D.C., child care for two kids now costs more than a mortgage, and in 49 states and D.C., child care for two surpasses what families pay in rent.

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If Trump wants more deportations, he’ll need to target the construction industry tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration is going after construction workers without legal status to meet its mass deportation goals — even as the country has a housing shortage and needs new homes built.

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Hemp industry argues some psychoactive products legal in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona hemp industry argued in state court that retailers selling low-THC hemp products like delta-8 and CBD are immune from the state’s marijuana laws and protected by the 2018 federal Farm Bill.

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‘None of us are tired’: Democratic AGs pledge extended court fight against Trump tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Democratic state attorneys general vowed Monday on Capitol Hill to continue legal challenges against President Donald Trump’s “outrageous overreach” through executive orders to strip birthright citizenship, impose staggering global tariffs, thwart lifesaving medical research and more.

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Arizona budget crisis deepens as House cancels talks with governor’s office tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With a week left before an impending government shutdown, the spat between Republicans in the Arizona legislature shows no sign of ending, and a plan for the upcoming fiscal year remains uncertain.

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Senate rules process strips SNAP cuts, other GOP priorities from ‘big, beautiful bill’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Senate Democrats have succeeded in eliminating more than a dozen policy changes from Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” after successfully arguing that the elements didn’t comply with the strict rules that go along with writing a budget reconciliation bill.

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Homeland Security Sec. Noem briefs governors after U. S. strikes on Iran tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the weekend briefed state governors regarding public safety measures following President Trump’s decision to bomb nuclear sites in Iran, and a retaliatory strikes toward a U.S. military base in Qatar.

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Repealing 'Roadless Rule,' Trump rolls back protections for 58M acres of forests & wildlands tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Trump administration rolled back a Clinton-era rule protecting more than 58 million acres of federal forest and wildlands from road construction and timber harvesting on Monday.

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Supreme Court nixes due process & allows Trump to deport to 3rd countries tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court threw out safeguards protecting migrants deported to countries not of their origin, allowing the Trump administration to ignore fear of torture claims for noncitizens sent to the war-torn nation of South Sudan.

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