New York Republican George Santos expelled by U.S. House in bipartisan vote https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120123_santos_expulsion/new-york-republican-george-santos-expelled-by-us-house-bipartisan-vote/
New York Republican George Santos on Friday became the sixth lawmaker in history and the first member of the GOP to be expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Solutions to pay gap for Native American women could be found in their tribes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120123_native_pay_gap/solutions-pay-gap-native-american-women-could-found-their-tribes/
The gender pay gap reflects systems that have oppressed Native American women for centuries and helped form a gap in income and wages that is among the widest of any group of women, but the little data available reveals points of weakness and opportunities in existing systems.
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Pandemonium in Senate Judiciary Committee as Dems take up SCOTUS ethics subpoenas https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120123_congress_scotus_ethics/pandemonium-senate-judiciary-committee-as-dems-take-up-scotus-ethics-subpoenas/
A Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting quickly devolved into a partisan shootout as Republicans on the upper chamber’s legal affairs panel kicked off a revolt against Democrats hoping to authorize subpoenas related to their Supreme Court ethics probe.
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Anti-abortion Az Supreme Court Justice recuses self from abortion case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120123_montgomery_abortion/anti-abortion-az-supreme-court-justice-recuses-self-from-abortion-case/
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Bill Montgomery, who once accused Planned Parenthood of committing genocide, has agreed to recuse himself from a case involving the organization that will determine the future legality of abortion in the state.
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George Santos expelled from Congress amid ethics maelstrom https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120123_santos_expelled/george-santos-expelled-from-congress-amid-ethics-maelstrom/
Just a year after it began, the George Santos saga is over, as the House voted Friday to expel the lawmaker from the lower chamber amid swirling claims that he committed fraud and violated campaign finance law.
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U.S. House votes to bar use of public lands for housing migrants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120123_migrant_housing/us-house-votes-bar-use-public-lands-housing-migrants/
The U.S. House passed a bill to bar the use of public lands for temporary housing for migrants applying for asylum, legislation dead on arrival in the U.S. Senate, where Democrats hold a slim majority, and many Democrats criticized the bill as a messaging tactic for the 2024 elections.
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Israel’s mosaic of Jewish ethnic groups is key to understanding country https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120123_ethnic_jewish_op/israels-mosaic-jewish-ethnic-groups-key-understanding-country/
More than 7 million people who identify as Jewish live in Israel - a country is home to more than 2 million people who are not Jewish, as well - but even within Israel’s Jewish population, there is dizzying diversity.
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Democrats split on placing conditions on military aid to Israel https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120123_dems_israel/democrats-split-placing-conditions-military-aid-israel/
Democrats in Congress are divided on whether to set guardrails on additional military aid to Israel as that country responds to the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks with airstrikes and a ground war in Gaza.
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Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has died at age 93 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120123_oconnor_obit/retired-justice-sandra-day-oconnor-has-died-age-93/
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court who retired in 2006 after sitting on the high court bench for over two decades, died at the age of 93 on Friday morning.
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Calls mount in Congress for Social Security to address clawbacks https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120123_social_security_clawbacks/calls-mount-congress-social-security-address-clawbacks/
A media investigation gained further traction on Capitol Hill this week as additional members of Congress formally demanded answers from the Social Security Administration about billions of dollars it mistakenly paid to beneficiaries — and then ordered they repay.
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Hundreds of migrants wait in Az desert after crossing U.S.-Mexico border https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113023_lukeville_migrants_wait/hundreds-migrants-wait-az-desert-after-crossing-us-mexico-border/
Huddled in the shadow of the border wall, hundreds of migrants waited for processing in a remote stretch of desert along the southern edge of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
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18th Tucson Tamal & Heritage Fest returns to Casino del Sol https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112923_tamal_festival/18th-tucson-tamal-heritage-fest-returns-casino-del-sol/
The Tucson Tamal and Heritage Festival is coming back to Casino del Sol for the 18th year.
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Whiskey on Sunday & tears on our cheeks: Pour one out for Pogue Shane MacGowan https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/113023_tucson_sounds_macgowan/whiskey-sunday-tears-our-cheeks-pour-one-out-pogue-shane-macgowan/
In which we lament the patron saint of Celtic post-punk, Shane MacGowan. Plus, a double review of John Polle's latest projects: the Gem Show and the Websites. And more Tucson scene news than you knew you needed to know.
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Pima sheriffs deputies arrest reporter covering protest against Raytheon https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113023_reporter_arrested/pima-sheriffs-deputies-arrest-reporter-covering-protest-against-raytheon/
A news reporter was arrested Thursday in Tucson by the Pima County Sheriff's Department while covering a pro-Palestinian protest against military contractor Raytheon. Alisa Reznick of KJZZ was handcuffed and taken away by deputies, despite identifying herself as a journalist.
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Kari Lake handed another loss in long-running election challenge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113023_lake_ballots/kari-lake-handed-another-loss-long-running-election-challenge/
An Arizona judge on Thursday denied defeated gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's request to see ballot affidavit envelopes from the 2022 General Election — which she still claims she won nearly a year after the election was certified.
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Hundreds of migrants wait in Az desert after crossing U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113023_lukeville_migrants_wait/hundreds-migrants-wait-az-desert-after-crossing-us-mexico-border-tuesday/
Huddled in the shadow of the border wall, hundreds of migrants waited for processing in a remote stretch of desert along the southern edge of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
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Hundreds of migrants wait in the desert after crossing U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113023_lukeville_migrants_wait/hundreds-migrants-wait-desert-after-crossing-us-mexico-border-tuesday/
Huddled in the shadow of the border wall, hundreds of migrants waited for processing in a remote stretch of desert along the southern edge of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
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Arizona rattlesnakes could be affected by I-11 construction https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113023_rattlesnakes_i11/arizona-rattlesnakes-could-affected-by-i-11-construction/
The proposed Interstate 11 corridor, which doesn’t have a clear timeline, and portions of the project cuts through Arizona desert land, which experts say could cause continuing concerns for wildlife, such as rattlesnakes.
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Commission: Do something now about missing, murdered & trafficked Indigenous people https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/113023_mmip_commission/commission-do-something-now-missing-murdered-trafficked-indigenous-people/
In hearings held across the country, hundreds of Indigenous peoples shared their experiences and recommendations on missing, murdered and trafficked Indigenous peoples with a federally mandated commission for the first time in history.
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Uncle Sam wants you … to help stop insurers’ bogus Medicare Advantage sales tactics https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/113023_medicare_fraud/uncle-sam-wants-you-8230-help-stop-insurers-bogus-medicare-advantage-sales-tactics/
After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare Advantage and drug plans, the Biden administration hopes to unleash a special weapon to make sure companies follow the new rules: you.
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