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Ruben Gallego, Az’s first Latino senator, says there’s room to work with Trump on border security tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s first Latino U.S. senator, Ruben Gallego, says he’s willing to work with Donald Trump’s administration on border security, echoing the Democratic Party line of tentative cooperation that emerged after an election marked by Republican wins and voter concerns over immigration.

Restitution claims foggy in Backpage case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge says she doesn’t have enough facts to grant restitution to 12 women who were sex trafficked as minors on the classified advertising website Backpage.com between 2014 and 2016.

New Orleans attacker’s apparent loyalty to IS group highlights threat of lone wolf terrorism tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
With lost territory in the Middle East, the Islamic State group has sought to exploit personal grievances, mental health struggles and ideological vulnerabilities, transforming isolated individuals in the West into deadly instruments of violence.

Trump to face hush money sentencing on Jan. 10 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced in his hush money case, where the jury verdict that found the former and soon-to-be-president guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, on Jan. 10, just 10 days before his inauguration.

How Trump's nominees could make Project 2025 a reality tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Republican President-elect Donald Trump spent the closing months of his campaign trying to distance himself from a blueprint for his second term known as Project 2025 - and then picked major architects of the Heritage Foundation’s vision for key posts in his next administration.

America’s 250th birthday prompts rethinking of historical markers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As the United States prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, renewed interest in the accuracy of the nation’s historical markers is part of a discourse over who or what belongs on a pedestal or a bronze plaque.

Former Pima baseball coach Rich Alday named to ABCA Hall of Fame tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Former Pima Community College baseball coach Rich Alday, who coached the Aztecs from 1974-1989 and 2018, was selected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class of 2025.

Utah horseman rode 6,000 miles through 25 states to spotlight wild horse crisis tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Utah horseman Jake Harvath rode 6,000 miles through 25 states on his mustangs to spotlight the wild horse crisis and how grazing, population growth and development pressures have made life increasingly difficult for these animals.

How Trump nominees could make Project 2025 a reality tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Republican President-elect Donald Trump spent the closing months of his campaign trying to distance himself from a blueprint for his second term known as Project 2025 - and then picked major architects of the Heritage Foundation’s vision for key posts in his next administration.

Second unit sparks 20-0 run as Pima men's basketball moves to 16-0 tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (16-0) played their first game of 2025 on Saturday against PHH Prep at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.

Az Health Dep't launches new website for state-wide health data tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Department of Health Services launched a new website this week designed to act as a "comprehensive platform" for data collected by state officials.

Deadline for feedback on city's 'Plan Tucson 2025' extended until Jan. 31 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson has extended the deadline to provide feedback on a preliminary draft of the "Plan Tucson" 2025 General Plan Update until Jan. 31 at 5 p.m.

Johnson clinches House speakership after nail-biting ballot tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly survived a drawn-out leadership battle on the House floor Friday afternoon, as he secured enough Republican support to remain the lower chamber’s top lawmaker.

Az appeals court: Refusal to certify election results not protected by legislative immunity tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby was not protected by legislative immunity when he delayed certification of the 2022 midterm election, an Arizona appeals court ruled earlier this week, upholding a ruling by a lower court.

Apple to pay $95 million in settlement over Siri eavesdropping tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Apple agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class action accusing the tech company of eavesdropping on users who accidentally activated the virtual assistant Siri on their iPhones and other Apple devices.

Biden blocks deal to sell U.S. Steel, saying it should be domestically owned & operated tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden announced he will block the sale of U.S. Steel to the Japanese company Nippon Steel, in one of the last acts of his presidency stating the company should remain a domestically owned and operated company.

Digital license plates used in Az vulnerable to hacking, researchers find tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Security researchers have uncovered an exploit that allows a person to hack the digital license plates that Arizona allows drivers to use, creating an avenue for bad actors to change the license plate number.

Appeals court: Refusal to certify election results not protected by legislative immunity tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby was not protected by legislative immunity when he delayed certification of the 2022 midterm election, an Arizona appeals court ruled earlier this week, upholding a ruling by a lower court.

New Orleans attack prompts tighter security in D.C. ahead of inauguration, Carter funeral tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Law enforcement agencies in the nation’s capital were closely monitoring security following a terrorist attack in New Orleans and a vehicle explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.

Democrats object to Trump’s expected pardons of Jan. 6 defendants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin urged Americans to demand President-elect Donald Trump justify each Jan. 6 defendant pardon if he issues them on his “first day” in office - as promised - after more than 140 police officers were assaulted during the attack.

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