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Feds reimburse only a fraction of Az costs to imprison convicted criminals who are in U.S. illegally tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Despite three decades of promises, Congress has never fully reimbursed state and local law enforcement agencies for the cost of jailing convicted criminals who are in the country illegally, and Arizona officials aren’t optimistic that will change under President Donald Trump.

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Arizona lawmakers brace for Trump's address to Congress tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After six weeks of throwing the economy, federal agencies and relations with allies into turmoil, Arizona Democrats say, nothing President Donald Trump tells Congress on Tuesday night could unify the country behind him.

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Photos: Around 1,000 people protest Musk & Trump at Tucson Tesla dealership tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Furious with Elon Musk and the Trump administration's treatment of federal employees, around 1,000 people protested on Saturday at Tucson's Tesla dealership. Another demonstration was held at Saguaro National Park.

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With RFK Jr. in charge, supplement makers see chance to cash in tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now in the driver’s seat, the dietary supplement industry aims to make bolder health claims for its products and even get the government, private insurers, and flexible spending accounts to pay for supplements.

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U.S. Forest Service firings decimate already understaffed agency: ‘It’s catastrophic’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Forest Service, which stewards 193 million acres of public lands from Alaska to Florida, was in trouble even before Trump took office - but now, Forest Service workers fear this isn’t just the end of the line for their dream careers, but also a turning point for public lands.

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Wa:K Pow Wow brings dancing & community to San Xavier del Bac Mission tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Wa:K Pow Wow is returning for its 40th year with more dancing, more community and more Indigenous culture. It will take place at Mission San Xavier del Bac this weekend.

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Groups helping LGBTQ+ victims of violence could face a catastrophic loss of federal funding tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Organizations that provide services to LGBTQ+ victims of domestic and intimate partner violence expect much of the federal funding they rely on to dry up as the Trump administration's executive orders target the work they have been carrying out for years.

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FactCheck: Online posts misconstrue data on Social Security numbers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Elon Musk shared a chart on X purportedly showing more than 398 million eligible numbers in the Social Security database. Online posts misconstrued the figures to wrongly claim they showed how many people are receiving benefits, which would exceed the U.S. population.

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Some LGBTQ+ Arizonans are avoiding the State Capitol for safety tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While advocates advised families of queer youth to stop showing up at the Arizona Capitol for fear of being sought out and investigated, others continue to have their voices heard in hearings.

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Republicans could pay for tax cuts by slashing billions from Medicaid health coverage tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republicans in Congress have gotten a crash course in Medicaid during the last few weeks, as they eye the health care program for lower-income Americans as a source for hundreds of billions of dollars in savings to pay for tax cuts.

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Zelenskyy cuts short White House visit after disastrous falling out with Trump tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In extraordinarily heated scenes inside the Oval Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy argued with U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in front of the world's media before cutting short his visit to the White House.

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Chicano photographer Louis Carlos Bernal celebrated in community by UA center tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The last installment of the Center for Creative Photography's Sobremesa event series is set to bring a casual and family-friendly experience full of food samples by a local chef and conversation about famed photographer Louis Carlos Bernal with Tucson-based visual artists. It will take place at El Pueblo Neighborhood Center on Friday, Feb. 28 from 5:30 - 7 p.m.

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In Nogales, Mexico, fewer tourists and more deportees tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Like many border towns, Nogales features establishments that cater to gringos looking for a good time or a good deal - but under the Trump administration, instead of throngs of tourists, now buses cross from the United States full of deportees.

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DOGE gains access to confidential records on housing discrimination, medical details — even domestic violence tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has gained access to a HUD system containing confidential personal information about hundreds of thousands of alleged victims of housing discrimination, including victims of domestic violence.

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Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass firing of federal workers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit pitting unions representing thousands of federal workers against the Office of Personnel Management, which the plaintiffs say recently ordered federal agencies to terminate all probationary employees.

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Trump tariffs set to hit America's biggest trading partners beginning next week tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump said that he will implement 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico - initially ordered the tariffs last month - starting Tuesday, adding punishing restrictions on the United States’ biggest trading partners.

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Some LGBTQ+ Arizonans are avoiding the Capitol for safety tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While advocates advised families of queer youth to stop showing up at the Arizona Capitol for fear of being sought out and investigated, others continue to have their voices heard in hearings.

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In Arizona’s Maricopa County, a public ‘battle’ for control of elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Maricopa County’s new recorder is rejecting an agreement that splits control of the county’s elections between his office and supervisors, and is threatening to sue the supervisors if they don’t give him more power.

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Democrats fear millions of student loan records were illegally shared with Elon Musk’s DOGE tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Senate Democrats are fed up with the Education Department’s response to their inquiry over reports that Elon Musk’s U.S. Department of Government Efficiency — which is not an actual department — “gained access to millions of student loan borrowers’ personal data.”

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Faith groups: State Department axed contracts for refugee services despite court order tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Faith groups involved in refugee resettlement services asked a federal judge for an emergency hearing after the U.S. State Department terminated their contracts — despite a nationwide injunction earlier this week.

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