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Trump sending 3,000 more troops & combat vehicles to U.S.-Mexico border tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that another round of active-duty troops will head to the U.S.-Mexico border in the coming weeks at the behest of President Donald Trump.

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Tucson looks at $13 million deficit, Marana to consider higher water rates tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Updated: The city of Tucson's financial team is warning of a $13 million budget shortfall; Marana residents could pay a couple bucks more for water, Oro Valley does without consultants and more in local government meetings around Tucson.

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Following Trump’s playbook, Arizona Republicans target remote work and DEI tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Following the lead of the Trump administration, Republicans in the Arizona legislature moved forward with proposals that would force government workers back to the office and ban diversity, equity and inclusion.

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City of Tucson hosting community meetings to discuss food distribution in city parks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson is hosting forums to discuss food distribution in local parks. Current regulations require a permit from the Pima County Health Department, with only certain parks eligible.

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LGBTQ+ Arizonans are fleeing the state tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Many LGBTQ+ people fleeing are Arizona, where LGBTQ+ rights are hotly contested, and though their reasons for leaving vary - from health care to protecting their marriages - there was one common thread: Arizona is no longer safe.

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Making English official U.S. language can’t erase fact that U.S. has millions of Spanish speakers tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
An executive order signed by President Donald Trump stating English should be the official language of the United States is ignoring the demographic reality of the U.S. and rejecting a long-standing tradition in American government of making key civic information accessible.

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‘It’s all been scrapped’: Women in wildland firefighting bootcamps canceled after DEI cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Wildland firefighting bootcamps aimed at women have been canceled as part of a government-wide effort to rid agencies of programs that focused on diversity, equity and inclusion under the Trump administration - orders that could hurt years of progress recruiting women to the field.

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Veterans won big with the PACT Act. Now, civilian contractors are starting their own campaign. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Military veterans have won benefits that contractors have not - most recently in the form of 2022’s PACT Act - and a new organization launching this month aims to change that - though even veterans are worried their hard-won benefits may be on the chopping block.

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NAU science & health program for Native American youth in danger tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Although the CARE program at NAU worked mainly with Indigenous students, the program welcomed everyone - but after President Trump issued several executive orders banning DEI, CARE has scaled back significantly and is in danger of shutting down.

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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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