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Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: ‘You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
‘You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,’ a federal judge told Border Patrol attorneys at a hearing challenging recent immigration sweeps.

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Study finds public power in Tucson is feasible; TEP disagrees tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A study commissioned by the city of Tucson found that a publicly owned electric power utility is financially feasible, but a Tucson Electric Power spokesperson warned consumers the report is “profoundly flawed.”

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Trump endorses Ciscomani; Az Dems have party problems tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Southern Arizona political roundup: Trump endorses Ciscomani; congressional fundraising; challenging moments in CD7 GOP primary; state Democrats have party problems

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Tucson-based folklorico costume maker named 2025 National Heritage Fellow tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Folklórico costume maker Carmen Baron was named a 2025 National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment of the Arts, 'the nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.'

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FactCheck: Tracking Trump’s Promises at the 100-Day Mark tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A look at half dozen of Trump’s most consequential pledges – ones that he said would happen immediately — and the progress Trump has made toward fulfilling them.

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Trump targets so-called 'sanctuary cities' & DACA students receiving in-state tuition tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday targeting local cities the administration claims are not cooperating with his immigration crackdown, and another targeting non-citizen college students who receive in-state tuition.

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Trump will retreat on auto tariffs amid broader trade tensions, Treasury Secretary confirms tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled a reprieve on auto tariffs will come Tuesday ahead of the president’s stop in Michigan to mark his first 100 days in office.

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Are local officials duty-bound to certify elections? Arizona ruling creates new doubt. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A recent court ruling challenges the long-held presumption in Arizona that supervisors have no discretion when certifying election results.

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Experts: AI holds promise in scientific research, but can’t substitute for humans tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
With the Trump administration making sweeping cuts to staff and research grants at science-related agencies, artificial intelligence could offer a tempting way to keep labs going, but scientists say there are limits to the technology’s uses.

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Man held at Pima County Jail dies after 'medical emergency' tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Detectives are investigating after a man being held at the Pima County Jail died Monday, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said.

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This week's Nogales Int'l Film Festival is for reel lovers tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Local student-made, national and international films will be screened at the U.S.-Mexico border wall for the Nogales International Film Festival 2025. The films will be projected onto both sides of the border wall and are free to view for the public.

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Report: Trump admin mulls opening Arizona's Ironwood Forest Nat'l Monument to drilling & mining tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Trump administration is contemplating shrinking six national monuments and opening them up for mining and oil drilling, including the 129,000-acre Ironwood Forest National Monument near Tucson.

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Ganter, Richards & Plasschaert homer as Pima baseball stymies Mesa tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (45-11, 29-11 in ACCAC) closed out the regular season on Saturday at Mesa Community College (30-26, 17-23). Their 29-11 record in conference play is the most wins since 1987, when they won 30 games.

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Verificación de hechos: Cómo combatir la desinformación tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
A medida que ha crecido la popularidad de las redes sociales, también lo ha hecho el alcance de la desinformación viral y su velocidad de propagación. Y este entorno plagado de falsedades es, cada vez más, el lugar donde la gente se informa.

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FactCheck: How to combat misinformation tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
As the popularity of social media platforms has grown, so too has the scope of viral misinformation and the speed with which it travels. And this falsehood-fraught environment is increasingly where people get their news.

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‘I wanted to kill them all’: Inmate admits targeting sex offenders in Tucson prison killings tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Ricky Wassenaar killed three men at an Arizona State Prison near Tucson on April 4. Two were serving life sentences for sexual conduct with a minor. The third had raped and killed a 15-year-old girl.

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After deporting 3 U.S. citizen children, Trump’s border czar says it’s the parents’ fault tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
White House border czar Tom Homan on Monday blamed the parents of U.S. citizen children the Trump administration sent to Honduras over the weekend.

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Judge dismisses challenge to Tucson Council candidate's nominating petitions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democrat Chris Elsner will remain in the race for Tucson City Council after a lawsuit challenging his candidacy was dismissed on a legal technicality.

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When does Trump’s defiance of courts over deportations become a constitutional crisis? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Historians are hard-pressed to recall an instance when a president defied federal courts as blatantly as President Donald Trump has done in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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Sahuarita ready to vote on a 233-acre rezoning; Oro Valley will review $45.3M capital budget tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Sahuarita Town Council will vote Monday on a tiny land exchange and a town-initiated rezoning. Oro Valley will discuss long-term capital budgets during a Wednesday study session. And that's about it for local government meetings around Tucson this week.

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