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Arizona teachers face personal liability under antisemitism bill covering Israel criticism tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republicans and a small group of Democrats in the Arizona Legislature want to let parents sue teachers for teaching antisemitism, but the measure they passed uses a controversial definition of the word that encompasses some criticisms of Israel.

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J.D. Vance’s campaign plane carried anti-immigrant rhetoric. Now it carries shackled deportees. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Boeing 737 used by J.D. Vance to travel around the nation and speech after speech in which he, like Trump, demonized immigrants and promised to mount a mass deportation effort if elected is now being used to deport immigrants.

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ICE resumes courthouse arrests in Phoenix, but with new tactics amid opposition tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Immigration agents have resumed arresting people who show up to immigration hearings, pulling over and detaining a mother and her children in Phoenix on Wednesday morning, a policy that speeds up deportations while at the same time sidestepping rights to a court hearing.

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Tucson doc: SOAR Act is more than a policy fix—it’s a public health necessity tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in Congress that offers long-overdue updates to how oxygen therapy is provided and reimbursed, is more than a policy fix—it’s a public health necessity.

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Yume Japanese Gardens to reopen as part of Tucson Botanical Gardens next year tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Yume Japanese Gardens, a quiet oasis in Midtown Tucson, will reopen early next year as part of the Tucson Botanical Gardens, a block to the north.

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In Arizona county that backed Trump, conflicted feelings about cutting Medicaid tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gila County is a conservative place — almost 70% of voters went for President Donald Trump in November - and as congressional Republicans consider plans to cut more than $700 billion from Medicaid, the debate over the program hits close to home for many Globe residents.

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Federal judges side with Arizona in striking down tariffs imposed by President Trump tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
New tariffs imposed on nearly all imports into the U.S. since April were struck down when three federal judges in the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled ruled in favor of Arizona and 11 other states in their suit, as well as several businesses who filed a tandem suit.

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After being told it must return wrongly deported man, Trump admin now says courts have no authority tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration is arguing a Maryland federal court lacks the authority to require the return of wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia because he’s in prison in El Salvador — though the U.S. Supreme Court has directed administration officials to “facilitate” his return.

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Advocates begin Migrant Trail to 'bear witness' to deaths along U.S.-Mexico border tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Over the next week, 43 people will walk the Migrant Trail along a remote two-lane highway in the Arizona desert to "bear witness to migrant deaths in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and oppose decades of inhumane border policies."

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This time they mean it: Cutting taxes on the wealthy will really help middle class this time tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
If there's one thing the last 45 years of the "supply side" economic hypothesis have shown, it's that making the rich richer does nothing for the standard of living of hard-working taxpayers.

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Az locals sour on U.S. Rep Eli Crane’s attempts to hide from his dissenters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In Northern Arizona, a growing number of locals say they’re being steamrolled by the people elected to represent them, particularly around LGBTQ+ issues - and their frustrations point squarely at U.S. Rep. Eli Crane.

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Abortion providers challenge FDA’s remaining mifepristone restrictions in federal court tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Abortion pills — and questions over their inherent safety — were back in federal court as abortion providers arguing the remaining restrictions should be lifted to match the drug’s 25-year record of safety and efficacy.

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The 'invasion' invention: The far right’s long legal battle to make immigrants the enemy tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years.

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Silence on e. coli outbreak highlights how Trump team’s changes undermine food safety tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
From failing to publicize a major outbreak to scaling back safety alert specialists and rules, the Trump administration’s anti-regulatory and cost-cutting push risks unraveling a critical system that helps ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply.

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Republicans target tax that keeps state Medicaid programs running tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House spending bill targets a strategy states have used to boost the Medicaid dollars they get from the federal government. The measure would cap or freeze taxes states levy on medical providers, potentially leaving states with major holes in their Medicaid budgets.

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Gun trafficking from the U.S. to Mexico: The drug connection tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Illegal firearm trafficking is inseparable from the illegal drug trade: Weapons are often bought with drug money, can strengthen cartels and can be traded for drugs.

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Supreme Court declines Apache bid to protect Az sacred land from Oak Flat copper mine tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a rare loss for religious rights at the Supreme Court, the justices refused to halt a massive copper mining project on Oak Flat, a sacred site for the Apache in Arizona.

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9th Circuit revives Az tribal challenge to SunZia energy transmission line tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Southern Arizona tribes will have another chance to challenge the construction of a transmission line through their ancestral homeland after the Ninth Circuit found the trial judge dismissed it based on the wrong standards.

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NPR sues over Trump order cutting off funding, citing 1st Amendment tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A collection of National Public Radio stations sued the Trump administration, seeking to block an executive order that would cut off their federal funding.

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UA consolidates cultural resource centers following demands from Trump administration tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Following pressure from the Trump administration to disband DEIA programs, the University of Arizona said Tuesday it would consolidate campus resource centers under a new unit led by the UA provost.

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