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Trump moves against direct-to-consumer drug ads despite massive lobbying by pharmaceutical industry tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Trump has begun a sweeping crackdown on direct-to-consumer drug advertising as part of his administration’s Make America Healthy Again campaign, which could alter the way the U.S. pharmaceutical industry markets products to consumers.

States scramble to access $50B rural health fund to offset Medicaid cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Federal officials promised to offset Medicaid funding loss with the new Rural Health Transformation Program. Now, 50 states are scrambling to access a portion of the $50 billion pool intended to “strengthen rural communities across America.”

Gallego accuses Speaker Johnson of delaying Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in to shield Epstein files tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona’s two Democratic senators confronted Republican Speaker Mike Johnson over his refusal to swear in Arizona Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, a day after he offered to do so “as soon as she wants” and then immediately backtracked.

Trump brags flag burning ban 'took the freedom of speech away’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump said his administration “took the freedom of speech away” during a White House event where he berated left-wing extremists for burning American flags.

Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Blair’s failures than success tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Tony Blair, the man being tapped by U.S. President Trump to help oversee governance of a postwar Gaza, has ample experience with peace processes, but the proposal contains the same limitations and failings that plagued previous peace plans pushed on Palestinians.

UA part of $38M research project to find solutions to Az water future tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
University of Arizona researchers are looking for ways to protect the state’s water future, including plans to treat and desalinate wastewater for new use through a reverse osmosis system spearheaded by the UA Water & Energy Sustainable Technology Center.

Music, mandalas & fall events coming to Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
This week's To-do List features a plethora of live music and cultural events from near and far. Tucson and Tibetan traditions, multiple musical acts and fall festivals are coming this week.

Shutdown woes: Flight delays at Sky Harbor, other airports as controllers work without pay tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A week into the government shutdown, staffing shortages among air traffic controllers have begun to hit travelers, though airlines and federal officials say the impact has been relatively small so far.

Phoenix Sky Harbor continúa operando con normalidad en medio del cierre de gobierno tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Una semana después del cierre del gobierno, la escasez de personal entre los controladores de tráfico aéreo ha comenzado a afectar a los viajeros, aunque las aerolíneas y los funcionarios federales dicen que el impacto ha sido relativamente pequeño hasta ahora.

Shutdown threatens nutrition aid for Arizona mothers & children as WIC funds poised to run dry in 3 weeks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Nearly 153,000 of Arizona’s low-income mothers and their young children rely on WIC for monthly food assistance, nutrition education and breast feeding support. The government shutdown has put the program in limbo.

Trump considers stiffing federal workers furloughed in shutdown, despite 2019 law requiring back pay tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers.

Judge declines to dismiss Arizona's Amazon fraud case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes can proceed with her lawsuit, accusing Amazon of deception and unfair business practices, after a state judge denied the tech giant’s motion to dismiss.

Webb telescope catches a star in its final act tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Just before it blew apart, a red supergiant star was caught in stunning detail by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the first time the Webb telescope has pinpointed a supernova’s source star, or progenitor, in mid-infrared light.

Trump administration defends nationwide rapid deportations at appeals hearing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Judges on a federal appeals court panel seemed skeptical that the Trump administration’s expanded use of a fast-track deportation procedure didn’t violate the due-process rights of immigrants.

In the Arizona desert, where your neighbor is an alfalfa farm tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Although foreign-owned private farms make-up fewer than one percent of farms in Arizona, the outcome of water extraction, foreign-owned or not, is the same: The big guys, who can keep digging deeper and deeper wells, are the ones who will survive.

Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges in federal court in Virginia, in response to an indictment that followed an extraordinary pressure campaign from President Donald Trump.

Drop off household hazardous waste at Tucson collection event Saturday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson residents can drop off old cleaning products, batteries, paint and paper documents at the city's monthly household hazardous waste collection event, set for Saturday morning, October 11.

Early ballots mailed in Tucson, school district elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Pima County Recorder's Office planned to send more than 378,500 ballots to voters Wednesday for the Nov. 4 city of Tucson and school district elections.

With federal government shuttered, Kelly & Ciscomani duel over healthcare funding tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Sen. Mark Kelly held a press conference with those affected by the pending loss of subsidies under the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday. Six hours after Kelly announced the event, U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani released word of his own with the House majority whip.

With federal government shuttered, Kelly & Ciscomani clash over healthcare funding tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Sen. Mark Kelly held a press conference with those affected by the pending loss of subsidies under the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday. Six hours after Kelly announced the event, U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani released word of his own with the House majority whip.

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