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Abandoned immigrant kids seek to restore deportation safeguards scrapped by Trump tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration quietly and illegally ended Biden-era protections for immigrant kids who were abused, neglected or abandoned by their parents, putting 150,000 youth at risk of deportation as they apply for permanent legal status, according to a Thursday lawsuit.

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RFK Jr. faces 21-state lawsuit over rule gutting Affordable Care Act coverage tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A multistate coalition, including Arizona, sued the Trump administration challenging a proposal by the DHHS they warn would make it more difficult to receive health care though Affordable Care Act marketplaces and throw 1.8 million people off their health insurance.

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White House officials tour Alcatraz amid potential reopening plans tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Top White House officials toured the infamous Alcatraz prison off the coast of San Francisco as part of a “fact-finding mission” to determine the feasibility of President Donald Trump’s suggestion that it be reopened as a federal penitentiary.

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Northern Arizona wildfires hurt tourism economy of Grand Canyon area tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
With wildfires raging across Northern Arizona and destroying more than 100 structures in Grand Canyon National Park on the North Rim, businesses relying on tourist revenue have taken a hit.

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Gallego, Democrats work to deepen MAGA rift over Epstein files, as Biggs, Gosar & others go mute tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona congressman Andy Biggs and Rep. Paul Gosar are among the many Republicans who stoked the Epstein conspiracy theory who have gone silent since July 7, while Sen. Ruben Gallego and other Democrats are enthusiastically exploiting the GOP fracture.

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Trump, 79, has ‘benign’ vein condition; bruised hand blamed on handshaking & aspirin tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition that is “benign and common” for people above age 70, according to the president’s physician.

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U.S.House votes to yank funding for NPR, PBS, foreign aid; sends bill to Trump’s desk tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House cleared legislation just after midnight Friday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending for public broadcasting and foreign aid, marking only the second time in more than three decades Congress has approved a presidential rescissions request.

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'Bondante House' by Tucson artist Charles Clement to be renovated by Historic Preservation Foundation tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
A Midtown house designed by notable Tucson artist Charles Clement, whose mid-century designs can be found throughout the city, has been bought by the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation.

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Hacker changed candidate photos on Arizona election results website tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A hacker gained access to the web portal Arizona candidates use to upload information about themselves and changed candidate profile photos that were live on the election results website, just three weeks before the special congressional primary election

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Democrats rage as Senate GOP steamrolls vote on 3rd Circuit nominee Bove tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
It was utter pandemonium in the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday as the panel’s Republican majority attempted to advance Emil Bove’s nomination to a powerful appellate court vacancy over the objections of Democrats.

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Arizona budget invests in tribal health care through traditional healing, dialysis center tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The new state budget supports Tribal Nations in Arizona in two main ways: first, by giving Indigenous peoples increased access to traditional healing practices from specific health providers, and second, through secured funding for a new dialysis center on the Navajo Nation.

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Democratic members of Congress discuss opposition to PBS/NPR cuts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly joined Kentucky Rep. Morgan McGarvey in calling the Republican plan to cancel $9 billion in spending on public broadcasting and foreign aid “devastating” to rural communities in their states.

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Historic tax cuts in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill have wide gap between winners & big winners tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The One Big Beautiful Bill includes the largest tax cuts in U.S. history. Whether it’s actually “beautiful” is in the eye of the beholder. At every income level taxes should subside, but the biggest cuts go to the wealthiest taxpayers – the ones who pay the lion’s share of taxes.

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Arizona officials want ICE officers to quit hiding their identities, making arrests in courthouses tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona‘s elected leaders are calling for an end to ICE agents using masks and arresting people at their court hearings, saying the practices jeopardize public trust in law enforcement and flout the U.S. Constitution.

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Trump’s DOJ wants Az/other states to turn over voter lists, election info tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Justice Department is seeking the voter registration lists of Arizona and other states — representing data on millions of Americans — and other election information ahead of the 2026 midterms, raising fears about how the Trump administration plans to use the information.

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Feds face lawsuit over ICE arrests at immigration courts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A coalition of immigrant rights groups sued the Trump administration, challenging its practice of arresting immigrants following their court hearings as a clear violation of their constitutionally required due process.

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UA Art Museum's first female director steps down tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Olivia Miller, who was appointed executive director of the University of Arizona Museum of Art in 2023, plans to start her new position as director of an art museum at the University of Oregon in September.

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Cool (and hot!) things to do this week in Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
This weekend and next week offer plenty of live music and learning opportunities around the Old Pueblo.

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Native American radio stations part of funding deal as U.S. Senate takes up cuts to NPR, PBS tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Senate began debating changes to a bill that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending on public broadcasting and foreign aid — but with a deal for grants to some Native American radio stations that may help offset cuts to public media.

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Thousands of delayed federal transportation grants will get paid out, secretary pledges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urged patience from Democratic and Republican members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee who asked about a backlog of approved grants the department has yet to pay out to state and local governments.

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