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Ciscomani asks CBP to update Border Patrol stations, checkpoints in So. Ariz. as part of new spending tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani urged U.S. Customs and Border Protection to send millions to Southern Arizona for border infrastructure and surveillance systems—part of the larger $64 billion earmarked for border security as part of this summer's spending bill.

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Conover sues feds, claiming continued obstruction of Pima County's homicide case vs. carjacker tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Pima County Attorney Laura Conover filed a lawsuit the Trump administration on Friday, demanding access to Julio Cesar Aguirre — a Mexican man whose prosecution has been at the center of an expanding rift between Conover and federal prosecutors.

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Rollback of rules for mental health coverage could lead more Americans to go without care tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Suspended rules meant to strengthen the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and curtailed funding for the Employee Benefits Security Administration could have serious consequences, including more untreated mental illness and growing anger at insurers.

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State refers Az GOP AG hopeful Rodney Glassman for prosecution over illegal donations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Prosecutors are investigating Rodney Glassman, a top Republican candidate for Arizona attorney general, after state elections officials said they believe he violated campaign finance contribution limits numerous times over the last year.

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Arizona voters caught up in state error should keep full voting rights, attorney general says tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona voters who were caught up in a state error tracking citizenship should keep their full voting rights, according to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes.

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DOJ set to release Epstein docs to House committee tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Justice Department will comply with a House subpoena for documents related to the government’s investigation of the disgraced late financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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Late header gives Arizona soccer win against Anteaters tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The two teams scored a combined nine goals on Thursday, but they only managed one on Sunday. But that was all Arizona needed for the win.

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States accuse feds of tying crime victim funding to deportation compliance tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A coalition of 21 state attorneys general sued the Trump administration, claiming the Department of Justice is trying to “strong-arm” them into complying with mass deportations by dangling federal funding for the Victims of Crime Act over their heads.

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CD7 special election TV debate coming up next week tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Tucson Councilman holds town on hall on crime; CD7 special congressional election candidates meet in Aug. 26 debate; CD7 voting registration deadline ahead; Sentinel team on the airwaves & more

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AmeriCorps under siege by the Trump administration. What happens in the communities it serves? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
AmeriCorps programs that survived last spring’s DOGE cuts are slowly beginning a new year of service amid major uncertainty over whether they will be able to continue their work in classrooms, food banks, senior centers and other community hubs.

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Arizona will see another year of Colorado River water cuts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Officials announced they would continue water allocation cuts on the Colorado River for the fifth consecutive year following a persistent drought that’s shrunken the river’s largest reservoir, and Arizona’s cut amounts to a loss of 512,000 acre-feet of water for another year.

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Trump’s political operation is sitting on nearly $240 million tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump may not be eligible to seek another term, but his political organizations spent the first half of 2025 refilling their coffers with the midterm elections looming.

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Breaking down why Medicare Part D premiums are likely to go up tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Medicare enrollees who buy the optional Part D drug benefit may see substantial premium price hikes — potentially up to $50 a month — when they shop for next year’s coverage, and beneficiaries should not simply roll over their existing stand-alone Medicare drug plans.

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FTC drops Biden-era lawsuit over Grand Canyon University nonprofit claims tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to drop its lawsuit against a service provider for Grand Canyon University, a Christian university in Phoenix.

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Lawmaker calls for explanation of inconsistent Forest Service staffing data tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A lawmaker is demanding Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins account for discrepancies between public statements about wildland firefighter staffing and a report showing there were thousands of vacancies in the Forest Service’s firefighting workforce.

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Destruction of sacred Apache land now imminent tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Defenders of a swath of Apache holy land marked for doom may be out of options after a federal judge again denied motions for preliminary injunction.

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Tucson to dissolve climate panel; post-Project Blue rules take shape tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Climate change programs are losing funding as the world hurtles toward calamity, and Tucson and Pima County start to address rules for data centers — including Tucson large-water users, and the RTA plan gets another review. Plus more in local government meetings this week.

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Gutierrez: We must work to bring intelligence & analytic decision making back public health tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
It is unfathomable that mRNA research to create better vaccines for prevention, but also to hopefully cure several cancers is being targeted because the person in charge of the agency is a conspiracy theorist with absolutely no medical or scientific knowledge.

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‘Complete nightmare’: Student veterans, advisers say VA cuts are derailing their educations tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Getting GI Bill benefits from the Veterans Administration, which student veterans use to pay for their tuition, textbooks and housing, already took weeks. Since federal government staffing cuts since President Donald Trump took office, it’s been taking at least three times longer.

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Pima transportation board advances 20-year, $2.67B RTA Next plan tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The RTA Board voted 6-2 Friday to advance a new 20-year, $2.67 billion RTA Next plan for voters to decide on the March 2026 ballot.

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