Migrant experts: Trump’s debate claim that ‘millions’ of criminals, mental patients have flooded U.S. under Biden doesn’t hold up
WASHINGTON – During the CNN debate Thursday, former President Donald Trump repeated a debunked claim that “millions” of migrants who are criminals or mental patients have flooded the country during Joe Biden’s presidency. There’s no evidence of that, experts say.
Democrats plaster Arizona Republic website with ads calling Trump a threat to democracy, with other blitzes in Georgia, Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON – The Democratic National Committee is filling the Arizona Republic homepage, azcentral.com, with ads attacking former President Donald Trump as an existential threat to democracy. The DNC launched a similar blitz in two other battlegrounds, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
3 indicted in ‘fake electors’ scheme among Arizona delegates to RNC
WASHINGTON – In April, a Maricopa County grand jury indicted 11 state Republicans for their alleged roles in the “fake electors” scheme to attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor. Three of the defendants will be delegates at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July.
Arizona survivor of Las Vegas massacre reflects on Supreme Court ruling to make bump stocks accessible
WASHINGTON – Justin Uhart, a survivor of the Las Vegas massacre, weighs in on the U.S. Supreme Court decision to reverse a Donald Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory used in the massacre that killed 60 people in 2017.
Democrats see abortion rights as a potent issue as they aim to topple seven-term U.S. Rep. David Schweikert
WASHINGTON – A half dozen Democrats are vying for the right to face Rep. David Schweikert, invincible for seven terms in a Phoenix-area congressional district. Redistricting and abortion rights have made his seat far more of a toss-up, and national Democrats are pumping money into the contest.
In Phoenix, VP Kamala Harris puts focus on abortion rights as advocates mark two years post-Roe v. Wade
As the 2024 election creeps closer, Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in Phoenix to spotlight reproductive freedoms on the second anniversary of the fall of Roe v. Wade while protests erupted on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Monday.
Supreme Court upholds gun ban on domestic abusers, defying its usual ideological split on Second Amendment rights
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court upholds gun ban on domestic abusers as reasonable limit to Second Amendment rights.
Democrats spend big hoping to snag two of Arizona’s congressional seats
WASHINGTON – The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee plans to spend $2.8 million on ads targeting two potentially vulnerable members of Congress, Reps. David Schweikert and Juan Ciscomani.
Arizona hits record low unemployment but Biden hasn’t seen political payoff from emphasis on job growth and workers
WASHINGTON – As President Biden tries to shore up support among working class Arizona voters in the critical swing state, voters don’t seem inclined to give him credit for low unemployment. And thousands of manufacturing jobs – promised under the CHIPS Act – are on hold.
Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in Phoenix on Dobbs anniversary, putting abortion rights in spotlight
WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Phoenix on Monday to mark the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that ended a constitutional right to abortion. Abortion access is a key campaign issue and will likely be on the Arizona ballot.
Biden announces protections for immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens and their children, but Trump’s policies threaten to take it away
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a streamlined path to citizenship for migrants married to Americans. Immigrant advocates say there’s still much work to be done, especially with the possibility of another Trump presidency that threatens it all.
Ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s quest for vengeance faces test in Rep. Eli Crane’s primary
WASHINGTON – Freshman U.S. Rep. Eli Crane accuses his GOP primary challenger of being a pawn in a revenge plot hatched by Kevin McCarthy. The ousted speaker wants payback against Crane, a key player in McCarthy’s own downfall only a year after he’d pumped big money into helping Crane get to Congress.
