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Protesters holding up signs with messages about abortion in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on a clear day.

Editor's Picks, Election 2024, Health, Politics & Policy, Tech

Proposition 139: What the Arizona ballot initiative would mean for abortion access

by Macy Markham September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

Tom Liddy, a lifelong Republican who heads the civil division at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, shows the bulletproof vest the FBI told him to wear after he and his family were threatened. (Photo by Denzen Cortez/News21)

Editor's Picks, Politics & Policy

‘Our No. 1 job is to make sure that they’re safe’: America confronts election intimidation

by Peggy Dodd, Pierce Gentry, ShelRickert and Olivia Talkington September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

Phoenix lawyer Sharad Desai at the investiture ceremony in Phoenix of his sister, Judge Roopali Desai, to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, on Jan. 20, 2023. (Screen grab from 9th Circuit video)

Editor's Picks, Politics & Policy

Phoenix lawyer tapped by Biden would be second South Asian federal judge in Arizona – after older sister, an appeals court judge

by Lauren Bly August 28, 2024August 28, 2024

Migrants are placed in holding facilities before they are returned to Mexico. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Borderlands, Editor's Picks, Politics & Policy

After scathing GAO report, Border Patrol agents ordered to stop tossing out migrants’ belongings

by Mia Osmonbekov August 27, 2024September 6, 2024

Editor's Picks, Election 2024, Politics & Policy

Arizona Democrats excited as Kamala Harris accepts presidential nomination, vow to help her win battleground state

by Kelechukwu Iruoma August 23, 2024September 19, 2024

Rep. Ruben Gallego of Phoenix, the Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, speaks to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024. (Photo by Kelechukwu Iruoma/Cronkite News)

Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego, in tight Senate race with Kari Lake, showcased on final night of Democratic National Convention

by Phineas Hogan August 23, 2024October 22, 2025

John Legend, a singer and songwriter, third from left, with leaders of Democrats’ Black caucus at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. (Photo by Kelechukwu Iruoma/Cronkite News)

Editor's Picks, Election 2024, Politics & Policy

Black Democrats see Kamala Harris driving up turnout in Arizona

by Kelechukwu Iruoma August 23, 2024September 19, 2024

Mesa Mayor John Giles, co-chair of the Arizona chapter of Republicans for Harris, addresses the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 20, 2024. (Photo by Kelechukwu Iruoma/Cronkite News)

Editor's Picks, Election 2024, Politics & Policy

In centrist shift, Democrats tweak platform, deploy anti-Donald Trump Republicans to help Kamala Harris broaden appeal

by Phineas Hogan August 22, 2024October 29, 2024

Two people walk along the Mexican side of the border fence near Yuma on Sept. 8, 2022. (File photo by Alexia Faith/Cronkite News)

Borderlands, Editor's Picks, Election 2024, Politics & Policy

Vulnerable on border security, Democrats adopt some GOP rhetoric even as Harris slams Trump’s approach

by Mia Osmonbekov August 21, 2024September 19, 2024

Arizona delegates at the United Center in Chicago on Day 1 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2024. (Photo by Kelechukwu Iruoma/Cronkite News)

Editor's Picks, Election 2024, Politics & Policy

Arizona Democrats bar press from convention events, defying norms and keeping cabinet members and governors off camera

by Mia Osmonbekov August 21, 2024September 19, 2024