Aoife Kane
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News Broadcast Reporter, Washington, D.C.

Aoife Kane expects to graduate in September 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Dublin City University in Ireland. Kane has worked with Irish public broadcaster RTE for the last three years and interned as a reporter at amNewYork in New York City in 2023.

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Mark Kelly VP: What would Arizona senator, in office just four years, bring to the Kamala Harris ticket if she taps him for vice president?

WASHINGTON – Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly is somewhat more centrist than other candidates being vetted as a potential running mate by Vice President Kamala Harris. But his relative inexperience and stances on unions, guns and Israel could hold him back in the veepstakes.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. Is one of the top contenders in the veepstakes (File photo by Meg Potter/Cronkite News)

Gov. Katie Hobbs, other Arizona Democrats rally behind Kamala Harris for presidential nomination after Joe Biden bows out

WASHINGTON – Arizona Democratic delegates have embraced Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s new presidential nominee since President Joe Biden’s exit from the race. Gov. Katie Hobbs threw her support to Harris on Monday. Every Arizona Democrat in Congress backs Harris, as do most state party leaders.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a Biden-Harris reproductive freedom campaign event in Phoenix on June 24, 2024, the second anniversary of the overturn of Roe v. Wade. “Our work right now is absolutely directly going to affect the people of Arizona, the people of our country, but will have an impact on people around the world. That's what's in our hands right now,” Harris said at the event. (Photo by Stella Subasic/Cronkite News)

International athletes watch from sidelines as U.S. peers cash in on NIL deals

PHOENIX – International college athletes in the US cannot profit from NIL deals due to visa restrictions. However, lawmakers are looking for ways to change that by adjusting visa restrictions and implementing employment authorization for student-athletes.

"Beth Coulter, an Irish golfer at Arizona State University, represents thousands of international athletes unable to profit from NIL opportunities (Photo courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics)

Arizona could see open primaries on the ballot this November, allowing independents to weigh in on presidential nominees

WASHINGTON – Backers of a ballot initiative that would open Arizona’s presidential primaries to independent voters filed over 500,000 signatures to get on the November ballot. Over a third of voters are independents, who make up one in three registered voters.

In addition to voting inside, Arizona residents were able to drop off their ballots at the entrance of Gila River Arena. (File photo by Michael Gutnick/Cronkite News)

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.

President Joe Biden addresses migrants and others in the East Room of the White House June 18, 2024. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., stands to his left. (Photo by Benjamin Adelberg/Cronkite News)