Demonstrators at the “Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice” at Union Square near the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Lawmakers who oppose abortion often invoke their faith — many identify as Christian — while debating policy. The anti-abortion movement’s use of Christianity in arguments might create the impression that broad swaths of religious Americans don’t support abortion rights. But a recent report shows that Americans of various faiths and denominations believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases. According to a Public Re ..read more

Screenshot via YouTube The future of health care is on the line in November, and some 3 million Arizonans could see their costs skyrocket — if they can find coverage at all — if Donald Trump returns to the White House, according to the latest ad by President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. In the new ad, which begins airing statewide on broadcast and cable television today, Biden hopes to draw a contrast between Trump’s desire to repeal the Affordable Care Act — “We want to terminate it,” the former president says in the ad — and the 46th president’s plan to protect the landmark health insur ..read more

Republican state Rep. David Cook said he's not worried about the appeal to the petition signature case brought against him by Republican Sen. Wendy Rogers. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona Mirror Republican state Sen. Wendy Rogers is one of the final holdouts continuing to challenge the validity of signatures her opponent collected to qualify for the July primary.  Out of more than 20 challenges to candidate petitions and the voter signatures on them that were filed in mid-April, only a handful remain unresolved. Most were dismissed by a judge, voluntarily dismissed by the challen ..read more

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 7, 2024, in New York City. Trump has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, which prosecutors say was an effort to hide a potential sex scandal, both before and after the 2016 presidential election. Trump is the first former U.S. president to face trial on criminal charges. Photo by Sarah Yenesel | Pool/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Adult film star Stormy Daniels told a Manhattan jury Tuesday about meeting Donald Trump in a penthouse suite in 2 ..read more

TikTok Inc., the U.S. company that operates the popular social media service, and ByteDance, its parent company, filed suit Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit over a law requiring ByteDance to sell its subsidiary or face a ban from U.S. app stores. Photo by Kevin Frayer | Getty Images TikTok and its Chinese parent company on Tuesday challenged a recently enacted federal law banning the short-form video platform from the United States if it is not sold to a non-Chinese owner. TikTok Inc., the U.S. company that operates the popular social med ..read more

President Joe Biden seen speaking from the White House on Feb. 8, 2024. Biden warned in a Holocaust remembrance speech Tuesday of rising antisemitism. Photo by Nathan Howard | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden warned Tuesday of rising antisemitism in the U.S. and said too many are forgetting the attack on Israel in October. During a Holocaust memorial speech at the U.S. Capitol, Biden stressed the importance of honoring the 6 million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, and the victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in Israel that sparked the Israel-Hamas war. “Now here we are, not 75 ..read more

Sage Memorial Hospital’s new $177 million medical facility is set to open in October 2024. Photo by Kevinjonah Paguio | Cronkite News GANADO – Desert stretches out around the little town of Ganado, which sits in the western part of the 27,000 square miles of the Navajo Nation. Ganado is home to Sage Memorial Hospital, a Native-managed comprehensive health care system serving thousands of people in surrounding Navajo communities. The medical facility has operated out of its current facilities since 1930. Back then, the outpatient building, Poncel Hall, was home to the first Native American nur ..read more

Colorado River Indian Tribes Chairwoman Amelia Flores, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the final documents for the tribe’s water rights settlement on April 26, 2024. The settlement is part of the Colorado River Indian Tribes Resiliency Act of 2022. Photo by Shondiin Silversmith | Arizona Mirror With the waving water of the Colorado River in the background, tribal, federal, and state leaders gathered on the Colorado River Indian Tribe’s reservation to celebrate the historic signing of the tribe’s water rights settlement.  “We have waited patiently for t ..read more

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speak to reporters in Statuary Hall after meeting with U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., in the U.S. Capitol Building on May 6, 2024. Last week, Greene threatened to move forward with a ‘motion to vacate’ over her dissatisfaction with the Speaker’s handling of the government funding legislation. Photo by Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene plan to meet privately Tuesday amid her calls for him to resign or face a floor vote that could ..read more

Sen. Anthony Kern appears on "The Stew Peters Show" on May 1, 2024. Kern used the Arizona Senate's broadcast facilities to speak to Peters, a far-right media figure who has embraced antisemitic rhetoric and praised the Nazis. On May 6, 2024, Senate President Warren Petersen said Kern can no longer access the legislative broadcast facility. Screenshot via Boxcast.tv A Glendale Republican lawmaker is no longer allowed to access legislative broadcast equipment after the Arizona Mirror reported on May 3 that he used the Senate’s broadcast studio to appear on a far-right talk show last week with a ..read more