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Tucson Sentinel | Politics
8h ago
Doug Emhoff, husband of VP Kamala Harris, made a campaign stop in Tucson just hours after Donald Trump’s appearance Thursday. Emhoff spoke about fighting for reproductive rights in Arizona, where abortions are illegal after 15 weeks ..read more
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighed more than $600 million in recent financing to support renewable energy in rural Arizona, including $83.5 million to Trico Electric Cooperative to expand battery storage and increase the reliability of electricity for residents on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation ..read more
Tucson Sentinel | Politics
12h ago
Former president Donald Trump told a Tucson crowd Thursday that undocumented immigrants and refugees were "raping and sodomizing" American women, and "walking off with pets." "We are being conquered and occupied by a foreign element," said the Republican candidate ..read more
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20h ago
An interview with author Richard Grant ahead of a book launch party for "A Race to the Bottom of Crazy: Dispatches from Arizona ..read more
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20h ago
The precise number of American citizens residing outside the country is unknown. The U.S. State Department estimates the figure at 9 million people, with only 7.8% participating in the 2020 election - with varied reasons for such a low turnout ..read more
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20h ago
Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans complained Wednesday that the previous night’s ABC News presidential debate was unfair toward the GOP nominee, claiming ABC moderators sided with Harris by fact-checking a few of Trump’s more outlandish claims ..read more
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20h ago
LGBTQ+ voting rights advocates are raising concerns over Arizona’s strict voter ID laws that were reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court last month. The reason? The law inadvertently makes it harder for transgender people to vote ..read more
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20h ago
The mother of two underage girls married to religious leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman testified Wednesday in the trial of two Arizona men accused of aiding and participating in Bateman’s child sex abuse ring ..read more
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20h ago
States have imposed a wide range of abortion rules since the Supreme Court ended constitutional protection more than two years ago,and voters in Arizona and nine other states will decide whether to move in that direction in November ..read more
Tucson Sentinel | Politics
20h ago
Democrats can’t keep control of the U.S. Senate unless Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego defeats Republican hopeful Kari Lake - both vying for the seat held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who is not seeking a second term ..read more