Politics & Government

Donald Trump’s latest travel ban isn’t about national security. It’s about denying visas to nonwhite applicants.

The annual Point in Time count found 9,734 unhoused people in the Valley, and a dramatic spike in those without any shelter.

Female detainees at Eloy Detention Center told Rep. Yassamin Ansari “extremely alarming” stories about how they’re treated.

Right-wing town officials decided to remove a table for the local paper in a Trumpian retaliation over negative coverage.

ICE agents halted the practice after blowback last week, but are back on the hunt for immigrants leaving court hearings.

Sean Bickings drowned in Tempe Town Lake in 2022 as two police officers watched. His mom wants more safety measures.

Housing costs are high everywhere, but one new analysis found several Valley cities are among the most affordable in the U.S.

“He doesn’t live here. He doesn’t talk to us. He won’t meet with us. Eli Crane has not been present.”

A group of abortion advocates is suing to knock down some of Arizona’s most restrictive remaining abortion limits.

ICE arrested dozens of asylum-seekers at a Phoenix immigration courthouse. Protestors, lawmakers and lawyers are responding.

Missy Pruitt wants Phoenix to curb its booming cat population. The proclamation is a “very small step,” but an important one.

On social media, state Rep. Walt Blackman decried the GOP’s “hard-right faction” that has ditched the tenets of Ronald Reagan.

For months, a Project 2025 subgroup drafted plans to place domestic law enforcement under Trump’s thumb. We have their files.

We’re kicking off a year of news investigations, funded by the Trace Foundation. Introducing the Arizona Watchdog Project.

A new law requires porn sites to verify you’re at least 18. That may mean submitting a driver’s license to get your rocks off.

Ruben Gallego beat an awful candidate – ahem, Kari Lake – to win a Senate seat. How much credit should he get for winning?

“I’m astounded that someone who ran on election integrity can think that’s a good idea,” GOP chair Gina Swoboda told us.

Supporters say the system could have saved Pike, a 14-year-old Indigenous girl who was found murdered earlier this year.

Lake said she’s secured the ability to beam the far-right One American News Network through the Voice of America airwaves.

Starting May 7, a normal Arizona driver’s license won’t get you on an airplane. Here’s how to get the right ID card.

A progressive group paid for 10 billboards in Arizona to hammer the billionaire over his cuts to national parks.

Walking from the Arizona Capitol to downtown, hundreds of Arizonans aired their grievances with Donald Trump and Elon Musk.