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Murdered man’s family slams cop communication failures

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Ass-kissing won a Border Patrol leader an ambassadorship

Glassman touts endorsement in AG race that Yuma sheriff denies giving

By Stephen Lemons
Aug 27, 2025

GOP attorney general hopeful Rodney Glassman claims "support" from the Yuma County Sheriff, who says he hasn't endorsed him.
The Arpaio All-Stars: Meet the county sheriff’s sketchy retreads

By Stephen Lemons
Aug 13, 2025

Jerry Sheridan claims he’s no Sheriff Joe. Still, he's brought back some of Arpaio's favorite badge-wearin' bubbas.
Tom Homan once spared Phoenix migrants. Now he’s Trump’s Darth Vader

By Stephen Lemons
Jul 28, 2025

Pre-Trump, colleagues of border czar Tom Homan described him as reasonable. Now, they see a cruel man they don’t recognize.
Miscarriage of justice: Donald Trump’s war on pregnant migrants

By Stephen Lemons
Jul 2, 2025

Kept in awful conditions by ICE, Rubia Morales-Alfaro lost a pregnancy. In Trump’s America, there's no mercy for migrant moms.
How Clinton and Obama helped build Trump’s mass deportation machine

By Stephen Lemons
Jun 18, 2025

Donald Trump didn’t invent racist immigration policy. For decades, both major parties built the system he’s now weaponizing.
The Big Takeover: The secret plans to give Trump command of America’s police

By Beau Hodai
May 15, 2025

For months, a Project 2025 subgroup drafted plans to place domestic law enforcement under Trump's thumb. We have their files.
We got a $123K investigative reporting grant. Here’s how we’ll use it

By Sam Eifling
May 15, 2025

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