Election Records Handed Over to the FBI in Maricopa County, Arizona, Could Be Fatally Flawed, Experts Say Unlike in Fulton County, Georgia, where actual ballots were seized, a federal grand jury subpoenaed digital data related to a partisan audit of the county’s vote.

NEW: Election Records Handed Over to the FBI in Maricopa County, Arizona, Could Be Fatally Flawed, Experts Say

Unlike in Fulton County, Georgia, where actual ballots were seized, a federal grand jury subpoenaed digital data related to a partisan audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County.

“Accessing invalid data will only draw inaccurate conclusions and risk further degradation of public confidence,” said Ryan Macias, a national elections technology consultant who observed the audit on behalf of the Arizona secretary of state’s office.

Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...

Access to mental health care in the VA under President Trump has gotten worse, @propublica.org found, despite promises to provide the best services. Now there are long waits & individual sessions replaced with group therapy involving as many as 35 people. / by @vernalcoleman.bsky.social

“It’s a new kind of threat”: Thousands of TUSD staffers ask for more ICE training - AZ Luminaria Students and staff will ask for more specific and comprehensive training on how to deal with potential U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement visits to Tucson Unified School District school campuses...

“It’s a new kind of threat”: Thousands of TUSD staffers ask for more ICE training azluminaria.org/2026/03/10/i...

Top Arizona officials urge counties to withhold voter data as FBI, DHS relitigate state’s elections Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Attorney General Kris Mayes — both Democrats — warned local officials not to give full voter rolls to the feds as they probe the 2020 election in Arizona

Top Arizona officials urge counties to withhold voter data as FBI, DHS relitigate state’s elections azmirror.com/2026/03/11/t...

Arizona Republicans advance bill that would make it easier for politicians to sue critics Arizona Republicans advance a defamation bill critics say guts First Amendment protections and lets politicians sue their critics

Arizona Republicans advance bill that would make it easier for politicians to sue critics azmirror.com/2026/03/11/a...

Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers’ Reports Under Trump’s CFPB TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.

NEW: TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.

The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It. The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principl...

Dismantling the fledgling harm-reduction effort, defense analysts say, is among several ways the Trump administration has reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability

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Family at Dilley ICE center detail moldy food, medical neglect The family, including the mother and her five children, detail in letters what they describe as neglectful medical care, inedible food and a disregard for their religious accommodations. They’ve been ...

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​​Native Students Receive Excessive Discipline in This New Mexico School District, Report Finds The Navajo Nation report echoes a 2022 investigation by New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica that found Indigenous students were punished more harshly than other students in the state’s Gallup-McKinley ...

The Navajo Nation commission's report detailed harsh discipline, language barriers, discriminatory hiring practices and more.

“It’s our kids, our students, who are suffering the consequences of entrenched racism,” the commission chair said.

With @nmindepth.bsky.social

Maricopa County pushes back on Trump's viral claim of FBI election records subpoena | Arizona Mirror Maricopa County says it has not received an FBI subpoena for election records, contradicting a claim Trump shared Monday

Maricopa County pushes back on Trump’s viral claim of FBI election records subpoena azmirror.com/briefs/maric...

F.B.I. Subpoenas Records in Arizona in Expansion of 2020 Voting Inquiry

F.B.I. Subpoenas Records in Arizona in Expansion of 2020 Voting Inquiry www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...

Nashville reporter arrested by ICE asserts First, Fifth Amendment violations in new legal filings • Tennessee Lookout A petition filed by lawyers for Estefany Maria Rodríguez Florez accuses the federal government of violating the First and Fifth Amendment.

Nashville reporter arrested by ICE asserts First, Fifth Amendment violations in new legal filings tennesseelookout.com/2026/03/10/n...

Is the Trial of Erdogan’s Top Rival More About Corruption or Politics?

Is the Trial of Erdogan’s Top Rival More About Corruption or Politics? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...

Immigration enforcement fears are reaching children — here's what parents can do Childhood trauma can create lasting health challenges that extend into adulthood, experts tell Axios.

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Court orders ICE to justify arrest of Nashville journalist  • Tennessee Lookout A judge has given Immigration and Customs Enforcement a deadline of noon Monday for justification for the arrest of Estefany Rodriguez.

Court orders ICE to justify arrest of Nashville journalist  tennesseelookout.com/2026/03/08/c...

Immigration Agents Detain a Reporter in Nashville

Immigration Agents Detain a Reporter in Nashville www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/u...

Mario Almada, on-screen vigilante, icon of Mexican Westerns, stars in biography by his eldest son - AZ Luminaria Dressed in black —pants, shirt, leather vest and a high-crowned cowboy hat — it was impossible not to recognize Mario Almada, the legendary “Mexican Vigilante.” While crossing a street in Tucson, a bu...

Mario Almada, on-screen vigilante, icon of Mexican Westerns, stars in biography by his eldest son azluminaria.org/2026/03/05/m...

Pima Community College board unanimously approves tuition hike, votes to put $250 million bond on the ballot - AZ Luminaria The Pima Community College Governing Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to raise tuition and let voters decide this fall on modernizing facilities, building new workforce training centers and ref...

Pima Community College board unanimously approves tuition hike, votes to put $250 million bond on the ballot azluminaria.org/2026/03/05/p...

António Lobo Antunes, One of Europe’s Most Revered Writers, Dies at 83

António Lobo Antunes, One of Europe’s Most Revered Writers, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/b...

Juan Jose Valdez, Last Marine Out of Saigon, Dies at 88

Juan Jose Valdez, Last Marine Out of Saigon, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...

Tucson Council approves measure to bar ICE from using city property The Tucson City Council unanimously passed an ordinance on Tuesday barring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from staging or carrying out civil immigration enforcement on city-owned property.

Tucson Council approves measure to bar ICE from using city property
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Tucson leaders weigh public power options as TEP franchise agreement is set to expire - AZ Luminaria Tucson officials debated Tuesday whether the city should move toward public ownership of its electric system as a franchise agreement with Tucson Electric Power nears expiration.   The city manager’s ...

Tucson leaders weigh public power options as TEP franchise agreement is set to expire azluminaria.org/2026/03/04/t...

Haitian man seeking asylum dies after untreated tooth infection in Florence ICE detention, official says - AZ Luminaria A Haitian man seeking asylum and held at a Florence detention center became the tenth person to die in 2026 while in the custody of U.S. immigration officials. The man died on Monday at a Scottsdale h...

Haitian man seeking asylum dies after untreated tooth infection in Florence ICE detention, official says azluminaria.org/2026/03/04/h...

ICE arrests tripled in Arizona last fiscal year as street operations surged - AZ Luminaria This story is published in partnership with CALÓ News, a nonprofit, community-centered newsroom uplifting Latinos in Arizona and California. Immigration arrests in Arizona more than tripled in Fiscal ...

ICE arrests tripled in Arizona last fiscal year as street operations surged azluminaria.org/2026/03/03/i...

Tree Rings Reveal Origins of Some of the World’s Best Violins

Tree Rings Reveal Origins of Some of the World’s Best Violins www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/s...

Border Patrol now targeting legal immigrants for 'carry your papers' law Border Patrol in southern Arizona cited more than 100 people for not carrying their immigration documents in 2025 as part of Trump administration efforts to revive decades-old immigration laws.

Border Patrol now targeting legal immigrants for 'carry your papers' law in southern Arizona azcir.org/news/2026/03...

Utah may take ‘the first step of many’ to better investigate missing and murdered Indigenous people • Utah News Dispatch Indigenous people are disproportionately more likely to go missing or be murdered. A Utah bill looks to strengthen investigations.

Utah may take ‘the first step of many’ to better investigate missing and murdered Indigenous people utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/03/03/u...

Too important to lose: El Paso history teachers fight to keep Mexican American studies alive El Paso social studies teachers are raising concerns that students may not learn their own history amid threats to Mexican American studies classes.

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'Debunked conspiracy theories are not a legal basis' for Trump to take over elections, Mayes says | Arizona Mirror Arizona officials say a draft executive order to seize federal control of elections is unconstitutional and based on debunked claims

‘Debunked conspiracy theories are not a legal basis’ for Trump to take over elections, Mayes says azmirror.com/briefs/debun...