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TweetPinShareBy Ella Anderson/Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The week after financier Jeffrey Epstein died in jail six years ago as he awaited trial for sex trafficking, Arizona congressman Andy Biggs went …
Gallego and other Democrats work to deepen MAGA rift over Epstein files, as Biggs, Gosar and others who stoked conspiracy talk go mute Read More
TweetPinShareBy Ella Anderson/Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The One Big Beautiful Bill includes the most significant tax cuts in U.S. history. Whether it’s actually “beautiful” is in the eye of the …
Historic tax cuts in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill have wide gap between winners and big winners Read More
TweetPinShareBy Ella Anderson/Cronkite News WASHINGTON – House Republicans sent President Donald Trump the megabill he has sought Thursday, shrugging aside a last-ditch Democratic effort to shame them over massive Medicaid …
House Republicans send megabill to Trump, setting aside concerns about huge Medicaid cuts and massive deficit impact Read More
TweetPinShareBy Ella Anderson/Cronkite News WASHINGTON D.C. – Large cuts to Medicaid in the massive tax and spending plan that Republicans are finalizing could deal a major blow to Arizona’s rural …
Medicaid cuts in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could cripple some of Arizona’s rural hospitals Read More
TweetPinShareBy Ella Anderson/Cronkite News WASHINGTON D.C. – History is full of muttered presidential curses, closed-door profanity, and hot-mic slip-ups. The expletive President Donald Trump unleashed on the South Lawn on …
Trump’s f-bomb toward Iran and Israel breaks norm of keeping presidential profanity off-camera Read More
TweetPinShareBy Derry Lenehan and Emma Bradford/Cronkite News WASHINGTON D.C. – With protesters nationwide accusing President Donald Trump of staging an authoritarian-style military parade, spectators gathered Saturday near the White House were thrilled by …
Tribute to troops or authoritarian spectacle? Trump’s birthday parade marking the Army’s 250 years draws cheers and backlash Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – More than 30 local protesters braved the heat at the intersection of 20th Avenue and Highway 70 in Safford/Thatcher on Saturday morning to join …
Safford joins in “No Kings” protest of Donald Trump Read More
TweetPinShareBy Derry Lenehan/Cronkite News WASHINGTON D.C. – In 2022, Arizona spent $196 million on a border wall built by stacking approximately 2,200 shipping containers – about half to install it …
Under Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill,’ Arizona could recoup $196M Ducey spent to turn shipping containers into a border wall that lasted 5 months Read More
TweetPinShareBy Matthew DeWees and Sammy Travis/Cronkite News WASHINGTON—U.S. investors lost $3.1 trillion on Day 1 of President Donald Trump’s trade war, which was launched with steep tariffs applied to friends …
Trump’s worldwide tariffs jolt markets, wipe out trillions and leave Arizona retirees reeling Read More
TweetPinShareBy Madeline Bates/Cronkite News WASHINGTON – In just six weeks, President Donald Trump has wiped out diversity initiatives, cut foreign aid, chopped the federal workforce, declared that America has only …
What to watch for at President Donald Trump’s address to Congress: theatrics, Ukraine and surprises Read More