Hobbs blocks GOP bill requiring Az governments to help with Trump deportations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051325_hobbs_vetoes/hobbs-blocks-gop-bill-requiring-az-governments-help-with-trump-deportations/ Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed 35 bills on May 12, including a GOP-backed measure that would force every level of government in the Grand Canyon State to assist in President Donald Trump’s mass deportations. #Tucson #Arizona

Key reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sites https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050625_violence_reports/key-reports-addressing-violence-against-indigenous-women-are-gone-from-federal-sites/ The Department of Justice website has removed at least two key reports about violence against Indigenous people, including one prompted by legislation signed by President Trump, as many groups that work to combat intimate partner violence worry about the future of federal funding. #Tucson #Arizona

Trump administration asks to dismiss suit by 3 GOP states trying to limit abortion pill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050625_abortion_pill/trump-administration-asks-dismiss-suit-by-3-gop-states-trying-limit-abortion-pill/ The Department of Justice wrote in a legal filing that three GOP-led states attempting to overturn federal prescribing guidelines for medication abortion have sought to keep a case going in the wrong place at the wrong time. #Tucson #Arizona

Hobbs vetoes GOP bills that would force cooperation with ICE https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050525_hobbs_ice/hobbs-vetoes-gop-bills-that-would-force-cooperation-with-ice/ Gov. Katie Hobbs once again thwarted Republican efforts to facilitate mass deportations in Arizona, vetoing legislation that would have made it easier for federal immigration agents to arrest people while at the same time blocking elected officials from preventing discriminatory actions. #Tucson #Arizona

Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: ‘You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042925_bp_calif_judge/judge-restricts-border-patrol-california-you-just-cant-walk-up-people-with-brown-skin/ ‘You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,’ a federal judge told Border Patrol attorneys at a hearing challenging recent immigration sweeps. #Tucson #Arizona

AI isn’t what we should be worried about – it’s the humans controlling it https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042325_ai_control_op/ai-isnt-what-we-should-worried-8211-its-humans-controlling-it/ With rapid advances toward artificial general intelligence over the past few years, industry leaders and scientists have expressed misgivings about safety, but the real issue may be whether humanity has the wherewithal to channel this technology to build a fairer, more prosperous world. #Tucson #Arizona

El Paso Walmart mass shooter sentenced to life in Texas prison https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042125_el_paso_sentencing/el-paso-walmart-mass-shooter-sentenced-life-texas-prison/ The grinding path to justice for the most lethal mass shooter to ever appear in a U.S. courtroom came to an end Monday when Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty to murdering 23 people and wounding 22 others in an anti-Hispanic assault on an El Paso Walmart in 2019. #Tucson #Arizona

Pope Francis, first Latin American & Jesuit to lead Catholic Church, dies at 88 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042125_pope_francis/pope-francis-first-latin-american-jesuit-lead-catholic-church-dies-88/ Pope Francis, the groundbreaking Roman Catholic Church leader praised around the world as a humble and charismatic liberal leader, died on Easter Monday at age 88. #Tucson #Arizona

‘Really scared’: Parents of kids with disabilities confront Dep't of Education chaos https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042125_parents_disabilities/really-scared-parents-kids-with-disabilities-confront-dept-education-chaos/ As President Trump takes drastic steps to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, disability advocates are worried about whether the agency can carry out its responsibilities to serve students with disabilities. #Tucson #Arizona

For-profit immigration detention expands as Trump accelerates deportation plans https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041925_detention_profit/for-profit-immigration-detention-expands-as-trump-accelerates-deportation-plans/ The Trump administration has largely turned to the for-profit, private prison industry to reopen or repurpose shuttered and aging facilities to dramatically expand the nation’s capacity for detaining immigrants who do not have legal authorization to be in the United States. #Tucson #Arizona