PACs covered their bases with post-election contributions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021825_pac_contributions/pacs-covered-their-bases-with-post-election-contributions/ Of the three Senate and 11 House candidates who ousted incumbents in 2024, nine received donations after Election Day from corporate, union and trade association PACs that had supported their opponents during the campaign. #Tucson #Arizona

House GOP budget cuts $4.5B in taxes, likely paid for by slashing Medicaid & social programs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021325_house_budget/house-gop-budget-cuts-45b-taxes-likely-paid-by-slashing-medicaid-social-programs/ U.S. House Republicans released their budget resolution, laying out a vision for raising the debt limit and drafting a reconciliation package that is significantly different from the one Senate Republicans released last week. #Tucson #Arizona

Domestic violence nonprofits rocked by Trump funding freeze https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020725_dv_funding/domestic-violence-nonprofits-rocked-by-trump-funding-freeze/ The Trump administration’s push to align federal spending to the president’s agenda has sent shockwaves through the network of organizations that provide services to victims of gender-based and domestic violence. #Tucson #Arizona

Bringing the hospital into the home https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020225_home_hospital/bringing-hospital-into-home/ A movement to provide hospital-level care for sick patients in their own beds, in the comfort of familiar surroundings, is growing in the United States — a trend already embraced in some other countries. #Tucson #Arizona

To pay for Trump tax cuts, House GOP floats plan to slash benefits for poor & working class https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020225_tax_cuts/to-pay-trump-tax-cuts-house-gop-floats-plan-slash-benefits-poor-working-class/ One of the hallmarks of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was a promise of sweeping tax cuts - and now, congressional Republicans are eyeing some targets to raise money, including cutting benefits for single mothers and poor people who rely on government health care. #Tucson #Arizona

5th Circuit declares age restrictions on adult handgun purchases unconstitutional https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013125_handgun_purchases/5th-circuit-declares-age-restrictions-adult-handgun-purchases-unconstitutional/ A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that a decades-old federal law banning handgun purchases by 18 to 20-year-olds violates the Second Amendment, an about-face from a prior ruling where the appeals court initially found the law constitutional in 2012. #Tucson #Arizona

Uranium trucks will roll down ‘Killer 89,’ igniting alarm in Arizona tribal communities https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012725_navajo_uranium/uranium-trucks-will-roll-down-killer-89-igniting-alarm-arizona-tribal-communities/ A mining company near the Grand Canyon has permission to haul as many as 10 truckloads a day of uranium ore along a road passes through several communities in Arizona and is known to some as “Killer 89.” #Tucson #Arizona

Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012425_navajo_citizenship/reports-navajo-people-being-detained-immigration-sweeps-sparks-concern-from-tribal-leaders/ As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intensifies its efforts to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants throughout the country, concern is rising among Indigenous communities residing in urban areas about reports of Indigenous people being detained in the Valley. #Tucson #Arizona

By the numbers: 15 years of Citizens United https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012425_citizens_united/by-numbers-15-years-citizens-united/ Fifteen years ago, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and the role of money in politics changed dramatically - while the numbers over the last decade and a half tell a story. #Tucson #Arizona

Mexico calls for calm, unveils repatriation plan for Trump border crackdown https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012225_mexico_border/mexico-calls-calm-unveils-repatriation-plan-trump-border-crackdown/ Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called for calm during a Tuesday press conference - and launched the "Mexico Embraces You" welfare program - in response to President Donald Trump's litany of executive orders aimed at Mexico. #Tucson #Arizona