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Months of waiting – and more than two years in one case – were over in less than two hours Tuesday when a Senate committee breezed through nomination hearings for six Arizona judicial nominees.

U.S. Sen. John McCain says the Arizona Republican Party's censure of him over the weekend may just motivate him to run for a sixth term.

More than a decade of hostility and opposition that grassroots conservative activists have directed at U.S. Sen. John McCain came boiling over as the Arizona Republican Party’s state committee voted to censure Arizona’s senior senator for allegedly turning his back on his party.

U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva is on track to have one of the lowest attendance records in Congress.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson took an aerial tour of the southern Arizona border on Wednesday.

Bitter cold weather may have canceled the 5K run/walk and slightly decreased expected crowds, but it did little else to dampen the enthusiasm of the estimated hundreds of thousands at Wednesday’s 41st March for Life.

National Right to Life leaders said Tuesday they are not concerned about the Supreme Court’s refusal to reinstate an Arizona law banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, expressing confidence that similar measures will pass in other states.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson plans a visit to Arizona a day after meeting with officials along the border in Texas.

Despite Arizona losing out on a federal contract to be a launching pad for drones, a group in the southern part of the state is going ahead with its plans for a private test site.

In a rebuff to state officials, the head of the federal Elections Assistance Commission has rejected Arizona's request to require proof of citizenship by those using a federal form to register to vote.