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WNBA star Griner freed in swap for Russian arms dealer Bout
Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a high-profile prisoner exchange, as the U.S. released notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. But the U.S. failed to win freedom for another American, Paul Whelan, who has been jailed for nearly four years.
Ducey, Biden cheer microchip plant, TSMC announces additional investment in Phoenix
Local, state and federal officials, including President Joe Biden, as well as industry leaders, descended on North Phoenix on Tuesday for a “first tool-in" event at a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company factory that’s set to start producing microchips next year.
DOJ subpoenas election officials in Arizona, other states Trump disputed
Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed local election officials in Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, asking for communications with or involving former President Donald Trump, his 2020 campaign aides and a list of allies involved in his efforts to try to overturn the results of the election.
Biden to visit Arizona computer chip site, highlight jobs
President Joe Biden today plans to visit the building site for a new computer chip plant in north Phoenix, using it as a chance to emphasize how his policies are fostering job growth in what could be a challenge to the incoming Republican House majority.
Ducey wants major change in state election law
Gov. Doug Ducey wants a big change in state election law that he said should lead to people knowing the outcome of all contested races that night, or soon after.
Tribal leaders welcome return of White House summit, administration pledges
For the first time in six years, leaders of federally recognized tribes from across the country gathered in Washington to meet with Biden administration officials in a gathering one Oklahoma leader called “extremely powerful.”
Arizona lawmakers vote to impose contract on rail workers, fend off strike
Most members of Arizona’s congressional delegation joined the rest of the House Wednesday to give overwhelming bipartisan approval to a bill that would head off a national rail strike by imposing contract terms on rail workers’ unions.
Biden pledges new commitments, respect for tribal nations
President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to give Native Americans a stronger voice in federal affairs, promising at the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years that he would foster "respect for Indigenous knowledge and tribal consultations" in government decision-making.
High court to hear arguments over Biden’s deportation policy
The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute over a blocked Biden administration policy that would prioritize deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk.
Democrats kept the Senate this year, but 2024 may be harder
Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging.
Arizona-based Christian firm trying to block ‘abortion pill’
An Arizona-based law firm founded to defend what it says are Christian values in court is trying to block the most used method of abortion.
States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy
A coalition of conservative-leaning states is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border.
