Trump Administration Archives

Senator Kelly’s War With Secretary Hegseth Escalates With Latest Call for Firing

October 14, 2026 11:51 amOctober 14, 2026 1:17 pm

The long, bitter feud between Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reached a new level of acrimony on Friday with the lawmaker’s call for the firing of Hegseth after the latter’s controversial announcement that...

BLM Confirms Four Right-of-Way Applications Tied to Arizona Data Center Projects

September 24, 2026 11:56 amSeptember 29, 2026 9:48 am

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has confirmed it has received and serialized four right-of-way proposals related to data center construction on federal lands within Arizona. While the BLM has received no direct plans to build a data center on...

Republican Who Led Prop. 308 Campaign Slams DOJ Lawsuit

August 28, 2026 9:55 amSeptember 2, 2026 9:31 am

The Department of Justice sued the state of Arizona and the Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday for granting in-state tuition to undocumented students–”dreamers”–who graduate from Arizona high schools. In an interview with Arizona Globe, Tyler Montague, a lifelong Republican...

Arizona Morning Roundup, 8-18

August 18, 2026 9:20 amAugust 20, 2026 8:39 am

Like shelter pets, sometimes we don’t adopt the stories, the stories adopt us. Here are some of the Arizona developments we’re following while eating our protein-enhanced granola: •The Protect Education Act is on life support this morning. After county validity...

Arizona Gets the Jason DeParle Treatment

August 7, 2026 3:49 pmAugust 8, 2026 11:53 am

Arizona was the focus of a gripping episode of the New York Times podcast The Daily this week, based on Jason DeParle’s reporting on the effects on real people of the Trump Administration’s nationwide tightening of policies for SNAP beneficiaries....