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Elections

Supreme Court faces plea to block Trump mail-in ballot rules

Supreme Court faces plea to block Trump mail-in ballot rules

  • Sarah D. Wire USA Today
  • 2 hrs ago

Less than 90 days out from the midterms, election officials are pleading with the Supreme Court to block the Trump administration from making changes that would allow the U.S.

Poll: US independent voters back some progressive goals

Poll: US independent voters back some progressive goals

  • Joseph Ax and Jason Lange Reuters
  • 9 hrs ago

Progressive Democratic proposals, including Medicare for all and taxes on billionaires, powered insurgent candidates to primary victories this year.

Trump loses 21 court battles for voter rolls

Trump loses 21 court battles for voter rolls

  • Luc Cohen Reuters
  • Aug 7, 2026

The Trump administration has suffered 21 court losses this year in efforts to obtain state voter rolls, with judges ruling states are not mandated to share records under federal law.

Prop. 144 challenge to be decided by Arizona Supreme Court

Prop. 144 challenge to be decided by Arizona Supreme Court

  • Howard Fischer
  • Updated Aug 9, 2026

The five key provisions in Proposition 144 should be offered to voters on their own, says a legal challenge to the measure.

Progressive El-Sayed wins Michigan primary

Progressive El-Sayed wins Michigan primary

  • Nolan D. McCaskill Reuters
  • Updated Aug 8, 2026

The Democratic Party's progressive wing scored a high-profile victory when Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's U.S. Senate primary, according to media projections Wednesday, giving its antiestablishment message a boost ahead of November's midterm elections.

With 100 days to midterms, Dems lead in polling, GOP in redistricting

With 100 days to midterms, Dems lead in polling, GOP in redistricting

  • Emily R. Condon USA Today
  • Updated Jul 28, 2026

The battle to control Congress is heating up, as Sunday marked the final 100-day stretch to the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

Maine ICE shooting puts Republican Sen. Collins in political bind

Maine ICE shooting puts Republican Sen. Collins in political bind

  • Nolan D. McCaskill Reuters
  • Updated Jul 30, 2026

Republican Sen. Susan Collins received a political gift with the withdrawal of her opponent Graham Platner. Then ICE shot and killed a man at a traffic stop.

Trump moves to tighten federal control of elections ahead of midterms

Trump moves to tighten federal control of elections ahead of midterms

  • Updated Jul 14, 2026

President Donald Trump is working to gain unprecedented control of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections this fall through a series of new assertions of presidential power.

Candidate suspends Senate campaign, forcing Democrats to pivot in key Maine race

Candidate suspends Senate campaign, forcing Democrats to pivot in key Maine race

  • Jul 8, 2026

Graham Platner ended his campaign Wednesday after a string of controversies, including an accusation of sexual assault.

Trump officials tried to ban half of U.S. voting machines, citing conspiracy theories

Trump officials tried to ban half of U.S. voting machines, citing conspiracy theories

  • Updated Jul 15, 2026

President Donald Trump’s election-security czar last year sought to ban voting machines used in more than half of U.S. states, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

Trump purges another Republican critic: Rep. Thomas Massie defeated in Kentucky

Trump purges another Republican critic: Rep. Thomas Massie defeated in Kentucky

  • Updated Jun 2, 2026

Massie angered Trump by leading a push to force the Justice Department to release files tied to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

PHOTOS: The top images from the 2024 elections

PHOTOS: The top images from the 2024 elections

  • Updated Jul 6, 2026

Associated Press photographers captured voters with raw emotions of joy, excitement, contemplation or sorrow.

PHOTOS: Donald Trump's Election Day 2024

  • Updated Jul 6, 2026

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors of former President Donald Trump from Election Day 2024.

Arizona voters rejecting proposed changes to election system

Arizona voters rejecting proposed changes to election system

  • Updated Nov 5, 2024

Both Proposition 140 and Proposition 133 are losing by about a 2-to-1 margin in early returns.

Local News

Star columnist Tim Steller among Tucson's Civic Champions

Star columnist Tim Steller among Tucson's Civic Champions

  • 39 mins ago

Star columnist Tim Steller is among eight Tucsonans being honored Wednesday at the Civic Champions awards dinner at Hacienda del Sol.

Arizona Daily Star on this date: August 10

Arizona Daily Star on this date: August 10

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See the A1 covers from the past for this day in history.

Tucson's Top Stories: August 10

Tucson's Top Stories: August 10

  • Updated 6 hrs ago

Get your morning recap of today's local news and read the full stories here: tucne.ws/morning

Is it legal to break car window to save kids or pets? What AZ law says

Is it legal to break car window to save kids or pets? What AZ law says

  • Updated 7 hrs ago

Sitting in a hot, parked car can be dangerous, especially in Arizona, when temperatures regularly reach 110 degrees in the summer.

State & Regional

Arizona popular among Boomers looking for new place to live

Arizona popular among Boomers looking for new place to live

  • Updated 1 hr ago

Arizona ranks among the top destinations for Baby Boomers and Gen X, while Gen Z movers are gravitating toward major cities.

Feds nix Grand Canyon fish protection flows

Feds nix Grand Canyon fish protection flows

  • Updated 1 hr ago

An effort to fight a non-native bass invasion in the Grand Canyon by releasing cool water from Lake Powell this summer is being abandoned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

New Arizona laws add HOA restrictions

New Arizona laws add HOA restrictions

  • Updated 6 hrs ago

Arizona HOAs can no longer foreclose on homeowners for as little as $1,200 in missed payments, and homeowners in communities with associations now have longer to pay what they owe.

Woman made $92K selling Asian jewelry as Native-made

Woman made $92K selling Asian jewelry as Native-made

  • Updated 6 hrs ago

A California woman was fined $10,000 after admitting she sold $92,000 worth of imported jewelry falsely marketed as Native-made.

Nation & World

Crews battle almost 200 wildfires across US

Crews battle almost 200 wildfires across US

  • 1 hr ago

More than 20,000 people in southwest Canada and the western United States have fled their homes as wildfires, fueled by hot, dry weather, burn more than 3 million acres.

US recommends vaccinations only for 11 core inoculations, says Trump

US recommends vaccinations only for 11 core inoculations, says Trump

  • Updated 1 hr ago

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday calling for fewer childhood vaccinations by limiting the inoculation schedule to 11 immunizations.

Supreme Court faces plea to block Trump mail-in ballot rules

Supreme Court faces plea to block Trump mail-in ballot rules

  • 2 hrs ago

Less than 90 days out from the midterms, election officials are pleading with the Supreme Court to block the Trump administration from making changes that would allow the U.S.

Scientists turn to sharks to improve hurricane predictions

Scientists turn to sharks to improve hurricane predictions

  • 3 hrs ago

University of Delaware researchers are testing whether sharks equipped with sensors can serve as mobile near-real-time ocean-data observers.

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New Arizona laws add HOA restrictions

New Arizona laws add HOA restrictions

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John Mellencamp concert stopped abruptly as storm hits Phoenix

John Mellencamp concert stopped abruptly as storm hits Phoenix

  • Updated 6 hrs ago
Faculty chair: U of A shouldn’t have made big changes during summer break

Faculty chair: U of A shouldn’t have made big changes during summer break

  • Updated 6 hrs ago

Crime

23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

  • Updated Dec 15, 2025

Check out the inside of the Macon County Jail through photos from the Herald & Review archives. More archive photos at herald-review.com.

Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

  • Updated May 7, 2024

A new indictment has added two kidnapping and six witness tampering charges against an Allegany County man under federal investigation since a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case turned up dead in his home.

Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

  • Updated May 7, 2024

Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper told a judge that his office intends to file witness tampering charges against Simon P. Gogolack 39, of Wellsville.

Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

  • Updated May 7, 2024

A Southern Tier man with a history of drug-related charges has become entangled in the FBI’s probe into the death of a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case.

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Crime

Pair sentenced in Tucson murder case

Pair sentenced in Tucson murder case

  • Updated Aug 8, 2026

Two people who accepted plea agreements in the 2024 killing of a Tucson Good Samaritan were sentenced Friday in Pima County Superior Court.

Man accused of killing Tucson girlfriend arrested in Germany, police say

Man accused of killing Tucson girlfriend arrested in Germany, police say

  • Updated 13 hrs ago

A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Tucson, whose body was discovered Thursday, flew to Germany the same day and was arrested when he arrived, police say.

Man accused in Tucson mass shooting jailed without bond

Man accused in Tucson mass shooting jailed without bond

  • Updated Aug 8, 2026

David Leroy French, 21, appeared in court Friday facing 29 charges tied to the Tucson mass shooting that injured nine people. He'll be held without bond ahead of his Aug. 11 bond hearing.

Tucson police seek tips in 1982 killing

Tucson police seek tips in 1982 killing

  • Updated Aug 6, 2026

Investigators are seeking tips in the unsolved death of a 19-year-old Tucson woman who disappeared in 1982.

Politics

Public access to immigration court increasingly prohibited

Public access to immigration court increasingly prohibited

  • Updated 1 hr ago

Just months after President Donald Trump began his second term, courtroom doors were locked to outside observers at Fort Snelling Immigration Court in Minnesota.

Colorado River tribes say feds left them out of final shortage talks

Colorado River tribes say feds left them out of final shortage talks

  • Aug 9, 2026

Arizona's largest and most senior water rights holder says it was left out of final discussions about the federal government's proposed plan to deal with ongoing water shortages in the Colorado River.

Misuse of Chandler Flock data leads to termination of traffic cameras

Misuse of Chandler Flock data leads to termination of traffic cameras

  • Aug 8, 2026

Chandler joins a growing list of Arizona jurisdictions cutting ties with Flock Safety's license plate reader technology.

State pushes 10% water use cut for farmers in Willcox Basin

State pushes 10% water use cut for farmers in Willcox Basin

  • Updated Aug 9, 2026

The Arizona Department of Water Resources is pushing to slash the Willcox basin's chronic overuse of ancient groundwater by half between now and 2075.

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