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WASHINGTON - The House overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday that calls for the U.S. to stop admitting refugees from Syria and Iraq until they pass additional background checks, including direct approval by three federal security agencies.
WASHINGTON - Gilbert resident Belen Sisa, who arrived in the United States from Argentina 15 years ago, says it's time to stop using "inhumane" language to describe large swaths of people - people who call America home.
WASHINGTON - With more than a year until the election, congressional candidates in Arizona have already spent $5.5 million on their campaigns - for everything from consultants to coffee mugs, according to the latest Federal Election Commission filings.
WASHINGTON - It was just a few years ago that tribal courts would not have been able to prosecute the non-Indian man who beat his Pascua Yaqui partner for failing to make his lunch correctly and not doing the laundry.
WASHINGTON - The announcement this week that the U.S. will admit thousands more refugees in the coming year will likely mean hundreds more being resettled in Arizona - where relief agencies said they are ready.
WASHINGTON - When Pope Francis delivers a history-making address to a joint session of Congress, Rep. Paul Gosar won't be there. Gosar, a Catholic, said he decided to stay away because he is "ashamed" of the pope's position on the "false science" of climate change and what Gosar sees as a failure to speak out against radical Islam and Planned Parenthood.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - To some here, President Daniel Ortega remains the revolutionary liberator who helped wrest control of Nicaragua in 1979 from the 43-year, U.S.- backed reign of the Somoza family.
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WASHINGTON - Arizona's congressional delegation may not be as polarized in its votes as headlines would make it appear. Cronkite News compiled voting scorecards for this Congress from six interest groups across the political spectrum and looked to see how far apart House members from different states' delegations were.
WASHINGTON - Arizona Reps. Martha McSally and Ruben Gallego knew when they were sworn in to their seats in Congress in January that there were problems with partisanship and productivity in Washington. And Washington, for the most part, did not disappoint.
WASHINGTON - After years of steady declines, driving deaths in Arizona have risen sharply this year, mirroring a "troubling" national trend in which lower gas prices and more drivers are translating into more fatalities. The latest numbers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that 32,675 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2014, and 770 of those were in Arizona.
WASHINGTON - Both sides agree that the Land and Water Conservation Fund should be restored, but they could not agree Wednesday on what the new fund should look like or how to spend the $900 million it receives in a typical year.
WASHINGTON - Arizona is among the top 10 states for "bad apple" gun dealers, the 5 percent of dealers who sold almost 90 percent of the traceable guns later used in crimes across the U.S., a new report says.
WASHINGTON - For the second time in six weeks, Arizona lawmakers were on hand at the White House Friday to get a pitch from administration officials on President Barack Obama's policy priorities.
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court Friday upheld a lower court's ruling that prevented the city of Glendale from annexing land in an effort to block a planned Tohono O'odham casino there. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S.
WASHINGTON - San Carlos Apache Chairman Terry Rambler's apology for appearing in blackface as part of a Halloween costume brought varied responses - but agreement that the tribal leader should have known better.
WASHINGTON - Arizona college graduates in the class of 2014 had the fifth-lowest student debt in the nation, finishing their schooling at four-year, non-profit schools with an average bill of $22,609, according to a new report.
WASHINGTON - Tribal officials renewed their calls to block a copper mine on Arizona land they consider sacred, telling lawmakers Wednesday it is not only a spiritual violation but bad precedent "for all of Indian Country."
WASHINGTON - Arizona college graduates in the class of 2014 had the fifth-lowest student debt in the nation, finishing their schooling at four-year, non-profit schools with an average bill of $22,609, according to a new report.
WASHINGTON - Arizona slipped two spots to 17th place in the 2015 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard released Wednesday, even though experts say the state still does very well in some areas.
WASHINGTON - The two front-runners for Arizona's 2016 Senate race have raised nearly $6 million between them, new reports show, kicking off what experts say could be a year of heavy spending on elections in the state.
WASHINGTON - If most Americans see Congress as a joke, who better to lead it than a comedian? That's who Jeff Fearnow of Tucson suggested for the next speaker of the House - Sarah Silverman, a standup comedian, writer, producer and actress.
WASHINGTON - Arizona is one of 12 states that will share in $14.5 million worth of grants aimed at helping communities deal with a changing energy industry that has seen a decrease in demand for coal.
WASHINGTON - Republican-dominated Arizona might seem an unlikely place for left-leaning Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to find votes, but what his supporters there lack in numbers they more than make up for in fervor. The Vermont senator has evoked "an interest I have not experienced since I was in college in the '60s," said Lawrence W.
WASHINGTON - The House approved a bill Thursday that aims to streamline the process of licensing energy projects on tribal lands, by shortening the time for federal approvals and limiting public comment on environmental impacts.
WASHINGTON - When Congress passed the short-term budget that headed off a government shutdown Wednesday, it included $700 million to replenish U.S. Forest Service accounts that had been raided in recent months to fight wildfires While they welcomed the money in the stopgap budget bill, federal officials said this week that more needs to be done, as the practice of transferring money to bolster a chronically underfunded firefighting account has been "getting worse every year."
WASHINGTON - Arizona House Minority Whip Rebecca Rios joined Democratic legislators from around the country in Washington on Wednesday for a call to arms from President Barack Obama on domestic issues.
WASHINGTON - When the pope addresses a joint session of Congress in a history-making address Thursday, he will likely talk about hot-button issues like climate change and immigration. Catholic lawmakers say they will listen - but they won't take the pope's word as gospel.
WASHINGTON - Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye on Wednesday blasted the Environmental Protection Agency's handling of a toxic spill in the Animas River, saying the agency's response left his tribe feeling abandoned, uncertain and hopeless.
WASHINGTON A sharply divided House on Friday passed two strong anti-abortion bills that supporters said would help stop an American "genocide," but which critics derided as a political "farce" to appeal to pro-life voters. Lawmakers voted largely along party lines to approve one bill to strip federal funding for Planned Parenthood for a year and a second bill, sponsored by Rep.
WASHINGTON - When Congress returns today from a five-week vacation, its members had better be rested. They face a laundry list of issues, ranging from a vote on the Iran nuclear deal to a possible Planned Parenthood funding fight to gun control - not to mention the "elephant in the room," passage of a federal budget by Sept.
WASHINGTON - Unusually high rainfall in the Colorado River basin this spring helped boost Lake Mead water levels, averting a possible water emergency that would have triggered cuts in water allocations next year.
WASHINGTON - What happens in China, doesn't necessarily stay in China. For Arizona, which exported more than $1 billion to China in 2014, the economic turmoil currently being experienced by one of the state's biggest trading partners could cause ripples that are felt back home.
WASHINGTON - Even star athletes can get awestruck. "It's just overwhelming when you're in the room with the president of the United States," said Diana Taurasi, a three-time U.S. Olympian and the Phoenix Mercury's star guard. "These are moments that you'll cherish, you know, for the rest of your life."
WASHINGTON - The stock market has been buffeted by historic drops over the last week, but economists and financial advisers in Arizona were telling investors Tuesday that it's still "too early to be concerned." They said volatility is normal in the markets and pension funds and other investments are designed for the long term.
PHOENIX - Professional athletes, businesses and nonprofit organizations don't always collaborate well, a reality especially evident as retired athletes seek productive roles in society outside of sports.
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