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First Reuters and Bloomberg last week, and now Bloomberg reports again early Monday that Elon Musk's SpaceX is in advanced talks to combine with his artificial intelligence firm xAI. Read More.

Arizona’s improving economy and welfare reforms have led to better outcomes for children, according to a new report. Common Sense Institute Arizona released a report called "Trends in Child Welfare: The State of Arizona’s Child Welfare Services Child Welfare Needs" last week, highlighting improvements in the state's child welfare system. Read More.

President Trump has threatened to sue discredited author Michael Wolff, as well as the estate of Jeffrey Epstein — as he insists that the latest mass dump of files related to the pedophile financier absolves him. Read More.

A report released by congressional Democrats showing the overall average costs of goods in the state and America increased from 2024 to 2025 lacks context, according to Zachary Milne, a senior economist at the Common Sense Institute Arizona. Read More.

The president ensured that his first 2026 gathering of his secretaries on Thursday didn’t devolve into a three-hour, “boring” confab like last time, during which he was seen closing his eyes and faced accusations of dozing off. Read More.

Auto insurance prices are expected to continue to go up in 2026 in Nevada, but have cooled off from the skyrocketing prices in recent years. A Lending Tree report found that auto insurance rates will creep up around 1% this year. In Nevada, rates are expected to stay the highest in the country after another year of rising prices. Read More.

Unlike virtually every other government-spending program sold as an “investment in the future,” Trump Accounts look to fit that bill — with 401(k)-style investment accounts for newborns that can teach the value of saving (and the power of compound interest) from the cradle on. Read More.

Several blue states appear set to lose electoral college votes while red states will make sweeping gains, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau suggests. On Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau announced a significant decrease in U.S. population growth, largely due to less international immigration. Read More.

TikTok users are accusing the app’s new US owners of censoring videos about the fatal Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti and political content including mentions of “Epstein.” Read More.

A new poll shows the top five most electable leaders in Arizona are a mix of Republicans and Democrats. Noble Predictive Insights recently released its power rankings of Arizona's popular political figures. Read More.

President Trump announced Monday that he’s hiking tariffs against South Korea because the Korean Legislature has failed to enact a trade agreement reached with the US nearly six months ago. Read More.

A new report found Phoenix’s inflation rate increased over the last four months. Common Sense Institute Arizona released a report earlier in January showing that Phoenix’s inflation increased from 1.4% in August to 2.2% in December. Read More.

Former President Barack Obama directly condemned President Trump for the death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis – saying “this has to stop,” and accusing his successor of being “eager to escalate the situation” — in a rare overt critique on the current administration. Read More.

Gov. Katie Hobbs’ budget proposal continues the “trend of large increases in general fund expenditures” Arizona has seen in recent years, according to Glenn Farley, research and policy director at Commons Sense Institute Arizona. Read More.

The U.S. is set to officially exit the World Health Organization on Thursday, one year after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the withdrawal. Read More.