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Women supporting gun rights and safety - self-described “warrior women” - spoke in favor of three new Arizona bills Thursday morning during a news conference in Phoenix. Read More.

President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a roughly $40 billion collaboration to build advanced small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in the United States. The project, involving U.S.-based GE Vernova Inc. and Japan-based Hitachi Ltd., targets sites in Tennessee and Alabama. Read More.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sidestepped a pointed question about whether or not, as the White House suggested, there was an “imminent nuclear threat” from Iran during a Senate hearing on worldwide threats. Read More.

The Arizona House passed House Bill 2100 last month, which makes it easier for rural parts of Arizona to develop housing lots. The bill is now in the Senate, but it has not been assigned to a committee. Read More.

The House Oversight Committee has formally issued a subpoena compelling Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify in a deposition as part of its investigation into the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Read More.

Temperatures well into the 90s - and beyond - are expected from Los Angeles to Denver this week as record highs are felt across the Southwest. Read More.

President Donald Trump on Monday established the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud and tapped Vice President JD Vance as its chairman. Read More.

Since the conflict started on Feb. 28, the average cost for a gallon of gas has increased by nearly 75 cents. With no sense of relief in sight, experts weighed in on the long-term consumer impact in the Southwest. Read More.

Iran's decades-long use of the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint for global oil shipping from the Middle East will come to an end, according to President Donald Trump, and he is rallying the world to free it. Read More.

Tim Sandefur, the vice president for legal affairs at the Goldwater Institute, told The Center Square this week that the Arizona Supreme Court was very interested in the arguments presented by an engineer’s legal team about who qualifies as an engineer. Read More.

The FBI has officially partnered with the UFC to host a high-profile training seminar, enlisting some of the world's most elite fighters to train prospective special agents. Read More.

The Arizona Water Co. received a Designation of Assured Water Supply (DAWS) from the state, which will help increase housing supply in Pinal County by more than 80,000 units. Gov. Katie Hobbs called the designation “a critical step to building homes, growing our economy, and protecting our water for generations.” Read More.

President Trump will use his stop in Kentucky on Wednesday to try to get his congressional nemesis out of office. His target is Rep. Thomas Massie, a seven-term congressman who the White House has named the “Democrats’ favorite member.” Read More.

The Arizona Senate unanimously passed a bill that requires law enforcement to report missing children more quickly. Senators this week passed Senate Bill 1416 by a vote of 29 to 0, with one senator absent. Read More.

US stocks were little changed on Tuesday as oil prices dropped after President Trump signaled the war in Iran will be limited – though the drop slowed after the White House walked back a claim that an oil tanker had been escorted through an Iranian energy chokepoint. Read More.