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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.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed numerous bills attempting to reform the state’s management of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Last year, Congress passed H.R. 1, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which made changes to SNAP to help root out fraud, waste and abuse. Read More.

President Trump revealed Monday that he will confer with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about when to end the military campaign against Iran, suggesting the decision would be “mutual” between the US and its Middle Eastern ally. Read More.

Gas prices have risen above $5 a gallon in California as the Southwest and the rest of America feel the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Read More.

President Donald Trump is weighing options that could include deploying special operations forces into Iran to secure or destroy highly enriched uranium stockpiles as part of his pledge that Tehran “will not have a nuclear bomb,” according to multiple reports Saturday. Read More.

Twelve members of Texas’ congressional delegation elected in 2024 won’t be returning to office next year. Eleven are incumbents; one is deceased. The number is expected to grow depending on the outcome of upcoming elections. Read More.

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap and the county Board of Supervisors are continuing to battle over what an early voting plan will look like. Read More.