Arizona

Trump says ‘leakers should be shot’ at Arizona rally, days after approving firing-squad execution

Recalling a leak Trump said delayed the June 2025 B-2 strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the president declared: “In the old days, we used to shoot leakers.”

|ByIDAN KWELLER
US President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally at Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, Arizona, US, October 14, 2026.
US Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) awaits Vice President Mike Pence before a mock swear-in ceremony on September 5, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Former US senator Jon Kyl, key author of Jerusalem Embassy Act, dies at 84

In addition to his work securing funding for the Arrow missile defense system, Kyl also fought against former US president Barack Obama’s recognition of a Palestinian state

|ByANNA BARSKY
The US Capitol exterior after the US House of Representatives approved legislation to avert a government shutdown before the midterm elections, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, September 1, 2026.

Republicans defend US House majority as 50 competitive races loom ahead of 2026 midterms

The outcome of the races could decide whether Democrats gain the three seats needed to reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans.

|ByREUTERS
Remnants of stone bridge pylons remain along Bright Angel Creek following a flash flood that destroyed the footbridge on August 29. The flooding caused significant damage to infrastructure throughout the canyon.

Flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park leaves one dead, over a dozen missing

"Additional thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are possible Sunday and Monday, which could result in additional flash flooding, debris flows, rockfall and changing trail and river conditions."

|ByESTHER DAVIS

US Elections: Rundown of Trump campaign legal battles per state

Below is a list of the cases that will play out in the coming days and possibly weeks:

NOVEMBER 6, 2020ByREUTERS
President Donald J. Trump speaks during an election event at the White House in the early morning hours on November 4, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Liberal Jews fear that even if the president is defeated, his ideology has not been repudiated.

Jewish Dem. at Fox News infuriated Trump by calling Arizona for Biden

“We made it basically after a half hour of debating ‘is it time?'” Mishkin said.

NOVEMBER 5, 2020ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses reporters during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 10, 2020

New Jersey, Arizona legalize recreational marijuana

Oregon also legalized the use of magic mushrooms for therapeutic use.

NOVEMBER 4, 2020ByREUTERS
Chemdawg marijuana plants grow at a facility

Fox News under fire by Trump allies over Arizona Biden projection

In recent months Trump has publicly criticized the network, in August tweeting: "The people who are watching @FoxNews, in record numbers (thank you President Trump), are angry."

NOVEMBER 4, 2020ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Fight for Jewish vote in battleground state Arizona

Could Arizona go blue in 2020?

OCTOBER 31, 2020ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Yard signs supporting U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden

Arizona State University adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The passing of the resolution makes ASU the second university in the United States to adopt the IHRA definition.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020ByCODY LEVINE
Hayden Library entrance at Arizona State University in Tempe

Daredevil David Blaine pulls off high flying balloon 'Ascension' stunt

"It's like magic, it feels like I'm floating in the air," Blaine said on a radio to his team of aides back on the ground after gently lifting off from a desert airstrip in Arizona.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020ByREUTERS
Extreme performer David Blaine hangs with a parachute under a cluster of balloons during a stunt to fly thousands of feet into the air in a still image from video taken over Page, Arizona, U.S. September 2, 2020

Posters glorifying Nazism hung at Arizona State U

The posters read “Hitler was right,” “unity of our blood” and other comments deemed anti-Semitic.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
The University of Arizona (UofA).

Feces, wastewater tests prevent corona outbreak in U of Arizona dorms

By diagnosing two individuals in the dorms as asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers, the university prevented a potentially serious outbreak.

AUGUST 30, 2020ByAARON REICH
The University of Arizona (UofA).

Arizona-Israel relations closer thanks to mutual focus on innovation

Phoenix installing Israeli-designed ‘smart’ traffic * Arizona-grown wheat is highly rated for matza among the ultra-Orthodox.

AUGUST 19, 2020ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Arizona State Highway welcome sign