Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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Donald Trump, Who Incited a Deadly Insurrection, Announces 2024 Presidential Campaign
Trump’s campaign for another term has been long expected, but in the aftermath of last week’s historically bad midterm results, some Republicans are scrambling to find an alternative to their standard bearer.
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The Republican Party’s Economic Agenda Includes Tax Cuts for Corporations and Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Republicans have said they want to extend the Trump tax cuts, which mostly benefited billionaires and corporations; cut spending on Social Security and Medicare; and repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, which lowered the cost of prescription drugs and raised taxes on corporations.
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6 Times Republicans Suggested—or Outright Said—they Want to Cut Social Security and Medicare
Top Republicans have made clear they plan to hold the global economy hostage to make cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Don’t believe us? Here are six separate times they’ve suggested—or outright said—they want to make cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
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Democrats Renew Push for Biden to Decriminalize Weed, an Idea Arizonans Overwhelmingly Support.
Decriminalizing and legalizing marijuana is overwhelmingly popular with Arizonans of all political affiliations, as 70% of voters in the state support legalization.
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Blake Masters’ Incredible Flip-Flop on Abortion Is One for the Ages
Masters previously supported a nationwide abortion ban, said he thought Roe v. Wade was a “horrible decision,” that allowing women the freedom to make their own reproductive health decisions was equivalent to “genocide.” Now, he claims he wants a ban on fewer than 1% of abortions.
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Biden Cancels Student Loan Debt: Here’s What You Need to Know.
Biden’s executive order will cancel $10,000 in debt for anyone who went to college and earns less than $125,000—$20,000 for Pell Grant recipients.
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Five Ways Democrats Have Helped Arizona Under Biden’s Leadership
From the American Rescue Plan to the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration and Democratic leaders in Congress have passed an impressive array of bills.
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Here’s How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Help Arizona Families
The bill lowers healthcare costs, incentivizes companies to adopt renewable energies and produce clean energy products; provides consumer rebates for those products, and delivers tens of billions of dollars of direct investments to American communities—funded by taxes on billion-dollar corporations.
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Here Are the Arizona Republican Nominees’ Most Extreme Stances
Abortion rights and democracy will be on the ballot this November, after Republican voters nominated a slate of anti-abortion, election-denying conspiracy theorists as their candidates.
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Arizona Voters Over the Moon for Mark Kelly, According to New Poll
As a senator, Kelly has delivered tens of billions of dollars to Arizona, helped enact the most significant federal gun safety law in decades, and secured funding for Arizona’s water infrastructure.
