Arizona AG Mayes has filed suit against Trump over funds, jobs and more. Here's a list
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After President Donald Trump took office for his second term, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has challenged directives from his administration in court.
The cases range from stopping federal worker firings to asking the courts to reinstate funds that were headed to Arizona to the legality of tariffs.
Mayes has now launched more than a dozen lawsuits against the Trump administration.
KJZZ's reporters are covering when Mayes and the state are party to these lawsuits, and what the results are. Read full coverage below.
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The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program was designed to reinforce infrastructure vulnerable to natural disasters. The attorneys general claim it was illegally cut. -
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed yet another lawsuit against President Donald Trump, this time challenging the administration’s decision to withhold billions of dollars in education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more. -
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from gutting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, after a lawsuit joined by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. -
Attorneys general from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C., filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging billions of dollars in funding cuts made by the Trump administration that would fund everything from crime prevention to food security to scientific research. -
A federal appeals court is allowing President Donald Trump to continue collecting tariffs under an emergency powers law for now, as his administration appeals an order striking down the bulk of his signature set of economic policies. -
The U.S. Department of Education will stay open after a federal court blocked an effort to shut it down. Arizona’s top prosecutor played a key role in the case. -
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed yet another lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday. -
In yet another salvo of lawsuits against the Trump administration, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes argues the president and his allies are unlawfully dismantling the Department of Health and Human Services and halting new wind energy projects. -
Attorney General Kris Mayes wants the U.S. Court of International Trade to strike down as illegal the host of international tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
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The lawsuit argues that the Department of Education ended access for grants and funds without a "sufficient explanation." -
The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration acted illegally when it paused NIH grant review board meetings and halted previously awarded grants.
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and 20 other attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over its plan to fire about half of the Department of Education’s workforce. -
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined 22 other Democratic state AGs to block a pause in federal aid put in place by the Trump administration.
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and 22 other attorneys general are filing a second motion to compel the Trump administration to thaw the president’s federal spending freeze. -
Attorney General Kris Mayes announced she’s joined a growing list of Democratic attorneys general and civil rights groups suing to block President Donald Trump from enforcing an executive order meant to end birthright citizenship.
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Arizona is one of 23 states suing the Trump administration over plans to terminate more than $11 billion in public health grants. -
In a statement, Arizona AG Kris Mayes said she’s highly concerned about reports of Elon Musk’s potential changes to the Social Security Administration. -
Community members are speaking up about how they’ve been impacted by federal firings and funding freezes. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes kicked off a series of town halls Wednesday night.
