A case over whether the Trump administration is illegally blocking members of Congress from accessing detention facilities could head back to court again.
Back then, a dozen lawmakers sued to block a Department of Homeland Security memo detailing a new policy that required lawmakers to provide seven days' notice before visiting any site where detainees are being held. The lawmakers argue that violates a federal statute, which guarantees congressional members can make unannounced visits for oversight.
A judge agreed in December and ruled to invalidate the memo — but lawmakers say they’re still being denied access, and a near-identical DHS memo has cropped up in its place.
Their latest filing asks for a temporary restraining order to block the new policy and also adds an additional lawmaker to the case.
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On Monday, dozens of agents swarmed a stretch of private land where the activists had been camped in and around a centuries-old cottonwood tree. Contractors tore down the tree and agents made multiple arrests. -
Federal court says AZ lawmakers can't block transgender individuals from amending birth certificatesA federal appeals court ruled that state lawmakers can't block transgender individuals from getting an amended birth certificate because they have no proof of receiving gender-related surgeries. -
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined a multistate coalition that’s fighting federal changes to Head Start programs. -
Phoenix is asking for input on a plan to add more electric vehicle charging stations around the city. The Charging Infrastructure Action Plan finds the city has more than 900 charging station locations and more than 2,700 charging ports, but wants to add up to 1,900 more ports by 2030. -
New research shows the ancient site is much older than previously thought. In fact, it’s now confirmed to be the oldest known scientifically dated geoglyph in the Americas, 2,000 years older than the first Pyramids built in Egypt.
