Arizona’s Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives want the Defense secretary to close a military investigation into Arizona senior Sen. Mark Kelly.
U.S. Reps. Greg Stanton, Yassamin Ansari and Adelita Grijalva wrote this week in a letter to Pete Hegseth that they are strongly opposed to the investigation of Kelly.
Kelly is under official military review for appearing in a video urging troops to disobey illegal orders, which was wrongly labeled seditious by President Donald Trump.
The letter from Arizona Democrats says Kelly is a war hero practicing free speech. It tells Hegseth to stop calling Kelly and other lawmakers from the video a disparaging name because they keep receiving death threats.
More Arizona politics news
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The Trump administration deployed Homeland Security Investigations — a force that’s normally tasked with combatting drug cartels and terrorism — with a nationwide campaign to identify noncitizen voters. And the results have been sparse. -
The political world is abuzz with the news that we, for the first time ever, officially have two lieutenant governor picks. Republican candidate Andy Biggs chose former state lawmaker and dairy farmer Sine Kerr and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs made a more unconventional choice in picking John Giles, a former Mesa mayor and former Republican. -
An updated management plan for reducing the wild Salt River horse herd released Tuesday means no horse removals in the near future. It also sets a higher population goal. -
A measure proposing major reforms to the Empowerment Scholarship Account program will no longer go to voters after missing the mark on signatures, according to a ruling from the Arizona Supreme Court. -
Arizonans will get a chance to decide on a package of proposed changes in election law on everything from who can spend money to influence races to a requirement that all voters — including those who cast ballots by mail — will have to provide identification.
