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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A federal judge in Arizona has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking unredacted voter rolls from the secretary of state’s office. On Tuesday in Phoenix, District Judge Susan M. Brnovich granted Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ motion to dismiss the suit filed at the beginning of the year. Federal officials say the data is needed to ensure election security, and have requested information including full names, dates of birth, addresses and driver’s license numbers. As of April 1, the DOJ reports that it has sued 30 states and the District of...

“The sheriff leading the investigation into the unsolved disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has a checkered past in law enforcement, including allegedly beating a handcuffed suspect and threatening witnesses, records allege. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, 70, was suspended eight times when he worked for the El Paso Police Department in Texas early in his career, reports Arizona Republic. The outlet obtained records from Nanos' past through a public records request, which detailed a litany of alleged violations from Nanos when he was a young police officer.”

I recently wrote that rumors suggested Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) might be the next domino to fall after sexual misconduct allegations took down Eric Swalwell.Well, it’s happened. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has confirmed that the previously unnamed senator she accused of “very disturbing” misconduct earlier this week is, in fact, Gallego.Luna confirmed this during an interview with CBS News’ Major Garrett, who pressed her about the cryptic X post she made on Wednesday.It’s seems like the Senate has its own trash to take out. @LeaderJohnThune You need to look into the allegations against one of your Senators, it’s very...

Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida accused Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of misconduct on Thursday, which Gallego denied. Luna told CBS News' "The Takeout with Major Garrett" that the Arizona Democrat was the previously unnamed senator whom she said was facing "very disturbing" allegations in a cryptic social media post earlier this week.

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) allegedly dragged fellow Democrats for “not allowing” men to be men or “women to be hot” in a leaked string of text messages condemning his own party for being out-of-touch with everyday Americans. Texts obtained by conservative outlet Human Events purport to show Gallego responding to another person, who wrote, “Been watching all the insanity up there I think it’s time that somebody with a cool head and a solid plan could rise to the top of your party.” “Oh man have you met my party?” the senator allegedly replied. “I have been yelling at them...

Amid the implosion of former Congressman Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign, the race to be California’s new governor next year is up for grabs as pundits guess who will fill in Swalwell’s leading position. A poll released Tuesday may offer a clue: progressive billionaire Tom Steyer leads with 21% of likely voters and Republican candidate Steve Hilton is second at 18%, according to SurveyUSA. Swalwell, who resigned from Congress Tuesday after bombshell sexual assault allegations, polled at third with 9% of voters. The poll was conducted from April 8 to 10, right as the accusations came to light and when rumors...

One day after Sen. Ruben Gallego said he was “betrayed” by good friend Eric Swalwell, a New York lawmaker is calling on Gallego to release communications between him and the former California congressman. “Yesterday we heard claims of drugging, choking, rape,” said Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., said, referring to news reports about Swalwell, D-Calif., who resigned from the House Tuesday after reports of sexual misconduct. “I think it’s imperative for Ruben Gallego to release every text message, every email, every social media exchange, every photo or video of his interactions with Eric Swalwell.”

Disgraced ex-Congressman Eric Swalwell’s “best friend” on Capitol Hill, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, admitted he had heard rumors that Swalwell was “flirty” with women — but never confronted him about it. Swalwell resigned from his California congressional seat on Tuesday after five women accused him of sexual misconduct and rape, which Gallego said completely blindsided him after Swalwell insisted the allegations were fake. “I fell for it,” the Democrat said outside of his office in Washington, DC, adding that Swalwell “became very good at being a predator” and “extremely proficient at lying to us, lying to his family, lying to...

The Arizona Democratic senator said he regrets not seeing the signs that his colleague was “a predator.” Sen. Ruben Gallego said his former close friend, Rep. Eric Swalwell, “betrayed” his trust following revelations of sexual assault allegations and denied having any knowledge of the serious accusations lodged against the California Democrat. “Eric Swalwell lied to all of us — lied to the most powerful people in this country — and they trusted him,” Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, told reporters Tuesday afternoon in his office. “I fell for it,” Gallego said, adding that Swalwell “became very good at being a predator.”...

Iranian American Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) on Monday said she is calling for the 25th Amendment and is introducing articles of impeachment against War Secretary Pete Hegseth due to the war in Iran. Ansari’s move comes as President Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. Tuesday night deadline for Iran to agree to a peace deal. If one is not reached, the president promised the complete destruction of Iran's power plants and bridges. “Trump is escalating a devastating, illegal war, threatening massive war crimes and targeting civilian infrastructure in Iran,” Ansari said. “In the last 48 hours alone, the rhetoric has crossed every...

A Marine formerly stationed at Camp Pendleton is accused of stealing a missile system and thousands of rounds of ammunition from the base and selling the military items in Arizona, according to federal court documents obtained by ABC 10News. A federal criminal complaint stated Cpl. Andrew Paul Amarillas faces federal charges of Conspiracy to Possess and Sell Stolen Ammunition and Commit Theft of Government Property in connection with the alleged thefts and sales. Amarillas, who was stationed at Camp Pendleton from Feb. 2022 to Jan. 2026, allegedly used his role as Ammunition Technician Specialist at the School of Infantry West...

A California Marine has been hauled into federal custody after authorities say he treated a military armory like a personal pawn shop, stealing high-tech missile systems and selling them off in Arizona. Corporal Andrew Paul Amarillas, an Arizona native who served as an ammunition technician at Camp Pendleton, is accused of making off with a terrifying haul of restricted “weapons of war,” including Javelin missile systems and military-grade ammo, according to federal court documents.

“An Arizona deputy was arrested on kidnapping charges and booted from the sheriff's department that's leading the months-long Nancy Guthrie investigation. Ex-Pima County deputy Travis Reynolds, 22, was detained on Thursday and accused of kidnapping a detainee whom he was transporting to the Pima County Jail. The Tucson Police Department charged him with one count of kidnapping in connection with alleged misconduct that reportedly occurred while he was on duty,' according to a police statement obtained by Fox. Following his arrest and given the serious nature of the allegations, Reynolds's employment with the Pima County Sheriff's Office was immediately terminated.”

“The public is vastly unaware that our highways are completely over run right now with truck drivers operating on Foreign Commercial Drivers Licenses and what are now called Non-Domicile CDL’s."

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — Nearly four decades after a Northern Arizona University student was murdered outside of her apartment in Flagstaff, police have cracked the case and made an arrest. Flagstaff police announced that James Arthur Runnels Jr. was taken into custody for the murder of Ina Claire Langstaff. Police say on Nov. 7, 1987, Langstaff was found stabbed to death outside of her apartment in Flagstaff’s Old Town neighborhood. Despite an extensive investigation into the 24-year-old student’s murder, the case went unsolved for almost 40 years. Evidence collected from the original crime scene was re-examined, and several items were...

A 15-foot crescent moon that was created by students to commemorate Ramadan was destroyed on top of an Arizona mountain. The City of Tempe announced Tuesday that the symbol atop A Mountain, where other religious symbols have been displayed, was found 'completely destroyed' after being reinstalled just years ago. 'A student group designed and built a 15-foot-tall crescent moon to shine a light on the holiday [of Ramadan] for the entire community,' read a statement from the city posted on X. 'It stood on A Mountain, just like religious symbols of other faiths have done in the past. It was...

In a letter, AG Kris Mayes and SOS Adrian Fontes warned that election officials who improperly release protected voter information could face criminal consequences Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes have sent letters to county recorders urging them not to comply with federal requests for voter data tied to new investigations into the 2020 election. The letters were sent as federal authorities, including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, pursue probes related to the 2020 presidential election in Arizona. In the joint correspondence to county officials, Mayes and Fontes warned that providing certain...

Use of pacemaker sniffer technology, in the Nancy Guthrie case

The southern border is experiencing a power struggle between land managers and Border Patrol

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - A Shadow Hills resident tells News 4 Tucson that she witnessed three people being detained during a SWAT operation on Friday night. According to an unconfirmed report by a neighbor, another person shot himself in the head. This comes after a SWAT situation occurred in the Shadow Hills neighborhood on Feb. 13. A man and a woman were detained at the house, and a third person was detained in a traffic stop, according to sources close to the investigation. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said the SWAT operation was in connection with the Nancy Guthrie investigation....