"What we are seeing here, and in cities around the country, on video and with our own eyes, are lawless ICE thugs, hiding behind face covers, flak jackets, guns and tear gas. They are violating the U.S. Constitution and state laws every day." story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

Federal immigration officers shot and killed another person in Minneapolis on Saturday. Video from bystanders show he was wrestled to the ground by six federal officers before 10 shots rang out.

The two men came to the United States in 2025 on asylum claims, after they were arrested by the Iranian “morality police” for being gay years prior. In their home country, same-sex acts are crimes, punishable by death. Story by @jerodmacevoy.com

Despite a finding from the board that the agreement was illegal and void, Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller doubles down, saying his office will continue helping ICE

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Republicans and Democrats in the Arizona Legislature both say their opposing plans to revise the state’s election laws will make voting more convenient and secure story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

“I do find that kind of advocacy repugnant to the spirit of the First Amendment. Please be familiar with the country you are trying to protect and its constitution.” story via @jerodmacevoy.com

“I appreciate your excitement and optimism, but this budget is based on fantasy revenue.” story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

Several months into Trump’s second term, ICE gained access to the personal data of 79 million Medicaid enrollees to implement the president's mass deportation agenda story via @acvollers.bsky.social

“Trump’s first year back in office has been a complete disaster for Arizona families. He broke his promise to lower costs on Day One and instead has made life far more expensive.” story via @jimsmall.bsky.social

Trump told Norway's prime minister he may resort to attacking NATO allies to seize Greenland since he didn't win a Nobel Peace Prize

“We're going to show the federal government how to do it right. We're not going to slash and burn indiscriminately. We're not going to slash vital programs that are going to end up impacting Arizonans in a negative way.” story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

GOP lawmakers blame Hobbs for 'chaos to come' as a typically boring tax conformity bill becomes an election-year flashpoint story via @jerodmacevoy.com

Arizona Republicans continue targeting the State Bar as they demonstrate they don't actually understand how attorney discipline works story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

The Education Department wants $98 million for oversight and new hires, but a GOP lawmakers is proposing to use current program money story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

OPINION | From FBI searches to billion-dollar lawsuits, the Trump administration's actions threaten the free speech that is essential to democracy

“Lawmakers have a real opportunity to protect people, and they should be doing that aggressively. This is among one of the weakest bills I’ve seen.” story via @jerodmacevoy.com

Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is dead at the age of 59, his family said story via @jimsmall.bsky.social

Hobbs proposes ending data center tax credits, $200 million middle-class cut while GOP promises rapid tax relief story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

Arizona Mirror in the Washington Post today

As the year comes to a close, the AZ Mirror is looking back on some of our most important stories from 2025. The Trump administration's mass deportation campaign has caused fear and anger and sparked resistance in Arizona. We'll keep reporting on it in 2026. Story by @glorihuh.bsky.social

In a typical month, our stories are reprinted more than 150 times in news outlets across the state. We let any publication republish our work for free, because we think our watchdog journalism is a public service that everyone should benefit from.

As the year comes to a close, the Arizona Mirror is looking back on its reporting from 2025, including stories that shined a light on the intersection of technology and people, showing how new and evolving surveillance technologies has and will continue to impact Arizonans. By @jerodmacevoy.com

If you want to help the AZ Mirror continue to write stories like this one — which I covered from accusations in 2024 to guilty pleas in 2025 — you can donate at the link below. Thanks so much to all our supporters! It's a dream to report important stories without answering to corporate owners.

Alongside their plan for the 2026 legislative session, Senate Republicans pointed to a "study" by a moving company, which included only people who hired that company to move them out of Arizona, as proof that people are fleeing the Democratic governor’s policies. By @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

After nearly two years of court rulings, with wins and losses on both sides, one of the Republican challenges to Arizona’s elections rulebook is finally finished story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

Upon researching for this story I discovered that Republicans for National Renewal founder and grass roots director, Shane Trejo, is listed as an administrator of a Telegram group chat created by a “pro-nazi blogger” in which some users have expressly shared their neo-nazi beliefs.

States are already grappling with workforce shortfalls caused by exhausting work conditions that have led many nurses to burn out and leave the field

The Christmas Crusade event is being hosted by NicoPAC and Republicans for National Renewal, whose founder Shane Trejo, previously hosted a podcast called "Blood Soil", a reference to a phrase most commonly associated with Nazi Germany. Story by @jerodmacevoy.com

The pilot program that is being tested in six states, including Arizona, will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.

"She wasn’t pepper sprayed," Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said. "She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed as they were obstructing and assaulting law enforcement." Story by @glorihuh.bsky.social and @jerodmacevoy.com

"Nothing in the Constitution suggests that a judge’s jurisdiction over an individual gives that individual an affirmative right to vote for that judge,” the Arizona Supreme Court wrote. Story by @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

In 2025, our newsroom explored uranium transportation through tribal lands, exposed lawmakers calling for political violence and detailed the impacts of the Trump administration’s policies on everyday Arizonans.

Nayra Guzmán was detained by ICE agents as she was headed to visit her daughter in the NICU, 15 days after she gave birth via C-section. The detention facility where she was taken supplied scant access to food and water, causing her to stop producing breast milk. Story via @19thnews.org

Kelly said during a press conference that he and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who survived being shot in the head during a town hall in Tucson in 2011, have experienced a sharp increase in threats in the weeks since Trump reacted negatively to the video.

Rep. Nick Kupper, a Republican from Surprise, wants Arizona to follow in California's footsteps to require companies that sell digital downloads or streams of movies and video games to disclose to customers that they’re not purchasing permanent copies of that media. Story by @jerodmacevoy.com

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied more than 1,700 measles cases and 45 outbreaks in 2025. The largest started in Texas, where hundreds of people were infected and two children died.

“Since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are ‘patently illegal,’ anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both."

“In the wake of last week’s atrocity, it is more important than ever to finish carrying out the president’s mass deportation operation,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during Monday’s press briefing. “They must go back to their home countries.”

Kelly wrote in a statement responding to the investigation that he had “given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution.”

ICE agents collided with a car driven by a person they were attempting to apprehend in a Mesa neighborhood last week, as crashes involving ICE become more common across the country, report @azmirror.com and @statesnewsroom.com

President Trump posted that both guardsmen were “critically wounded” and taken to two separate hospitals. The shooter, he added, was “also severely wounded, but regardless, will pay a very steep price.”

Trump has sought to take an axe to the 46-year-old department, saying he wants to send education “back to the states.” Much of the funding and oversight of schools already occurs at the state and local levels.

“This would be the most restrictive early vote deadline in the country if passed in its current form, essentially outlawing all emergency voting the weekend prior to Election Day." Story by @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

"I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution," Mark Kelly said

“It’s counter to the way the people of Arizona have executed their right to vote, and if they put it on the ballot, voters are going to vote against it.” story via @votebeat.org

“The only thing that will speak to the powerful, courageous women behind me is when action is actually taken to release these files, and the American people won’t tolerate any other bulls**t.”

Turning Point Action's Austin Smith pleaded guilty to forging 100+ signatures on his reelection petitions story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

Disability cuts are still coming, but the documents that detail the new byzantine policy changes are leaving some parents struggling to understand how they will affect their families story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, a Trump ally who has received the president’s endorsement in next year’s race for governor, said he would vote in favor of releasing the #EpsteinFiles story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social