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President Donald Trump’s threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” unless Iran complies with his demands left MAGA supporters and other Republicans deeply divided.
The Trump administration transferred ownership of a sacred site in Arizona to a foreign-controlled copper mine company.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing and legislative hearing on March 11, 2026.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing and legislative hearing on March 11, 2026.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs sets hearing on water rights (March 10, 2026)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is meeting to focus on tribal water rights, including a bill to settle a long-running dispute in Arizona. 
A federal judge ruled that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth cannot demote Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) over comments made about the U.S. military.
Cronkite News: Judge questions targeting of Democratic lawmaker (February 4, 2026)
A federal judge cast efforts to demote Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) as an unprecedented attack on the rights of military veterans.
Cronkite News: Bipartisan bills target social media platforms (December 3, 2025)
Lawmakers have struggled for years to regulate social media platforms in ways that tamp down misinformation and extremism. 
Cronkite News: Health care prices set to rise despite deal to reopen government (November 11, 2025)
Health insurance subsidies expire on December 31, forcing Americans to make difficult choices about their care. 
Cronkite News: States sue to restore food aid for millions of Americans (October 29, 2025)
Arizona and 24 other states are accusing the Trump administration of illegally freezing food aid for 42 million Americans during the government shutdown. 
Arizona’s two Democratic senators confronted the Republican Speaker of the House over his refusal to swear a new Democratic lawmaker.
Cronkite News: Political violence not new in America (September 12, 2025)
The killing of Charlie Kirk brought on a flood of unpleasant memories for Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona), whose wife was shot while serving in the U.S. Congress. 
Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has launched another bid for Congress, seeking to unseat Republican incumbent Eli Crane and flip Arizona’s largest congressional district.
Cronkite News: Democrats look to take House from Republicans (August 4, 2025)
Hoping to break the GOP grip on Congress, Democrats are aiming to topple three Republican incumbents in Arizona: Reps. David Schweikert, Eli Crane and Juan Ciscomani. 
Almost 30 million tons of uranium ore was extracted from the Navajo Nation between 1944 and 1986, causing health problems for those affected.
Cronkite News: Republicans in Congress push for health care cuts (March 21, 2025)
Potential cuts to Medicare and Medicaid are causing uncertainty as Republicans, encouraged by President Donald Trump, push for drastic changes. 
The Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act addresses the water rights of the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.
“You’re not only erasing Navajo culture but you’re also eliminating Navajo code,” said Peter MacDonald, 96, one of the few surviving Navajo Code Talkers.
Cronkite News: Donald Trump’s Defense pick faces scrutiny in U.S. Senate (November 19, 2024)
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) is among the combat veterans and Democrats expressing deep skepticism at Donald Trump’s choice of a Defense secretary with no national security experience. 
Cronkite News: ‘Native voters can and will decide this election’ (November 5, 2024)
Native people have long felt like politicians overlook them, but both parties are seeking the Native vote more than ever before.
“For generations, Native children were taken from their families and communities in an inhumane attempt to erase their culture that led to the abuse and even murder of young students,” said Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona).
Cronkite News: Tribes go to Congress in long-running fight for water rights (October 15, 2024)
Seven states that rely on the Colorado River each got a cut of water under a deal struck over a century ago – a deal that excluded tribal nations. 
Cronkite News: Judicial nominee adds to diversity of federal bench (September 3, 2024)
According to the White House, 37 of 205 judges nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate have been Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
Of the contenders Vice President Kamala Harris is vetting as a possible running mate, Mark Kelly is the only one who’s been to space. Is he the right stuff for the nation?
From 1819 until 1969, hundreds of thousands of Native children were forcibly removed from their homes and sent to boarding schools.
“Indigenous communities and Native communities do not publicly humiliate their elders the way the media has,” said April Ignacio from the Tohono O’odham Nation.
A federal program to compensate people exposed to fallout from U.S. nuclear testing expired, leaving countless Navajo Nation residents in limbo.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema raised a fraction of what her leading challengers brought in in the last quarter of 2023, raising new questions about her chances in what could be a bruising, three-way race.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs schedules business meeting and hearing (November 14, 2022)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work after a lengthy absence. 
Cronkite News: Heated Senate race in Arizona brings in big dollars (October 18, 2022)
Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly continued to widen his fundraising lead over Republican challenger Blake Masters, who still trailed the incumbent despite heavy spending by outside conservative groups. 
Getting access to Colorado River water is “the only feasible solution” for the Hualapai Tribe, Chairman Damon Clarke said.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs took testimony from tribal leaders whose communities are in dire need of infrastructure and revenue.
Oak Flat, a sacred Apache place in Arizona, faces desecration from a large copper mine.
Cronkite News: Supreme Court takes up contentious abortion rights case (December 2, 2021)
Protesters rallied outside the Supreme Court as the justices considered a strict Mississippi law that could lead to the reversal of longstanding abortion rights precedents. 
Cronkite News: Sen. Sinema faces pressure to back Democratic agenda (October 1, 2021)
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s refusal to back the Biden administration’s $3.5 trillion social and clean-energy spending package has made her a target. 
Cronkite News: Sen. Sinema seen as key vote in trillion-dollar agenda (September 22, 2021)
“Where are you, Senator Sinema, now that we need you?” asked activist Dolores Huerta. 
Cronkite News: Extreme weather prompts push to ‘build back better’ (August 30, 2021)
From 2010 to 2020, Arizona had 13 extreme weather events, costing the state up to $10 billion in damages, according to the White House. 
“We need Congresswoman Haaland on the job without delay,” said Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians.
Recap: #DebForInterior confirmation hearing (Day 2) (February 26, 2021)
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) endured a second day of questions as her historic confirmation hearing to be Secretary of the Interior finally came to a close. 
Cronkite News: Democrat Mark Kelly formally joins U.S. Senate (December 3, 2020)
Democrat Mark Kelly can drop “Senator-elect” from his title after being sworn in as the new U.S. Senator from Arizona.
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