The Trump administration slashed federal spending earlier this year through the Department of Government Efficiency. The Arizona agency blamed its layoffs on the elimination of federal grants that supported unemployment insurance.

President Donald Trump's administration will not deport children deemed ineligible for U.S. citizenship until his executive order curtailing birthright citizenship takes effect on July 27, a government lawyer said on Monday after being pressed by two federal judges.

President Donald Trump’s attempt to halt birthright citizenship for some babies born to immigrants will not take effect in Massachusetts, Attorney General Andrea Campbell said Friday, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling complicates the outlook in red states.

Gov. Katie Hobbs said repeatedly that Arizona does not have the money to fill in the gaps left by federal Medicaid cuts.

Five rural Arizona hospitals may close under cuts to Medicaid in the pending Big Beautiful Bill backed by President Donald Trump. That would threaten critical care and maternity services in areas that are already underserved.

The measure, Trump's top legislative goal, passed in a 51-50 vote, after Vice President JD Vance cast the tiebreaking vote. The megabill would extend the 2017 tax cuts that were Trump's main legislative achievement during his first term as president,