Alejandrina Cabrera’s political opponents in San Luis, Ariz., say she cannot speak English well enough to serve on the City Council.

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Arizona Candidate’s English Under Challenge

Arizona governor says president was upset over her book.

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Obama and Brewer Argue

In a video released online, Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona said she was stepping down to focus on her recovery after being shot in the head in an assassination attempt last year.

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Gabrielle Giffords Says She’s Leaving the House

Ms. Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, announced she would leave her House seat to focus on her recovery from a shooting attack last year.

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The Caucus: Gabrielle Giffords Says She Will Resign From Congress

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a mass shooting in Arizona last year, announced Sunday that she will step down from her congressional seat this week to focus on her recovery. “I don’t remember much from that horrible day. But I will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice,” Giffords said in a video posted on her campaign Web site. “I have more work to do on my recovery, so to do what is best for Arizona, I will step down this week.” Read full article > >

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The Obama administration ordered a health insurance company to rescind the rate increases it sought or justify its refusal to do so.

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White House Calls Increases in Health Insurance Rates Too High

Mitt’s “so proud” to have the support of Arizona’s immigration law author.

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Kris Kobach Endorses Romney

Bells rang across Tucson on Sunday to mark the one-year anniversary of a deadly shooting spree that stunned this Arizona city.

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Public schools in Tucson, Arizona, face millions of dollars in penalties after a ruling that the district's Mexican-American studies program violates state law.

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Ethnic studies in Tucson ruled illegal

The minimum wage increases in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington will be 28 cents to 37 cents an hour.

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8 States to Raise Minimum Wage

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. — In the dead of night, from a trailer humming with surveillance monitors, a pilot for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency was remotely flying a Predator drone more than 1,000 miles away. From an altitude of 15,000 feet, over the desert ranch-lands of Arizona, the drone’s all-seeing eyeball swiveled and powerful night-vision infrared cameras zeroed in on a pickup truck rattling along a washboard road. Read full article > >

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More Predator drones fly U.S.-Mexico border

Forget the 3 a.m. call. What about that robo-call at 4 in the afternoon on the Monday before Christmas in Bethesda? And on Tuesday in Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, and Michigan, Florida, New York and Arizona? “America would be better off today if Hillary Clinton was our president,” recites a woman sounding a little bit like, but definitely not, Hillary Clinton. “The Wall Street robber barons would be jailed, young people could afford college and find jobs and 6 million homeowners wouldn’t face foreclosure.” And? And please go to RunHillary2012.net and sign a petition, the call concludes, to persuade the onetime presidential candidate to go for it again. Read full article > >

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Mystery calls again bring Hillary Clinton’s name into 2012 election conversation

The report says the man is an Iranian-American from Arizona. The claims could not be verified, and the C.I.A. declined to comment.

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Iran Shows Video of a Man Accused of Being a U.S. Spy

The Obama administration challenged parts of the tough immigration law in court, saying it could not be reconciled with federal immigration policies.

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Justices Agree to Hear Challenge to Arizona Immigration Laws

The state’s crackdown on illegal immigration coincides with a surge in the number of Latinos of voting age.

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With Boom in Hispanic Voters, Obama Sees Opportunity in Arizona