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PHOENIX — A bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers wrote a letter to the Trump administration, claiming that foreign government subsidies are jeopardizing airlines and threatening local jobs.

When discussing matters of national security and threats to the United States, most people immediately think of overseas terrorists plotting destruction of our homeland or North Korea's efforts to build up its nuclear program.

But there is an equally grave threat, one that is frequently caught in the political crosshairs: our unsecured southern border.

Four members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus on Tuesday blasted former Bush administration official Karl Rove for his recent criticism of the House group in The Wall Street Journal.

Karl Rove's recent column blaming the House Freedom Caucus for Washington dysfunction was wrong and misguided. It is unfortunate that he has chosen to exert this swamp-like influence.

A federal judge ruled on Friday that the U.S. attorney general cannot block funding to so-called sanctuary cities after current Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced plans earlier this year to do just that.

The national debt surpassed a milestone last week, though not one easily understood or especially surprising.

The debt topped $20 trillion, drawing laments from some Republicans in the Arizona congressional delegation and serving anew as ammunition for others worried about the nation's spending at a constitutional planning convention gathered this week in Phoenix.

PHOENIX — An Arizona congressman said Wednesday he voted against aid for Hurricane Harvey victims because it was attached to a different bill he opposed.

Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs said the $7.9 billion for Harvey victims was passed as part of the READ Act, which would make the government bigger and and tie foreign assistance to education programs in some countries.