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National

Sen. Kyl: Allowing Bush tax cuts to expire would 'clobber small businesses'
Sen. McCain hardens stance on securing border before reform

Joins Sen. Kyl with deficit-neutral plan for border...
Rep. Grijalva leading effort to maintain deepwater drilling ban

Rep. Grijalva leading effort to maintain deepwater drilling ban
Memo: Amnesty without congressional consent?

Brewer: There would be a huge uprising in America...
Democrat Rep. Kirkpatrick calls on Charlie Rangel to resign

REVOLT: Rep. Kirkpatrick says Charlie Rangel 'should step down'



Sen. McCain endorses Jim Waring in CD3 race
President Obama and Russia President Medvedev sign START treaty

RATIFY: Biden to press Sen. Kyl on nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia
Newsweek: McCain's awkward shift to 'party's extreme' could pay off
Candidates Gorman, Crump pick up backing from Russell Pearce
Reps. Giffords, Djou introduce Truth in Spending Act

Reps. Giffords, Djou: National debt growing by $1M every 30 seconds
U.S. should follow U.K.: Sen. McCain praises British austerity plan
Rep. Franks: Lockerbie memo reaffirms Obama is weak, soft on terror
Rep. Grijalva on Afghan war: We are killing civilians, building resentment toward US
Sens. McCain and Lieberman: First responders need more bandwidth than the average teenager
Rep. Franks: We can't let N. Korea have nukes
Sen. Kyl not enthusiastic about Elizabeth Warren to head consumer panel
Rep. Giffords: Restore border security funding
Sen. McCain: WikiLeaks agenda is to not win the war in Afghanistan
Generational theft: Sen. Kyl slams Dems' borrowing to pay unemployment benefits
Rasmussen Poll: McCain 54%; Hayworth 34%

Montini: McCain using funds from presidential run to defeat Hayworth
Rep. Grijalva: If you care about deficit, you'll vote for public option

State

Kuhner: Should Arizona secede?
Gingrich: Brewer should sue the federal government...
Alleged cartel offers $1 million for Arpaio assassination

Alleged cartel offers $1 million for Arpaio assassination
Court of Appeals denies Brewer an expedited hearing

Experts: Injunction likely to be upheld

Defense funds surged after injunction ruling...
Brewer considers tweaking SB 1070 to address Bolton's concerns

Special session at legislature on the horizon...

Sen. Kyl defends Bolton, says she is not an 'activist judge'

Goddard suggests ruling may have been different if he defended state...

Despite ruling, 66% of AZ voters still favor law
Rep. Franks blasts Obama's 'intentional misrepresentations' of the law...
Protesters run onto field during D-Backs game in NY

Protesters interrupt D-Backs game in New York
Tenn. lawmakers visit Arizona, undeterred by court ruling...
Buz Mills will remain in governor race...
Pearce: This is a huge victory for Arizona...

Sen. Graham (SC) may introduce amendment to 'birthright citizenship'
Roberts: Where are the border troops?
Rep. Giffords: This is our BP oil crisis...
Mexican security forces kill high-ranking drug lord
Arizona hotels report higher occupancy levels

Boycotts? AZ hotels enjoying strong growth in occupancy rates
Limbaugh: Obama's agenda is not Arizona's
Brewer 'not quite sure' how SB 1070 would secure border

Montini: SB 1070 about securing the election, not the border
Arizona appeals injunction in Ninth Circuit...

Mexican flag, Che flag fly at protest in Phoenix

VIDEO: Mexican, Che flags fly at Phoenix protest

Over 50 protesters arrested in Phoenix
Sen. Kyl 'surprised' by Bolton's ruling

Flashback: Kyl praised 'widely repected' Bolton prior to her federal appointment
Bullet shatters window of Rep. Grijalva's Yuma office

Judge's office logs hundreds of threats...
Police discover 8 severed heads in northern Mexico

Opinion

Brief Blog

Brief Blog: Bolton used poor wording as scapegoat
Brief Blog: AZ will ultimately win, 5-4 in the Supreme Court
Brief Blog: SB 1070: Key provisions blocked for now
Brief Blog: StateBrief's Neil Rosekrans discusses Judge Bolton's injunction
Brief Blog: Things Could Be Worse
Brief Blog: Media Misleading on Sheriff Paul Babeu
Brief Blog: Obama making (some) right military moves
StateBrief's Laff and Rosekrans discuss lawsuit impact on governor race

Columnists

Confidence in Congress down to 11%

Hill: Why are progressives so unhappy?
Young: Interview with candidate Barbara Leff
Cutler: Declaration in Support of Arizona
Pipes: Is Israel in Gaza really worse than Turkey in Cyprus?
Young: Documentary reveals frightening, and not so frightening, images of illegal border crossing
Hill: Obama got what he wanted from Arizona Democrats
Cutler: Cooperative efforts in interior enforcement
Cutler: Prosecuting employers and smugglers
Cutler: Investigating immigration fraud
Cutler: Comprehensive interior enforcement essential
Guerin: State keeps spending at record levels despite huge shortfall
Young: The NRA struck a non-disclosure deal with the Democrats
Rosekrans: The U.S. has ceded territory to Mexico's drug cartels
Smith: The people we love to hate always win...

Op-Ed Contributors

Bialosky: Administration lacks wisdom and experience

Bialosky: Administration lacks wisdom and experience
Sheriff: Three Sheriffs React to SB 1070
Schillinger: DISCLOSE corrects flawed Citizens United decision
Cutler: Religious work visas, fraudulently obtained
Ferguson: Our legislators are implementing policies that led to Europe's financial crises
Horne: Thomas prosecuted for political advantage and personal retribution
Lavinsky: It's not the Isrealis who voted in a band of murderers like Hamas
Ward: President Obama is the Neville Chamberlain of our time
Sheriff: Brewer disappoints states' rights advocates on 'light bulb bill'
Carol: How a mosque at Ground Zero is viewed in the Muslim world