Arizona lawmaker leads prayer circle on state seal at Capitol building, sparking backlash  —  Arizona Sen. Anthony Kern invited a prayer group to the Senate floor on Monday.  —  Seen in a video filmed by an anonymous attendee, Kern led the group, who spoke in tongues, through a prayer as they knelt over the state seal.

‘Catastrophic,’ ‘a shock’: Arizona's abortion ruling threatens to upend 2024 races  —  State Supreme Court rules a near-total ban from 1864 can go into effect in a battleground state that could play an outsize role in the presidential election and help determine which party controls the U.S. Senate next year

Welcome to 1864  —  When the Supreme Court decided Dobbs, it opened up Pandora's Box, undoing fifty years of protection for abortion rights under Roe v. Wade.  In the wake of that decision, states pulled lots of horribles out of the box and used them to prevent women from making their own choices about reproductive health care.

Republicans rush to distance from “disaster” Arizona abortion ruling … - Just on Monday, former President Trump put vulnerable House Republicans at ease by stopping short of endorsing a nationwide abortion ban. … - The 19th century law provides exceptions only to save the life of the mother.

Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg to be sentenced for perjury in Trump civil fraud trial  —  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is recommending a five-month jail sentence for Weisselberg after he pleaded guilty to two counts of perjury in former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial.