Democrats were upset Friday when Arizona’s Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced she’d left the party and registered as an independent. Coming within days of the Georgia runoff, her move complicates the Democrats already razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate. But many were also not surprised by her move.

This week saw talk of special legislative sessions and challenging the 2022 midterm results, and finished with a sitting senator's announcement of her departure from her party.

A Phoenix City Council member went against staff recommendations and convinced all her colleagues to vote against a new business in her district.

Gov. Doug Ducey’s plan to stack shipping containers along the U.S.-Mexico border has been met with criticism. Now, one border sheriff says if anyone tries to put the containers in his jurisdiction, he’ll have them arrested for illegal dumping.

Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price — and left behind an American jailed for nearly four years in Russia.

This week, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema floated the framework for a piece of legislation that seeks to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children — also known as "Dreamers." It could also extend Title 42.

The results from last month’s election are final, after state officials certified them Dec. 5. But that doesn’t mean the election is necessarily over.

The newest season of the Verified podcast looks at police misconduct in Arizona. Verified: Full Disclosure tells the story of a Phoenix police officer who accuses a fellow officer of sexual assault, but then later on realizes others had accused that same officer and that the department had not told her the truth about what had happened to her.

Arizonans approved Prop. 308 in November, opening up in-state tuition and scholarships to undocumented high school students and repealing a portion of an old state law. Now, as DACA program hangs on by a thread in federal court, advocates wonder what it means for the national debate.