Colombia

For migrants fleeing Venezuela, social media plays key role in surviving life-or-death situations (ThinkProgress)

Colombia, the country that voted against a peace process, fails to vote against corruption (Colombia Reports)

Note: Broke this story internationally

US, Colombia, Venezuela in political standoff as world leaders seek solutions (Colombia Reports)

Deadly violence against Colombia’s labor unionists on the rebound (Colombia Reports)

Politics

The Trump Administration Just Rolled Back Rights for Transgender Prisoners (Refinery29)

Flake, witnesses recall ‘indiscriminate firing’ at lawmakers in attack (Arizona PBS/Cronkite News) 

Arizona protesters arrested at Flake’s D.C. office in health care rally (The Arizona Republic; Arizona PBS; Cronkite News; KJZZ) 

As Paul Ryan rose through the House, his money rose with him (OpenSecrets.org; C-SPAN)

Immigration/Border

Borderland crisis: Arizona border checkpoints put more migrants in danger (USA Today/The Arizona Republic)


As DACA anxieties circle, 2 Phoenix ‘dreamers’ find reprieve at churh (The Arizona Republic)

Trump backs ‘merit-based’ visa bill that could halve legal immigration (Cronkite News; Arizona PBS)

Lobbying on immigration, border ticks up despite "shadow lobbying" (Opensecrets.org; POLITICO; Truth-Out)

Metro/Breaking

Schools serving Navajos hope for bus aid (The Arizona Republic)

Anti-Trump billboard artist receives death threats (USA Today; The Arizona Republic) Note: broke story nationally

A hotel, a war and a family tethered to Phoenix's history (The Arizona Republic)

Man with knife killed by Phoenix police after standoff; 2nd man shot by officers in a day (The Arizona Republic)

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