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06/05/2026

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A daily news podcast from AZPM, featuring the latest headlines, issues and in depth stories impacting us all across Arizona.

06/05/2026

A major gun control group is suing the Bureau of Alcohol, To***co, Fi****ms and Explosives and the Justice Department over the federal agencies' refusals to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are.

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Brady, a nonprofit gun control advocacy group, is suing the ATF and the DOJ over their refusals to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are.

06/04/2026

President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. has reduced petty property crimes, but has had little to no effect on violent crime, despite the high cost to taxpayers, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan think tank Niskanen Center.

A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks.

06/04/2026

The vote marked a rare bipartisan rebuke of the war, but is mostly symbolic. Democrats have been unable to pass a war powers resolution in the Senate, and even if they could it would likely be vetoed.

06/04/2026

President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry, with an announcement expected Thursday to spend nearly $700 million to support coal-fired power plants and coal exports.

President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry, with an announcement expected Thursday to spend nearly $700 million to support coal-fired power plants and coal exports.

06/04/2026

Changes have been made to plans for a new University of Arizona residence hall that will rise at one of Tucson's busiest intersections. The university originally planned for a 19-story building on the northwest corner of Speedway and Campbell Boulevards, that will now stand nine stories tall.

The $250 million University of Arizona dorm has an updated blueprint and is scheduled to open in 2028.

06/04/2026

Watch live as Democratic candidates for Congressional District 5 Brian Hualde, Chris James, and Elizabeth Lee will debate live on June 4, 2026 beginning at 6pm.

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Watch live as Democratic candidates Brian Hualde, Chris James, and Elizabeth Lee debate the issues facing Arizonans.

06/04/2026

ICE detained the DACA recipient last month, drawing sharp community backlash. Then, the agency changed course. This week, another major development unfurled: An immigration judge dismissed the case against Toledo altogether.

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ICE detained the DACA recipient last month, drawing sharp community backlash. Then, the agency changed course.

06/04/2026

Researchers at the University of Arizona are exploring a new vision of what cognitive aging looks like.

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UA reseachers note that the conclusion contradicts general assumptions about cognitive aging.

06/04/2026

Finding a Voice: Fostering Indigenous Composers, telling the story of the Native American Composer Apprentice Project, including full length compositions by both students of the program and their instructors.

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This week’s program takes the Arizona PBS documentary Finding a Voice and expands on the music.