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The Last Corridor: How Trump Administration’s Border Is Threatening Arizona’s Ecosystem

A deer pokes its head through the border wall into Mexico after searching for a spot to cross in the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Cochise County, Ariz. While small wildlife passages have helped some animals, larger species are unable to cross.

The Last Corridor: How Trump Administration’s Border Is Threatening Arizona’s Ecosystem

SAN RAFAEL VALLEY, Arizona — Over the past few decades, the Arizona-Mexico border has undergone significant transformation. Vehicle barriers once marked the line. Then, shipping containers were double-stacked along the boundary. Now, the Trump administration has officially broken ground on an additional 27 miles of wall construction intended to stop illegal crossings into the United States.

Last September, crews began blasting rock and installing the 30-foot-high steel bollard barrier across parts of the San Rafael Valley, a high-grassland region in southeastern Arizona. Monitors and local observers estimate that about a mile of wall has already been erected.

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Empty Bravado: Trump’s Hollow Swagger Behind  Iran War

U.S. President Donald Trump on March 11, 2026.

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Empty Bravado: Trump’s Hollow Swagger Behind Iran War

In moments of war, a president’s words carry enormous weight. They can steady markets, reassure allies, and signal strategic clarity — or they can do the opposite. President Donald Trump’s handling of the 2026 conflict with Iran has been a case study in the latter: a torrent of contradictions, self‑justifications, and evasions that leave the public less informed and the world less stable.

Across the political spectrum, reporting paints a consistent picture. Even as U.S. and Iranian negotiators scrambled to establish a cease-fire framework, Trump continued to insist the conflict was “limited,” “short,” or “nearly wrapped up,” despite ongoing strikes and regional spillover. Diplomats described the situation as “fragile” and “volatile,” yet the president publicly framed it as a minor dust‑up rather than a major regional crisis. Minimizing a war’s scope doesn’t make it smaller — it simply obscures its costs.

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A clear breakdown of voter ID laws under the Constitution, federal statutes, and court rulings—plus analysis of new Trump administration proposals to impose nationwide voter identification requirements.

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Just the Facts: Voter ID, States’ Powers, and Federal Limits

The Fulcrum approaches news stories with an open mind and skepticism, presenting our readers with a broad spectrum of viewpoints through diligent research and critical thinking. As best we can, remove personal bias from our reporting and seek a variety of perspectives in both our news gathering and selection of opinion pieces. However, before our readers can analyze varying viewpoints, they must have the facts.


Few issues generate more heat and are less understood than voter ID.

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Pew Research Report: Americans’ Attitudes on Abortion Are More Divisive
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Pew Research Report: Americans’ Attitudes on Abortion Are More Divisive

Americans’ General Attitudes on Abortion

Despite abortion being banned in 13 states and restricted in others since the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs ruling, a 60% majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, according to a January Pew Research Center Poll.

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