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In 2020, about 9.8% of U.S. petroleum imports (most of it crude oil) came from Persian Gulf countries, according to the EIA. That has dropped to an average of about 6.6% through the first five months of 2021.

Although former President Donald Trump and Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert have both made claims that America is back to relying on the Middle East for energy, the United States continues a decades-long trend to import a smaller amount of its petroleum from the Middle East. Read more»

Rachel Bechdolt, women’s empowerment coordinator for Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest, looks through dozens of colorful bags that were made by refugee women during sewing classes.

The needs of women refugees outpace social services and are further complicated by traditional gender roles. Read more»

President Trump campaigned on a promise of putting America first by scaling back its foreign involvements and pledging to stem the tide of refugees from Syria and elsewhere to address terrorism. Read more»

President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting travel from specific countries, and temporarily banning all refugees to the U.S., within a week of taking office, but it has been blocked in the courts since then.

The Supreme Court said Monday that the Trump administration can proceed, for now, with a limited version of its restrictions on refugees and travelers from six majority-Muslim countries, a ban that critics called at thinly veiled Muslim ban. Read more»

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Glendale, joins House members calling on President Donald Trump to honor a campaign pledge to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

President Donald Trump’s first official trip overseas this week took him to the capital cities of Riyadh, Brussels, Vatican City and Tel Aviv – but some Arizona lawmakers think he went to the wrong capital city while in Israel. Read more»

Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, said President Donald Trump, 'unlike the previous administration,' took action in response to crises in Syria. But he said the missile strikes are just a 'credible first step' in what must be a broader strategy.

Most Arizona lawmakers agreed Friday that Syria’s apparent use of chemical weapons against civilians called for quick action by the U.S., but some said President Donald Trump went about it the wrong way. Read more»

President Trump signed a revised travel ban that dials back vetting procedures from his earlier order but keeps much of the rest – sparking similar debate. The changes did not impress Rep. Raul Grijalva, who said the only difference between it and the new version “is the time Trump and his cronies spent scheming up a plan to get it past our legal system.” Read more»

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Armed Services Ball in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017.

The complete text of President Trump's new executive order: "Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States." Read more»

An Iraqi interpreter, Enterkhab Al-Saraji, holds a sign as part of a Jan. 31 protest on Congress Street in downtown Tucson against an order signed by President Trump limiting people from seven Muslim countries from traveling to the United States.

A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit refused to reinstate President Trump's executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., rejecting claims that courts could not review Trump's orders. A federal judge blocked enforcement of the measure last week. Read more»

In banning newcomers from seven countries from entering the United States for the next 90 days, the president has used language that will affect those who are in the U.S. already on visas and green cards. Read more»

Jamal Saleh fled violence and police brutality in his native Syria in 2013, resettling in Phoenix with his wife and seven children, but leaving his farm, his beloved hometown, his brother and his sisters back in Syria. Which is where they may stay, after President Trump signed an order to block refugees from entering the U.S. Read more»

Syrian families at a United Nations refugees center in Lebanon in 2014. Arizona received 833 Syrian refugees in just-ended fiscal 2016, trailing only three other states in the nation that year.

At least 800 Syrian refugees were resettled in Arizona over the last year, more refugees than all but three states in the nation, according to the most recent data from the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center. Read more»

Did President Obama cut benefits for veterans by $2.6 billion to give the money to Syrian refugees? No. The Department of Veterans Affairs transferred funds to close a $2.6 billion gap in a health care program. The transfer is unrelated to Syrian refugee aid. Read more»

McCain speaks in Phoenix in January.

U.S. Sen. John McCain, who had earlier opposed U.S. "boots on the ground" in Syria, wants to deploy 10,000 troops in that Middle Eastern country to fight both ISIS and the Assad regime. Read more»

An A-10 flown by the Arkansas Air National Guard fires a Maverick missile during a training mission near Tucson in 2012.

The Air Force's A-10 attack jets will not be retired until at least 2022, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday, previewing the Obama administration's military budget. The planes, including those based in Tucson, had been on a path to an earlier retirement in favor of the F-35, with some already grounded. Read more»

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