Stephanie Murray

Feb 14, 2025 | yahoo.com | Betty Lin-Fisher |Stephanie Murray |Rey Covarrubias Jr. |Shelby Slade

United States consumers are being encouraged to show support for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives with a one-day spending blackout. Numerous social media accounts are sharing the message of a 24-hour consumer spending blackout planned for Feb. 28. The activists are encouraging consumers not to spend money in stores or online for the day in response to the rollback of these policies and initiatives by the Trump administration and major retailers, like Target and Amazon.

Jan 19, 2025 | yahoo.com | Stephanie Murray |Ginnie Sandoval

Inauguration Day, when President-elect Donald Trump will officially return to the White House, will take place Monday. Trump will be sworn in at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda after the inauguration was moved indoors due to forecast cold weather in Washington, D.C. The last was time an inauguration was moved indoors was 40 years ago for President Ronald Reagan in 1985. Trump will become the second commander-in-chief to serve nonconsecutive presidential terms, following President Grover Cleveland.

Jan 9, 2025 | azcentral.com | Shelby Slade |Stephanie Murray

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is set to coincide with the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 this year. The two federal holidays have only fallen on the same day once since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was made a national holiday by Ronald Reagan in 1983. Trump is set to take office on Monday, Jan. 20, in Washington D.C. He and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance will take their respective oaths of office before celebrations take place.

Nov 27, 2024 | azcentral.com | Laura Gersony |Raphael Romero Ruiz |Stephanie Murray

Laura Gersony Raphael Romero Ruiz Stephanie MurrayArizona RepublicPresident-elect Donald Trump doubled down on plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on some of the country’s biggest trading partners, and his remarks reverberated in Arizona, where trade with the United States’ southern neighbor is a linchpin of the state’s economy. In social media posts on Monday, Nov.

Oct 31, 2024 | azcentral.com | Shawn Raymundo |Stephanie Murray |Laura Gersony

Shawn Raymundo Stephanie Murray Laura GersonyArizona RepublicBefore this week, Marty Sehl’s favorite Donald Trump ploy during the presidential election was working the drive-thru of a McDonald’s. Then President Joe Biden had a misstep, calling Trump supporters “garbage” to fire back at a similar comment a comedian made about Puerto Rico during a Trump rally last weekend. The White House has since clarified that the statement was a reference to the comedian's rhetoric, not Trump's supporters.