Will Trump endorse Brnovich after report? Indigenous leaders worry about new voter ID law; New food at Chase Field

Arizona Republic
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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich attends the State of the State address during the opening day of the 2022 Arizona legislative session at the state House of Representatives in Phoenix on Jan. 10, 2022.
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A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.

In his report of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Mark Brnovich did not allege any wrongdoing or dispute the outcome. Is his report enough to win Donald Trump's support in Arizona's GOP Senate race?

A new voter ID law was imposed without evidence of voter fraud, leaders say, and will prevent many Indigenous voters from casting ballots.

There's nothing better than hot dogs, burgers and a ballgame. Here's all the new food options at Chase Field for the D-Backs' 2022 season.

Today, you can expect it to be sunny, with a high near 94 degrees. Clear skies at night, with a low near 64 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this date in 1913, the State Board of Control ordered that Gov. George W.P. Hunt’s official car be taken from him and announced that he could pay his own transportation or walk just like everyone else.

  • In 1920, The Arizona Daily Star announced that Lee Parker, trapper for the U.S. Biological Survey, had trapped seven mountain lions in the Canelo Hills near Patagonia. On that same day, another trapper shot four lions in the Catalina Mountains.

  • In 1945, during World War II, American planes intercepted and effectively destroyed a Japanese fleet, which included the battleship Yamato, that was headed to Okinawa on a suicide mission.

  • In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower held a news conference in which he spoke of the importance of containing the spread of communism in Indochina, saying, “You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly.” (This became known as the “domino theory,” although Eisenhower did not use that term.)

  • In 2020, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned after lambasting the officer he’d fired as the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which had been stricken by a coronavirus outbreak; James McPherson was appointed as acting Navy secretary.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: Will Trump endorse Brnovich after report?