Colorado River Crisis: The Trump administration’s Interior Department approved a new 10-year plan as Lake Mead and Lake Powell hit record lows, ordering major water cutbacks—California down 12%, Arizona down 31%, Nevada down 28%—with bigger mandatory cuts possible if reservoirs keep falling. Navy Renaming Fight: Sen. Mark Kelly blasted a reported plan to strip the USS Doris Miller name from a carrier under construction and potentially replace it with President Trump’s name, arguing the move dishonors a Black war hero. Arizona Politics & Education: Gov. Katie Hobbs says lawmakers helped make a private-school voucher restriction initiative fail by tightening the citizen initiative process; separately, Arizona is among 25 states approved for Ed-Flex flexibility to waive certain federal education rules. Border & Water on the Ground: A binational “Friends Across Borders” 5K in Douglas and Agua Prieta pushed back on militarized border messaging, while Arizona also faces invasive crayfish concerns below Glen Canyon Dam as drought-warmed releases may be boosting non-native species. Local Business/Community: Spectrum’s takeover of Cox in Arizona is set to change branding while keeping prices and equipment the same unless customers opt in to new plans.