Overview
- The Democratic and Republican senators held a bipartisan town hall at Utah Valley University focused on rising political violence and polarization.
- Both argued that platform algorithms amplify outrage and misinformation, and they voiced support for legislation that would hold social media companies liable for harmful amplification.
- Sen. Mark Kelly criticized President Donald Trump’s rhetoric, pointing to the president’s “I hate my opponents” remark at Kirk’s memorial as a missed chance to lower the temperature.
- The senators split on gun policy, with Kelly backing stronger background checks and temporary limits for people in crisis and Curtis favoring due‑process safeguards and police tools over new restrictions.
- In related Arizona developments, representatives urged a federal disaster declaration for Gila and Mohave flood damage, SNAP payments remained unsettled after a Supreme Court order extension, and Adelita Grijalva was sworn into Congress.