July 26, 2024, 7:55am Election
The state’s top job overseeing public lands has become more complicated in recent years, as drought and warm weather stoke wildfires and debate intensifies over the benefit of Washington’s forest… Read story
July 26, 2024, 8:16am Nation & World Updated 7 hours ago
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of… Read story
July 26, 2024, 4:49pm Latest News
Nearly two weeks after Donald Trump’s near assassination, the FBI confirmed Friday that it was indeed a bullet that struck the former president’s ear, moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former president’s injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally. Read story
July 26, 2024, 10:04am Election FreeUpdated 7 hours ago
The state Public Disclosure Commission decided Thursday to retain jurisdiction on a complaint alleging Let’s Go Washington and its founder Brian Heywood violated campaign finance laws in the course of gathering signatures for six initiatives last year. Read story
July 26, 2024, 10:01am Election Free
Washington state’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention united Thursday night behind Vice President Kamala Harris’s bid to be the party’s presidential nominee. Read story
July 26, 2024, 8:28am Nation & World
Russian and Chinese bombers flew together for the first time in international airspace off the coast of Alaska, in a new show of expanding military cooperation that U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday raises concerns. Read story
July 26, 2024, 8:24am Nation & World Updated 7 hours ago
Clasping his hand warmly, a beaming Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their first face-to-face meeting in nearly four years on Friday, as the two sought to mend an important political alliance that had broken down after Netanyahu congratulated Joe Biden on his 2020 presidential victory over Trump. Read story
July 26, 2024, 8:20am Politics
The Department of Veterans Affairs is facing a nearly $15 billion combined budget shortfall this fiscal year and next, and congressional Republicans are crying foul at the last-minute notification about a funding crisis lawmakers have little time to try to fix. Read story
July 26, 2024, 8:15am Politics
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, one of the leading contenders to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, apologized this week for something he said in lambasting Ohio Sen. JD Vance as inauthentically Appalachian — but the apology wasn’t to Vance. Read story
July 26, 2024, 8:13am Nation & World
When Donald Trump suggested during the 2016 presidential campaign that he might not honor a U.S. commitment to defend other NATO countries if they were attacked, it triggered alarm throughout the trans-Atlantic alliance. Read story
