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Washington tries to maintain B.C. ties amid Trump era tensions

May 14, 2025, 7:31am Latest News

When Washington Lt. Gov. Denny Heck arrived in British Columbia last week, he wondered how he’d be received. Read story

Trio of immigrant rights laws signed by WA governor

May 14, 2025, 7:29am Latest News

Gov. Bob Ferguson signed three bills to protect immigrant rights this week. Read story

FILE - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J.

What’s in Trump’s big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more

FILE - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J.

May 14, 2025, 1:39pm Latest News

Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to enact many of his campaign promises. Read story

Clark County Animal Protection and Control, along with the sheriff's office, served a search warrant at a Vancouver-area property in September 2023 and seized six dogs and five puppies that were confined to an unsanitary shed.

Gov. Bob Ferguson signs popular bill for preventing animal cruelty into law

Clark County Animal Protection and Control, along with the sheriff's office, served a search warrant at a Vancouver-area property in September 2023 and seized six dogs and five puppies that were confined to an unsanitary shed.

May 14, 2025, 1:34pm Latest News

In a step toward enhancing animal welfare, the Washington State Legislature has passed House Bill 1149, an act aimed at the prevention of cruelty to animals. The bill received overwhelming support, with a vote of 96-0 in the House and 47-1 in the Senate, before being concurred by the House… Read story

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before a Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Washington.

Lawmakers question Kennedy on staffing cuts, funding freezes and policy changes at health department

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before a Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Washington.

May 14, 2025, 1:28pm Health

Republicans and Democrats alike on Wednesday questioned the deep staffing cuts, research funding freezes and drastic policy changes that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made in a few short months at the helm of the nation’s health department. Read story

Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., holds hands with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a “Fighting Oligarchy” event at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho, Monday, April 14, 2025.

Democrats are deeply pessimistic about the future of their party, an AP-NORC poll finds

Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., holds hands with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a “Fighting Oligarchy” event at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho, Monday, April 14, 2025.

May 14, 2025, 1:14pm Latest News

Six months after Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Democrats remain deeply pessimistic about the future of their party, although neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party is viewed favorably by a majority of U.S. adults. Read story

In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, left, shakes hands with President Donald Trump, centre, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Trump meets with Syria’s interim president, a first between the nations’ leaders in 25 years

In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, left, shakes hands with President Donald Trump, centre, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

May 14, 2025, 12:35pm Latest News

U.S. President Donald Trump met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the first encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years and one that could serve as a turning point for Syria as it struggles to emerge from decades of international isolation. Read story

The C-Tran Green Vine travels past housing along the Fourth Plain Boulevard corridor on Monday morning.

Next stop for Washington housing: More construction near transit

The C-Tran Green Vine travels past housing along the Fourth Plain Boulevard corridor on Monday morning.

May 14, 2025, 11:32am Latest News

Noticed apartment buildings cropping up next to bus and light rail stations? More could be on the way. Read story

FILE - Logan Feeney pours a water sample with forever chemicals, known as PFAS, into a container for research, April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

EPA announces rollback for some Biden-era limits on so-called forever chemicals in drinking water

FILE - Logan Feeney pours a water sample with forever chemicals, known as PFAS, into a container for research, April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

May 14, 2025, 9:33am Latest News

The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones. Read story

Trump wants a nuclear deal with Iran, but says Tehran must end its support of proxy groups

May 14, 2025, 9:26am Nation & World

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he urgently wants “to make a deal” with Iran to wind down its nuclear program but Tehran must end its support of proxy groups throughout the Mideast as part of any potential agreement. Read story