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Nine Clark County parishes are under the direction of the Archdiocese of Seattle.

WA law mandating clergy report child abuse to be investigated by Trump’s Justice Department

Nine Clark County parishes are under the direction of the Archdiocese of Seattle.

May 6, 2025, 7:54am Churches & Religion

President Trump’s Department of Justice is investigating a new Washington state law that makes clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse, arguing it violates the First Amendment. Read story

FILE - Madelin Munilla, 67, who came to Miami as a child when her parents fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba, holds up a sign comparing President Joe Biden to Castro and other Latin American leaders at a rally outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse, June 13, 2023, in Miami.

Trump brands his opponents as ‘communists,’ a label loaded with the baggage of American history

FILE - Madelin Munilla, 67, who came to Miami as a child when her parents fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba, holds up a sign comparing President Joe Biden to Castro and other Latin American leaders at a rally outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse, June 13, 2023, in Miami.

May 5, 2025, 5:29pm Latest News

For years, President Donald Trump blamed “communists” for his legal and political troubles. Now, the second Trump administration is deploying that same historically loaded label to cast his opponents — from judges to educators — as threats to American identity, culture and values. Read story

The Historic Trust CEO Temple Lentz, who served on the Clark County Council from 2018 to 2022, has filed to run for Jack Burkman’s seat on the Port of Vancouver board of commissioners. Burkman is not running for reelection.

Filing week in Clark County opens with familiar names seeking elected positions

The Historic Trust CEO Temple Lentz, who served on the Clark County Council from 2018 to 2022, has filed to run for Jack Burkman’s seat on the Port of Vancouver board of commissioners. Burkman is not running for reelection.

May 5, 2025, 5:12pm Clark County News

the five-day window for candidates who want to run for an elected office to submit the required forms and pay the filing fee — officially kicked off Monday. Filing week ends at 5 p.m. Friday. Read story

President Donald Trump arrives at Tuscaloosa National Airport, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

America’s long history of ‘checks and balances’ is being tested by Trump like rarely before

President Donald Trump arrives at Tuscaloosa National Airport, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

May 5, 2025, 2:25pm Latest News

It’s what one historian calls an “elaborate, clunky machine,” one that’s been fundamental to American democracy for more than two centuries. Read story

FILE - A group of manatees are pictured in a canal where discharge from a nearby Florida Power & Light plant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Dec. 28, 2010. Wildlife officials said Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, that food, gear and supplies are staging along Florida's east coast to tackle the recurring, pollution-related starvation crisis for threatened manatees.

Democratic senators press Trump administration on how it will protect endangered species

FILE - A group of manatees are pictured in a canal where discharge from a nearby Florida Power & Light plant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Dec. 28, 2010. Wildlife officials said Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, that food, gear and supplies are staging along Florida's east coast to tackle the recurring, pollution-related starvation crisis for threatened manatees.

May 5, 2025, 11:42am Nation & World

Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species and whether industry had a hand in drafting it. Read story

Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country

May 5, 2025, 11:41am Politics

Pushing forward with its mass deportation agenda, President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it would pay $1,000 to immigrants who are in the United States illegally and return to their home country voluntarily. Read story

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner, Sunday April 27, 2025, in Manchester, N.H.

Trump budget reaction, reconciliation work headline this week at Capitol

May 5, 2025, 8:38am Politics

Lawmakers will be discussing and debating budgets, appropriations and reconciliation this week — and the Senate may open a debate on regulating digital assets known as stablecoins. Read story