June 1, 2023, 8:12am Latest News
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and end the threat of economic disaster — which the House’s Republican majority used to extract concessions from Democrats to limit federal spending — despite Northwest lawmakers from both parties opposing the compromise. Read story
June 1, 2023, 8:08am Nation & World
A revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children is set to be debated Thursday before a federal judge who previously ruled the program illegal. Read story
June 1, 2023, 7:40am Business
House Republicans are seeking to make good on their campaign promise to rein in the IRS with cutbacks built into the debt ceiling and budget cuts package moving through Congress. Read story
June 1, 2023, 7:38am Business
Despite weeks of negotiations, the White House and House Republicans were unable to reach a comprehensive agreement to overhaul environmental regulations and streamline federal permitting as part of their debt ceiling deal, instead settling for limited changes that could simplify some project reviews. Read story
June 1, 2023, 6:02am Health Free
Insulin, abortions, hearing aids and cancer screenings are among the medical expenses that may soon cost less for Washington residents with health insurance. Read story
May 31, 2023, 7:16pm Clark County News
Don Bonker, who represented Southwest Washington in Congress for 14 years, yet rarely missed his children’s phone calls or baseball games, died Tuesday at his home in Silverdale. He was 86 years old and had been diagnosed with cancer of the gall bladder last week. Read story
May 31, 2023, 7:10pm Politics
The Air Force announced the permanent location for many more U.S. Space Force units Wednesday — and none of them are in Huntsville, Alabama, suggesting the service may be moving ahead with at least part of the design it originally sought for the new force before it became entangled in… Read story
May 31, 2023, 7:09pm Politics
Justice Department prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of former President Donald Trump from after he left office in which he talks about holding onto a classified Pentagon document related to a potential attack on Iran, according to media reports. Read story