Politics

FILE - Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, May 16, 2023. With just seven weeks until the end of the year, the Biden administration is running out of time to win the reauthorization of a spy program it says is vital to preventing terrorism, catching spies and disrupting cyberattacks. The tool is called Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

A key US spy tool will lapse at year’s end unless Congress and the White House can cut a deal

November 15, 2023, 10:35am Nation & World

With just seven weeks until the end of the year, the Biden administration is running out of time to win the reauthorization of a spy program it says is vital to preventing terrorism, catching spies and disrupting cyberattacks. Read story

Northwest Republicans split as House passes short-term spending bill, averting government shutdown

November 15, 2023, 8:40am Latest News

The House on Tuesday passed a short-term spending bill to fund the government, with nearly all Democrats and more than half of Republicans voting to avert a shutdown that would have begun at the end of the week. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden signs a presidential memorandum in the Oval Office of the White House, Nov. 13, 2023, in Washington. Biden has announced five nominees to federal judgeships, including the first Muslim-American on any circuit court. The Democratic president is looking to add to more than 150 of his judicial selections that have already been confirmed to the bench.

Biden announces 5 federal judicial nominees and stresses their varied professional backgrounds

November 15, 2023, 8:38am Northwest

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced five nominees to federal judgeships, including the first Muslim-American on any circuit court, looking to add to more than 150 of his judicial selections who have already been confirmed to the bench. Read story

Biden aims for improved military relations with China when he meets with Xi

November 15, 2023, 8:35am Nation & World

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to agree Wednesday to restore some military-to-military communications between their armed forces when they meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. Read story

Clark County is considering establishing a public defenders office rather than contracting with local attorneys to provide for indigent defense. At left, Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Golik appears in Clark County Superior court in 2022.

Clark County Council approves $3 million in ARPA funds to start public defenders office

November 15, 2023, 6:07am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

After many starts and stops and years of input from attorneys and court and county officials, Clark County is getting a public defense office. Read story

House votes to prevent a government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., looks over his papers as he arrives early for a closed-door meeting with the Republican Conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Johnson is facing the first big test of his speakership as he pushes for a two-deadline continuing resolution to keep the government funded at its current levels, a measure not heartily supported by the hard right wing of his party. (AP Photo/J.

November 14, 2023, 3:35pm Latest News

The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown after new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan. Read story