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U.S. House passes bill in bid to stop states from banning gas-powered cars

September 15, 2023, 10:19am Northwest

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill likely to ultimately fail that would prevent states from banning gas-powered cars. Read story

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is suing the parent company of Fox News over its broadcasting of false election claims.

Oregon sues Fox News over false election claims, retirement fund losses

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is suing the parent company of Fox News over its broadcasting of false election claims.

September 14, 2023, 5:04pm Newsletter

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is suing Fox Corporation, alleging that false claims about the 2020 election broadcast on Fox News caused losses to the state’s employee retirement funds. Read story

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives to meet with the House Republican Conference about launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

Angry and frustrated, McCarthy finds that even a Biden impeachment inquiry isn’t enough for GOP

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives to meet with the House Republican Conference about launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

September 14, 2023, 5:00pm Politics

Angry, frustrated and unable to lead a fractured and unruly Republican majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday told the colleagues threatening to oust him: Do it. Read story

The sun dial stands in front of the Legislative Building at the state Capitol in Olympia in March 2022.

Democratic leaders will leave court to redraw disputed map for Washington legislative district

The sun dial stands in front of the Legislative Building at the state Capitol in Olympia in March 2022.

September 14, 2023, 4:57pm Northwest

Washington’s bipartisan Redistricting Commission will not be reconvened and a federal judge should redraw the disputed map for a Yakima Valley legislative district, the Democratic leaders of the state Legislature said Wednesday. Read story

Ukraine's Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak, left, and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, right, listen as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.

Zelenskyy is expected to visit Capitol Hill as Congress is debating $21 billion in aid for Ukraine

Ukraine's Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak, left, and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, right, listen as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.

September 14, 2023, 4:10pm Nation & World

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Capitol Hill and at the White House next week as he visits the U.S. during the United Nations General Assembly. Read story

States ask federal judge to block changes in flood insurance plan

September 14, 2023, 3:24pm Business

Increases in federal flood insurance premiums that are projected to surpass 700 percent over the coming years are already leading people to back out of home purchases and will likely lead to an exodus of residents and businesses from southern Louisiana, officials told a federal judge Thursday in New Orleans. Read story

Cuba reverses its stance on citizens joining Russian army

September 14, 2023, 3:20pm Nation & World

In an apparent policy reversal, Cuba’s ambassador to Russia said the Cuban government would not stop its citizens from enlisting in the Russian army to fight in Ukraine, despite earlier statements by the island’s authorities reporting the arrest of 17 people involved in recruiting Cubans for the Russian army and… Read story

In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Gen. James Hecker, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, speaks at the Air and Space Forces Association 2023 Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colo., March 8, 2023. The U.S. is making precautionary plans to evacuate two key drone and counter-terror bases in Niger if that becomes necessary under the West African nation's new ruling junta. That word came Friday from the Air Force commander for Africa, Gen. James Hecker. (Eric Dietrich/U.S.

Pentagon says surveillance flights, not counterterrorism ops, have restarted in Niger

In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Gen. James Hecker, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, speaks at the Air and Space Forces Association 2023 Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colo., March 8, 2023. The U.S. is making precautionary plans to evacuate two key drone and counter-terror bases in Niger if that becomes necessary under the West African nation's new ruling junta. That word came Friday from the Air Force commander for Africa, Gen. James Hecker. (Eric Dietrich/U.S.

September 14, 2023, 1:31pm Nation & World

The Pentagon said Thursday that it has not restarted counterterrorism operations in Niger, a day after the head of U.S. airpower for Europe and Africa said those flights had resumed. Read story