Friday,  January 24 , 2025

Linkedin Pinterest

Politics

Clark County PoliticsElection
On the 2025 Special Election ballot
The Washington State Capitol building is seen through morning fog, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Olympia, Wash.

Proposed ‘bill of rights’ would offer labor protections to WA nannies, housekeepers and gardeners

The Washington State Capitol building is seen through morning fog, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Olympia, Wash.

January 21, 2025, 7:07am Business

Domestic workers in Washington could soon see new, comprehensive labor protections if a bill in the state Legislature gets the green light. Read story

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

Trump commutes sentences of Jan. 6 rioters, including WA Proud Boy Ethan Nordean

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

January 21, 2025, 7:01am Latest News

President Donald Trump, who was sworn in Monday, signed a sweeping pardon and clemency for rioters criminally charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol moments after he stepped into the Oval Office to begin his second term. Read story

FILE - A cargo ship traverses the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon, Panama, Sept. 2, 2024.

Panama, familiar with US intervention, bristles at Trump’s comments on canal

FILE - A cargo ship traverses the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon, Panama, Sept. 2, 2024.

January 21, 2025, 7:00am Nation & World

U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence Monday that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control fed nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.S. military intervention. Read story

Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

Trump, a populist president, is flanked by tech billionaires at his inauguration

Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

January 21, 2025, 6:59am Business

Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also happen to be among the world’s richest men. Read story

FILE - Wind turbines are seen from Interstate-84, Sunday, July 9, 2023, near Hammett, Idaho.

Trump temporarily halts leasing and permitting for wind energy projects

FILE - Wind turbines are seen from Interstate-84, Sunday, July 9, 2023, near Hammett, Idaho.

January 21, 2025, 6:58am Business

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday temporarily halting offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and pausing the issuance of approvals, permits and loans for both onshore and offshore wind projects. Read story

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, Oct. 14, 2024, in Oaks, Pa., as moderator South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem listens.

Trump says 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming on Feb. 1 as he signs several orders on economy

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, Oct. 14, 2024, in Oaks, Pa., as moderator South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem listens.

January 21, 2025, 6:56am Business

President Donald Trump said Monday that he expects to put 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting on Feb. 1, while declining to flesh out his plans for taxing Chinese imports. Read story

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

Trump issues pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

January 20, 2025, 4:54pm Latest News

 President Donald Trump on Monday said he was pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, using his sweeping clemency powers on his first day back in office to dismantle the largest investigation and prosecution in Justice Department history. Read story

President Donald Trump speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made at inaugural events

President Donald Trump speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

January 20, 2025, 4:20pm Nation & World

In his first address after being sworn in on Monday, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading statements that he made during his campaign. They included claims about immigration, the economy, electric vehicles and the Panama Canal. In remarks later at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, he issued a number… Read story