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Fourth Congressional District candidates share immigration policy opinions
MOSES LAKE — Eleven candidates are running in the primary election for Washington’s 4th Congressional District. Al…
The Latest: Harris, Pelosi make presidential address history
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Lawsuit filed to block new Washington capital gains tax
SEATTLE (AP) — A lawsuit was filed Wednesday that seeks to block the new capital gains tax on high-profit stocks, bonds and other assets that the Washington Legislature approved this week.
Senate votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are moving to reinstate regulations designed to limit climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields, as part of a broader effort by the Biden administrat…
Biden to the nation: We're 'turning peril into possibility'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress that the nation is “turning peril into possibility," celebrating progress against the coronavirus a…
Judge won't block Arizona Senate's 2020 election recount
PHOENIX (AP) — An unprecedented audit of ballots from November’s presidential election will continue in Arizona. But the private company hired by the Republican-led state Senate must make public its procedures for …
US indicts 3 on hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department brought federal hate crimes charges Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, charging a father and son who armed themselves, chased and fatally shot the 25-year-old Black ma…
Feds raid Giuliani's home, office, escalating criminal probe
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan home and office Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones
In new Electoral College map, shifting battleground dynamics
ATLANTA (AP) — The 2020 census is shifting states' clout in presidential politics. And while the changes won't upend the parties' basic strategies for securing the votes needed to win the White House, they do hint …
US eyes major rollback in Iran sanctions to revive nuke deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is considering a near wholesale rollback of some of the most stringent Trump-era sanctions imposed on Iran in a bid to get the Islamic Republic to return to compliance wit…
Deadly California arrest carries echoes of George Floyd case
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police in Alameda, California, are under fire over the death of a Latino man who was pinned to the ground face down for more than five minutes on the same day a jury in Minneapolis began deli…
Supreme Court affirms block of key PolyMet mine permit
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a
Pacific Northwest faces shutdowns amid rising virus cases
When the coronavirus pandemic hit the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington, their governors quickly reacted with shutdowns. Now they are about to impose new restrictions again as infections and hospita…
AP sources: Feds search Rudy Giuliani's NYC home, office
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan home and office on Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones
AP source: Feds execute warrant at Rudy Giuliani's NYC home
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal investigators executed a search warrant Wednesday morning at the Manhattan home of Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s attorney, a law enforcement official told The Associated Pre…
Wary Supreme Court weighs student's Snapchat profanity case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A wary Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether public schools can discipline students for things they say off campus, worrying about overly restricting speech on the one hand and leaving educat…