Trade summit draws half of Washington delegation to Seattle
WASHINGTON STATE — Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell says Congress should intervene before a trade war expands. She spoke at a ...
'Courage is contagious': Dems are outnumbered in Congress. What can they actually do?
All four of Rhode Island's congressional delegates are Democrats who regularly denounce actions taken by President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and congressional Republicans. The delegates acknowledge ...
Democrats stumble in race for Senate
Democrats are stumbling out of the gate ahead of the Senate elections in 2026, with early retirements stacking the odds ...
Debt ceiling tears at GOP unity after funding bill victory
Washington has until the late spring or summer to raise the borrowing limit past its $36 trillion cap, setting up a test with economy-reverberating consequences for Republicans.
Map Shows America's Shipyards Disappear as China's Naval Empire Rises
The U.S. Navy has only four active public shipyards. Meanwhile, China has at least 35 sites with known ties to military or ...
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Louisiana’s Congressional Map Faces Another Supreme Court Showdown
The U.S. Supreme Court is gearing up for a fresh volley in Louisiana’s redistricting saga, with oral arguments slated for ...
New study ranks all 50 states by federal dependency levels. Here’s where Washington ranked
Washington’s ranking comes from low placement in numerous categories, including 48th for return on taxes paid to the federal ...
Key bills die as WA Legislature passes house of origin cutoff
A key deadline to pass bills has come and gone for Washington lawmakers. Here's what they say are their successes — and ...
As DC fights Congress over its budget, a look back at how we got here
Advocates are wondering what Congress could do next to flex its authority over the nation’s capital, after a scramble over ...
Democrats see silver lining in wave of Senate retirements
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was the latest to reveal she would not seek reelection on the heels of similar announcements from Sens. Gary Peters and Tina Smith.
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Black voters turned out in higher numbers in new majority-Black district, report says
Last November, the new majority-Black 6th district voted in U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields. The district, in its previous, ...
Democratic-led states sue to block Education Department layoffs
A coalition of Democratic-led states is challenging the Trump administration’s sweeping layoffs across the Education Department, saying it amounts to an illegal dismantling of an agency created by ...