Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers looms large in Eastern Washington politics with 10 terms representing it in Congress and time before that in the Legislature.
Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case challenging former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to hold office again. Through more than two hours of oral arguments, the court’s nine justices appeared poised to reject the effort to ban the Republican presidential front-runner from a state ballot on allegations that he engaged in insurrection. Late last year, the Colorado Supreme Court made an unprecedented ruling to remove Trump from the state’s Republican primary ballot. On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case.
After two decades in Congress, Spokane's Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who leads the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced Thursday she will not run for re-election.
The Supreme Court justices gave a favorable hearing to former President Trump on Thursday, suggesting they will clear the way for him to seek election this year despite the mob attack on the Capitol that followed his loss in 2020.
After perhaps her worst result in her Republican primary campaign -- finishing second to "None of These Candidates" in Nevada's primary, in which the front-runner, former President Donald Trump was not competing -- Nikki Haley unloaded on her own party, painting the day not as bad for her, but for Republicans.
Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana is expected to announce a campaign for Senate as soon as this weekend, torching plans from top Republican officials to avoid a bruising primary battle in a state that many in the party view as their best chance to win back control of the chamber.
Supreme Court oral arguments Thursday could shed light on what’s at stake for Congress in a case about a Colorado decision to bar Donald Trump from appearing on the state primary ballot based on the 14th Amendment.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential campaign barely lasted into 2024, but he sounds as if he’s still in the thick of the race. The governor isn’t addressing pressing state issues such as soaring homeowners insurance rates or the need for more affordable housing.
A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that Donald Trump can be put on trial for trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 election, rejecting Trump’s sweeping claim of presidential immunity and moving the case one step closer to a jury.
Great Northern School District is seeking voters’ approval on property tax collections to pay for staff and school equipment for the 40 students in the district.
The Medical Lake School District is asking voters to approve renewals of their two levies, totaling over $8.2 million in three years of property tax collections.
Independent presidential candidate and former Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a wide-ranging campaign speech to Las Vegas Valley supporters Sunday at Area 15. Kennedy, who is trying to position himself as a viable alternative to a Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden rematch, focused the first part of his speech on America’s health crisis and the purported link between Big Pharma and many of ...
The Supreme Court will grapple with a sizable number of politically significant cases as the presidential election season heats up over the next few months, touching on abortion rights, gun control and the fate of criminal charges against the leading Republican candidate, Donald Trump.
Like several other school districts in the area, the Liberty School District headquartered in southern Spokane County is asking voters to approve two replacement levies on the February ballot.
Nikki Haley’s campaign manager warned influential donors Tuesday that the GOP would lose control of the U.S. House of Representatives if Donald Trump is the party’s presidential nominee, leaning into concerns about down-ballot races as some anti-Trump Republicans view the fight over Congress as a better investment than the presidential race.
Reardan-Edwall schools are seeking renewals of property tax collections that fund staff, extracurriculars and school safety essential to school operations.
The Freeman School District is asking voters to approve two levy renewals on the February ballot to help pay for safety improvements, technology and education programs.
On Tuesday, New Hampshire Republican primary voters put Donald Trump on a glide path to the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, leading high-ranking Republicans to declare the race effectively over. Three days later, those GOP officials got a taste of what they will be forced to account for over the next nine months. And it reinforced how difficult that’s going to be.
Vote counting was underway in Finland on Sunday night in a presidential race that comes as the country, NATO's newest member, faces the threat of an antagonistic Russia.
The U.S. government condemned a Venezuelan court ruling that blocked the leading opposition candidate from running for the presidency in elections this year, adding that it’s reviewing its sanctions policy on the Latin American nation.
