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A federal judge in Washington blocked the Federal Trade Commission from carrying out investigative demands against Media Matters for America, ruling Friday that the agency was likely violating the left-leaning media watchdog group’s First Amendment rights.

MACY, Neb. – President Donald Trump took direct aim at elite universities this spring, prompting an outcry over the choking off of billions of dollars in federal research funding from top-tier institutions.

Gov. Bob Ferguson on Thursday announced the hiring of a Biden administration executive to lead the state Department of Social and Health Services whose programs serve nearly a quarter of Washington’s population.

The memorial service for fallen Spokane Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Ken Salas is planned for next week at the Spokane Convention Center, the sheriff’s office announced Friday.

Negotiations over a global plastic pollution treaty collapsed Friday as countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether the world should limit plastic manufacturing and restrict the use of harmful plastic chemicals.

Somewhere in a rodent burrow or rock crevasse on the eastern side of Washington, a large female snake is giving birth to a litter of fully formed babies. In a week or two, they’ll get rattles – but not the kind with teething rings.

A labor strike continues to put numerous construction projects in Spokane on hold .

The Trump administration has identified ultra-processed foods and chemical exposure as potential hazards in its plan to improve the health of American children, but does not propose widespread restrictions on such foods or pesticides, according to a draft of the report obtained by the Washington Post.

Hurricane Erin became the first hurricane of the season Friday morning, and is expected to develop into a major Category 3 storm this weekend then intensify further as it passes to the north of Puerto Rico in the Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time advisory, the center of Erin was located about 415 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands ...