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Orion Donovan-Smith orionds@spokesman.com (202) 853-2524Orion joined The Spokesman-Review as a Report for America legislative reporter in our Washington, DC Bureau in June 2020.
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April 16, 2021, 5:28 p.m.
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration drew intense criticism from Northwest refugee advocates when it announced Friday the president had decided to preserve the Trump administration’s historically low limit on the number of refugees allowed into the United States.
April 15, 2021, 5:24 p.m.
WASHINGTON – In a telephone town hall meeting organized Thursday by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Eastern Washington veterans voiced their frustration with a new electronic health records system the Department of Veterans Affairs is piloting at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane.
April 14, 2021, 5 a.m.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden plans to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, multiple outlets reported Tuesday, two decades after the 2001 terrorist attacks launched from the country that sparked America’s longest war.
April 11, 2021, 4 a.m.
WASHINGTON – On March 25, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers faced the CEOs of three of the world’s most powerful tech companies in a virtual hearing.