Orion Donovan Smith

Federal Election Commission filings show Republican Amanda McKinney, a Yakima County commissioner endorsed by President Donald Trump, outpaced her 10 primary opponents with over $981,000 in total receipts by July 15. Fellow Republicans Jerrod Sessler and Matt Boehnke had amassed about $605,000 and $212,000, respectively, while Democrat John Duresky had received $179,000.

WASHINGTON – Democrat David Roth said Tuesday he will withdraw from the race to represent Idaho in the U.S. Senate, clearing a path for independent candidate Todd Achilles to challenge Sen. Jim Risch, a three-term Republican.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top official in charge of foreign trade and humanitarian assistance made his first trip to Washington state last week, visiting growers of potatoes, pulses and tree fruit before a stop at the Port of Seattle.

As the Kaiser Canyon fire continued to rage on the Colville Reservation on Thursday, burning nearly 86,000 acres by midday, a short video of a candidate running to represent the area in Congress drew outrage on social media.

WASHINGTON – Northwest Republicans on Wednesday helped the House of Representatives approve $95 billion in new spending on the Iran war, aid for farmers and grants to encourage states to adopt voting restrictions, despite the GOP lawmakers expressing concerns about the measure adding to the national debt.

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked a Senate panel on Tuesday for more than $87 billion for costs related to the war with Iran, but a senator from Washington state with power over federal spending signaled that Democrats won’t support the Trump administration’s request for additional money.

WASHINGTON – Democratic Party leaders in Idaho’s most populous county think they have their best chance in decades to oust an incumbent Republican senator. They just aren’t sure a Democrat is the one to do it.

WASHINGTON – Rep. Michael Baumgartner has been consistent about his preferred approach to the U.S. war with Iran.