Orion Donovan Smith

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion violates a federal law that guarantees necessary treatment in medical emergencies, as the court’s conservative majority deals with the fallout from its 2022 decision that overturned a nationwide right to terminate a pregnancy.

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping $95 billion national security bill that includes long-delayed aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with humanitarian aid for Palestinians, sanctions on Iran and measures that could lead to a U.S. ban of TikTok if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell the popular app.

WASHINGTON – Since the dawn of the internet age, tech companies have developed increasingly sophisticated ways to collect and use vast swaths of Americans' personal data, while Congress has repeatedly failed to regulate the practice. Now, two Washington state lawmakers have a bipartisan plan to break that impasse and set a national standard for data privacy.

WASHINGTON – The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending package early Saturday morning to fund the government through September, narrowly averting a government shutdown, after the legislation cleared the House on Friday.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden intends to nominate a Washington Court of Appeals judge to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, the White House said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON – Harsh weather made 2023 a bad year for Washington state cherry growers, but help is on the way after the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday granted Gov. Jay Inslee’s request for a federal disaster declaration.

WASHINGTON – If it wasn’t clear enough already, Tuesday’s primaries in Washington and three other states made it official: Joe Biden and Donald Trump have enough delegates to clinch their parties’ nominations for president.

WASHINGTON – The House passed bipartisan legislation in an overwhelming vote Wednesday that would force the Chinese parent company of TikTok to sell the wildly popular social media platform or face a ban in the United States.