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FILE - A woman in a motorized wheelchair casts her vote at the Waikiki Community Center in Honolulu, on Tuesday, Nov. 4 2008.

Voters with disabilities are feeling ignored by presidential candidates

October 14, 2024, 2:14pm Latest News

A new report from Rutgers University estimates that about 40.2 million eligible voters in the quickly approaching U.S. presidential election are disabled. Add those who cohabitate with people who have a disability, and you’re looking at close to one-third of the voting population for an election in which health care… Read story

FILE - Surrounded by Army cadets, President Donald Trump watches the first half of the 121st Army-Navy Football Game, Dec. 12, 2020, in West Point, N.Y.

Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further

October 14, 2024, 12:48pm Latest News

During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the Republican and his allies are preparing to go much further, reimagining the military as an all-powerful tool to deploy on U.S. soil. Read story

Attendees take photos and record video on their cell phones as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at East Carolina University, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Greenville, N.C.

Harris is laying out a new plan to empower Black men as she tries to energize them to vote for her

October 14, 2024, 12:13pm Latest News

Vice President Kamala Harris is announcing a plan to give Black men more economic opportunities and other chances to thrive as she works to energize a key voting bloc that has Democrats concerned about a lack of enthusiasm. Read story

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with a NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life

October 14, 2024, 11:29am Latest News

A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life. Read story

A look at the Hoh River in Olympic National Park, site of the Hoh rainforest and hiking trails.

Washington’s old-growth forests capture carbon better than nearly any other

October 14, 2024, 11:25am Latest News

They tower and drip, their curtains of moss damp in windblown fog: rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, unique in all the world. Read story

Washington state’s landmark climate law hangs in the balance in November

Steam billows from the Longview WestRock mill, which makes cardboard materials including container board and corrugated containers, March 14, 2024, in Longview, Wash.

October 14, 2024, 7:52am Election

A groundbreaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for climate programs could be repealed by voters this fall, less than two years after it took effect. Read story

As AG, Bob Ferguson vastly expanded his office to focus on consumer lawsuits

FILE - Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson talks to reporters, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, during a news conference in Seattle. In a 5-4 decision Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, the Washington Supreme Court upheld an $18 million campaign finance penalty against the Consumer Brands Association, formerly known as the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Ferguson sued the group in 2013, alleging that it spent $11 million to oppose a ballot initiative without registering as a political committee or disclosing the source of the money. (AP Photo/Ted S.

October 14, 2024, 7:40am Latest News

In a dozen years as state attorney general, Bob Ferguson has vastly expanded the size and reach of the office, establishing himself as one of the country's most aggressive filers of consumer protection and antitrust actions. Read story