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FILE - Venezuela&#039;s President Nicolas Maduro, left, and first lady Cilia Flores arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, Sept. 1, 2015.

U.S. government seizes plane used by Venezuelan president, citing sanctions violations

FILE - Venezuela&#039;s President Nicolas Maduro, left, and first lady Cilia Flores arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, Sept. 1, 2015.

September 2, 2024, 12:27pm Nation & World

The U.S. government has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States, citing violations of sanctions and export control laws. Read story

Why this Washington Republican is featured in a $50 million pro-Kamala Harris ad campaign

September 2, 2024, 11:20am Election

Norma Pickett says she's been a Republican since she could vote. She backed Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. Read story

Venezuelan migrant Osdeigly Granadillo hangs her clothes to dry at a migrant tent encampment set up on the perimeters surrounding the Santa Cruz y La Soledad Catholic parish church, in La Merced neighborhood of Mexico City, July 16, 2024.

U.S. border policy spurred migrant camps hundreds of miles away in Mexico’s capital

Venezuelan migrant Osdeigly Granadillo hangs her clothes to dry at a migrant tent encampment set up on the perimeters surrounding the Santa Cruz y La Soledad Catholic parish church, in La Merced neighborhood of Mexico City, July 16, 2024.

September 2, 2024, 10:45am Nation & World

“That’s it, dude! Done!” exclaimed Eliezer López as he jumped up and down, throwing his arms to the sky and drawing a sign of the cross across his chest. His joy was so contagious, his friends started to emerge from nearby tents to celebrate with him. Read story

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she boards Air Force Two to travel to Detroit and Pittsburgh for campaign events, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Monday Sept. 2, 2024.

Harris set to oppose sale of U.S. Steel to a Japanese firm during joint Pennsylvania event with Biden

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she boards Air Force Two to travel to Detroit and Pittsburgh for campaign events, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Monday Sept. 2, 2024.

September 2, 2024, 9:33am Latest News

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to use Monday's joint campaign appearance in the industrial city of Pittsburgh with President Joe Biden to say that U.S. Steel should remain domestically owned — coinciding with the White House's earlier opposition to the company's planned sale to Nippon Steel of Japan. Read story

The headquarters of the U.S. Census Bureau is seen in Suitland, Md., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024.

Federal workers around nation’s capital worry over Trump’s plans to send some of them elsewhere

The headquarters of the U.S. Census Bureau is seen in Suitland, Md., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024.

September 2, 2024, 9:29am Politics

Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned for Laura Dodson and other federal workers, who have long been the economic backbone of the nation's capital and its suburbs. Read story

Courtroom scene with US flag and state seal and flag of the state of Washington.

Black, Native people face higher rates of charges in Washington courts

Courtroom scene with US flag and state seal and flag of the state of Washington.

September 2, 2024, 6:02am Courts & Crime

The number of Black people with charges filed against them in Washington’s courts last year was about 2.5 times greater than their share of the state’s population – largely due to misdemeanor charges, which are considered less serious crimes. Read story

FILE - President Donald Trump, left, welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in Washington, on May 13, 2019.

Trump’s foreign strategy still rests heavily on courting autocrats

FILE - President Donald Trump, left, welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in Washington, on May 13, 2019.

September 2, 2024, 6:00am Politics

When El Salvador’s autocratic president, Nayib Bukele, celebrated his inauguration this summer, guests of honor included Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson and Rep. Matt Gaetz, the firebrand Republican from Florida. Read story

The Oregon Health & Science University campus in Portland is seen in 2016.

Even before Dobbs, Washingtonians sought abortion care in Oregon

The Oregon Health & Science University campus in Portland is seen in 2016.

September 2, 2024, 6:00am Health

In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending national abortion access protections, abortion providers in Washington have received a growing number of out-of-state patients. But even before Roe fell, access to abortion was far from universal in Washington. Many Washingtonians who live in rural… Read story