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Only 15 percent of voters have returned ballots in Clark County; it’s not too late to vote

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August 5, 2024, 3:15pm Clark County News

Tuesday is Washington’s primary election, and ballots are trickling into the Clark County Elections Office. Read story

Justice Clarence Thomas took undisclosed 2010 trip with GOP megadonor, Democratic senator finds

August 5, 2024, 2:16pm Politics

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional travel on GOP megadonor Harlan Crow's private jet, a top Democratic senator who is backing an election-year push to tighten the high court's ethics rules said Monday. Read story

FILE - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., appears for a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 5, 2019. Harris, the daughter of immigrants who rose through the California political and law enforcement ranks to become the first female vice president in U.S. history, is poised to secure the Democratic Party&#039;s presidential nomination Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.

Kamala Harris is poised to become the Democratic presidential nominee

FILE - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., appears for a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 5, 2019. Harris, the daughter of immigrants who rose through the California political and law enforcement ranks to become the first female vice president in U.S. history, is poised to secure the Democratic Party&#039;s presidential nomination Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.

August 5, 2024, 10:55am Latest News

Vice President Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants who rose through the California political and law enforcement ranks to become the first female vice president in U.S. history, is poised to secure the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday. Read story

Senior economics aide Gene Sperling is leaving the White House to work on the Harris campaign

August 5, 2024, 8:20am Politics

White House senior adviser Gene Sperling is leaving his administration position to work with Vice President Kamala Harris’ election campaign as the Democrats step up efforts to challenge Donald Trump on policy issues in November’s election. Read story

FILE - President Donald Trump listens as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Russel Vought speaks during an event on &ldquo;transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement&rdquo; in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington.

Takeaways: A Project 2025 author makes plans, rallies loyalists as Trump aims for 2nd term

FILE - President Donald Trump listens as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Russel Vought speaks during an event on &ldquo;transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement&rdquo; in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington.

August 5, 2024, 8:19am Politics

Russell Vought, a key architect of the controversial Project 2025 plan, speaks as a general marshaling troops to tame a “woke and weaponized” federal government. Read story

Senate swoops in, centuries late, to name bald eagle national bird

August 5, 2024, 8:17am Pets & Wildlife

In the rush toward recess last week, the Senate moved to correct an oversight that many Americans might not even be aware of when lawmakers passed a bill to designate the bald eagle as the national bird. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris walks on stage during a campaign event with President Joe Biden at Girard College, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia.

Rally dates are set. Venues are chosen. The only thing missing for Harris’ blitz is her VP choice

Vice President Kamala Harris walks on stage during a campaign event with President Joe Biden at Girard College, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia.

August 5, 2024, 8:17am Latest News

The dates are set. The venues are chosen. The only thing missing from this week’s campaign blitz with Vice President Kamala Harris and her 2024 running mate is the name of the running mate. Read story

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, left, and Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson are running for Washington governor in 2024.

Washington attorney general and ex-sheriff who helped nab Green River Killer race for governorship

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, left, and Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson are running for Washington governor in 2024.

August 5, 2024, 7:50am Clark County Politics

Washington state’s longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down the Green River Killer are vying to become the next governor of a Democratic stronghold that hasn’t had an open race for the state’s top job in more than a decade. Read story