Politics

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate hosted by CNN with President Joe Biden, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.

Americans are split over whether Trump should face prison in the hush money case, AP-NORC poll finds

July 8, 2024, 8:48am Nation & World

Americans are about evenly split on whether former President Donald Trump should face prison time for his recent felony conviction on hush money charges, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Read story

First lady Jill Biden makes a campaign stop, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, in Middleville, Mich.

Jill Biden will rally veterans and military families as Biden team seeks to move focus back to Trump

July 8, 2024, 8:48am Nation & World

Jill Biden is launching President Joe Biden’s outreach to veterans and military families during a campaign swing through battleground states, drawing contrasts with her husband’s Republican rival as the Biden team works to shift the conversation away from growing calls for the Democratic incumbent to drop his reelection bid after… Read story

Police vans park outside the National Assembly during the second round of the legislative elections, Sunday, July 7, 2024 in Paris. France votes Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision — or produce a hung parliament and years of political deadlock.

France’s Macron keeps prime minister in place for “stability of the country” after chaotic election

July 8, 2024, 8:23am Nation & World

French President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him on Monday to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo. Read story

FILE - With protesters in the audience, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun arrives at a Senate subcommittee hearing to answer to lawmakers about troubles at the aircraft manufacturer. Ike Riffel , a California father whose two sons, died in 2019 when a Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashed in Ethiopia, fears that instead of putting Boeing on trial, the government will offer the company another shot at corporate probation through a legal document called a deferred prosecution agreement, or DPA. (AP Photo/J.

Boeing accepts a plea deal to avoid a criminal trial over 737 Max crashes, Justice Department says

July 8, 2024, 7:58am Latest News

Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people, the Justice Department said late Sunday, after the government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years. Read story

From left are Washington public lands commissioner frontrunners Jaime Herrera Beutler, Patrick DePoe, Sue Kuehl Pederson, Dave Upthegrove and Kevin Van De Wege.

WA public lands commissioner race attracts unusually crowded field

July 8, 2024, 6:05am Election

The average Washington voter is going to find the race to be Washington’s next commissioner of public lands rather confusing. Read story

Trump’s immunity ruling sets up ‘mini trial’ before election

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is seen on a television near puffer fish lamps as people watch the presidential debate at Hula Hula, a tiki themed karaoke bar, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Seattle.

July 8, 2024, 6:00am Politics

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents have some immunity from criminal charges over official conduct sets up a high-stakes “mini trial” later this summer over Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Read story

Biden assails Project 2025, a plan to transform government, and Trump’s claim to be unaware of it

Donald Trump has distanced himself from Project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government drafted by longtime allies and former officials in his administration, days after the head of the think tank responsible for the program suggested there would be a second American Revolution. Read story