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What’s behind the anti-Biden ‘wildfire’ among TikTok influencers?

June 2, 2024, 2:15pm Politics

President Joe Biden has been courting Kahlil Greene and other young TikTok influencers since taking office, inviting them to celebrations at the White House and policy briefings on Zoom, where Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been known to pop in. Read story

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The WA Republicans who wish the Trump era was over

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June 2, 2024, 12:44pm Latest News

YAKIMA — On the weekend after Donald Trump's historic criminal conviction, a gathering of prominent Washington Republicans ambled along as if the ex-president and current GOP candidate wasn't looming over the 2024 election. Read story

President Joe Biden&rsquo;s top climate diplomat John Podesta speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, May 29, 2024.

From electric vehicles to deciding what to cook for dinner, John Podesta faces climate challenges

President Joe Biden&rsquo;s top climate diplomat John Podesta speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, May 29, 2024.

June 2, 2024, 6:03am Politics

John Podesta was two months into his new role as President Joe Biden’s top climate diplomat when he faced his first international crisis — what to serve for dinner. Read story

US Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger (right) speaks about security improvements around Capitol Hill as Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Karen Gibson, and House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker listen during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

Staffers bear the brunt of threats aimed at district offices

US Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger (right) speaks about security improvements around Capitol Hill as Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Karen Gibson, and House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker listen during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

June 2, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

Sen. Bernie Sanders wasn’t at his Burlington, Vt., district office when a man dumped a liquid at the bottom of the door and set it ablaze on a Friday morning last month — but seven of his staffers were. Read story

Migrants are lined up along the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, to apply for asylum with U.S authorities Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in San Diego. San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April, according to U.S. figures, the fifth region to hold that title in two years in a sign of how quickly migration routes are changing.

Political stunt or needed perspective? Congressional candidates travel to border, Ukraine

Migrants are lined up along the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, to apply for asylum with U.S authorities Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in San Diego. San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April, according to U.S. figures, the fifth region to hold that title in two years in a sign of how quickly migration routes are changing.

June 2, 2024, 6:00am Northwest

As candidates vying to represent Eastern Washington in Congress attempt to distinguish themselves in a crowded field, several have made trips far afield from the district to demonstrate their commitment to issues they would need to address in D.C. Read story

High school students and members of the public rallied in support of DACA in Los Angeles in 2019.

DACA recipients, facing long waits for renewal, risk losing their jobs

High school students and members of the public rallied in support of DACA in Los Angeles in 2019.

June 2, 2024, 6:00am Politics

It’s been three months since Miguel has been able to work at his job as a sustainability and inclusion manager at a professional services firm in San Francisco. Read story

Crime victims may get fewer services as federal aid drops. States weigh how to help

June 1, 2024, 5:35am Nation & World

Groups that assist crime victims across the United States are bracing for significant financial pain after the amount available from a major federal victim services fund plunged $700 million this year. Read story

A view of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

As summer interns descend on the Hill, this resource office is ready

A view of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

June 1, 2024, 5:31am Politics

Being a congressional intern can feel like drinking out of a fire hose, or at least it did to Maggie Mahfood-Bradley when she arrived on the Hill in 2016. Read story