November 15, 2024, 10:55am Nation & World
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin leader’s first publicly announced conversation with the sitting head of a major Western power in nearly two years. Scholz urged Putin to be open to negotiations with Ukraine, his office said. Read story
November 15, 2024, 8:36am Nation & World
President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, and it’s shaping up much differently than his first. He’s prioritizing loyalists for top jobs. Read story
November 15, 2024, 8:35am Politics
Biden administration officials are working against the clock doling out billions in grants and taking other steps to try to preserve at least some of the outgoing president’s legacy before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. Read story
November 15, 2024, 8:33am Politics
After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans said is a mandate to govern, an uneasy political question is emerging: Will there be any room for dissent in the U.S. Congress? Read story
November 15, 2024, 8:30am Politics
Donald Trump’s vision for education revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “ wokeness “ and “left-wing indoctrination.” Read story
November 15, 2024, 8:03am Nation & World
Representatives from 21 members representing the Pacific Rim are meeting in Peru on Friday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the first global summit since U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory featuring several major world leaders. Read story
November 15, 2024, 8:00am Nation & World
President Joe Biden is gathering South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for talks Friday amid heightened concerns about North Korea’s growing military partnership with Russia and Pyongyang’s stepped-up cadence of ballistic missile tests. Read story
November 15, 2024, 7:41am Election
Initiative 2066, the controversial natural gas measure, was the only ballot initiative approved by Washington voters this year. Now, some new data gives us insight into who voted for it and against it, and why. Read story