Politics

FCC to vote to require 988 calls be routed to local call centers

September 26, 2024, 9:07am Health

The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month to require all calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline be routed by wireless carriers to local call centers. Read story

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, attends the 9/11 Memorial ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York.

Rudy Giuliani disbarred in DC after pushing Trump’s false 2020 election claims

September 26, 2024, 9:02am Nation & World

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in Washington on Thursday, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss. Read story

Biden wants to make active shooter drills in schools less traumatic for students

September 26, 2024, 8:54am Nation & World

President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that aims to help schools create active shooter drills that are less traumatic for students yet still effective. The order also seeks to restrict new technologies that make guns easier to fire and obtain. Read story

Netanyahu flies from war to diplomatic hostility with UN visit

September 26, 2024, 8:36am Nation & World

A year ago Benjamin Netanyahu came to the United Nations touting the blessings of peace with the Arab world. He returns with the region on the brink of all-out war. Read story

U.S. President Joe Biden, center, with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and other world leaders pose for a family picture of the launching of a Joint Declaration of Support for Ukrainian Recovery and Reconstruction, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in New York.

Biden to convene Ukraine allies in Germany, surge military aid

September 26, 2024, 8:33am Nation & World

President Joe Biden announced $2.4 billion in military assistance for Ukraine on Thursday and plans to convene a leader-level meeting of key allies to coordinate additional support when he visits Germany next month. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee named on Forbes’ first-ever list of worldwide leaders in sustainability

Gov. Jay Inslee addresses officials and media at a ceremony for the closure of the death chamber at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.

September 26, 2024, 7:37am Latest News

Last week, Forbes published its first-ever list of the 50 preeminent leaders across the globe in environmental sustainability, in an effort to highlight some of the latest and most important work done in the fight against climate change. The list included government officials, CEOs and nonprofit directors, and for Washingtonians,… Read story

Northwest lawmakers help Congress pass short-term spending bill, averting government shutdown

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., talk to reporters before votes on a Democratic resolution stating that every patient has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care, regardless of where they live, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

September 26, 2024, 7:36am Latest News

The House and Senate passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday to fund the government until just before Christmas, despite opposition from some Northwest Republicans to the short-term spending bill that averts a potential government shutdown at the end of the month. Read story