<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Menu
The Columbian logo tagline
Login
Saturday,  September 21 , 2024
Current weather Vancouver, WA

Linkedin Pinterest

Tagged Articles:
politics

US asks Supreme Court to step in on Texas border barrier

January 3, 2024, 7:51am Politics

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in its ongoing fight with Texas over border policy and immigration laws and allow border agents to remove razor wire on the Texas side of the Rio Grande river. Read story

President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in October in Tel Aviv. More Americans think foreign policy should be a top focus for the U.S. in 2024.

More Americans think foreign policy should be a top U.S. priority for 2024, an AP-NORC poll finds

President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in October in Tel Aviv. More Americans think foreign policy should be a top focus for the U.S. in 2024.

January 1, 2024, 6:28pm Politics

In this time of war overseas, more Americans think foreign policy should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2024, with a new poll showing international concerns and immigration rising in importance with the public. Read story

Pa. senator reflects on depression treatment

January 1, 2024, 4:40pm Health

Sen. John Fetterman acknowledges having “dark conversations” about harming himself before he hit “the emergency brake” and sought treatment for depression. Read story

Retirements could tip control of the House majority

January 1, 2024, 3:56pm Politics

A chaotic year for the House came to a close with more Democrats than Republicans deciding to leave the chamber, a disparity that could have major ramifications in this year’s elections. Read story

Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) speaks to reporters as he departs a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington, DC. House Republicans held a conference meeting to discuss the party agenda.

In key House battleground, GOP’s Garcia faces new challenger

Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) speaks to reporters as he departs a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington, DC. House Republicans held a conference meeting to discuss the party agenda.

January 1, 2024, 6:00am Politics

In a key House battleground north of Los Angeles, Republican Rep. Mike Garcia defeated the same Democrat three times in four years. Read story

Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY) delivers remarks at a Congressional Tri-Caucus event on the mass shooting at the Tops Grocery Store in Buffalo, NY, from the House East Front Steps at the U.S. Capitol on May 19, 2022, in Washington, DC. Members from the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus gathered to speak on the shooting and the rise in &ldquo;replacement theory&rdquo; rhetoric.

Lawmakers who linger after accepting new jobs stir concerns

Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY) delivers remarks at a Congressional Tri-Caucus event on the mass shooting at the Tops Grocery Store in Buffalo, NY, from the House East Front Steps at the U.S. Capitol on May 19, 2022, in Washington, DC. Members from the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus gathered to speak on the shooting and the rise in &ldquo;replacement theory&rdquo; rhetoric.

December 31, 2023, 6:00am Politics

Congressman Brian Higgins lodged his complaints about the inner workings of Congress in November when announcing his plans to resign. Read story

U.S. President Joe Biden talks to the press before boarding Marine One on the south lawn of the White House on Dec. 23, 2023, in Washington, DC.

Big pay raise means big tradeoffs under spending stalemate

U.S. President Joe Biden talks to the press before boarding Marine One on the south lawn of the White House on Dec. 23, 2023, in Washington, DC.

December 31, 2023, 6:00am Politics

President Joe Biden finalized the largest annual pay raises for federal employees in decades last week after the worst inflation since the 1980s — finally coming down now to more acceptable levels — took its toll on workers and their families over the past two years. Read story

The U.S. Capitol building and the Capitol Christmas Tree are mirrored in the still waters of a reflecting pool early Christmas morning in Washington. (J.

Congress passed only 31 laws during 2023

The U.S. Capitol building and the Capitol Christmas Tree are mirrored in the still waters of a reflecting pool early Christmas morning in Washington. (J.

December 30, 2023, 6:00am Politics

Members of Congress spent the past 12 months ensuring that this session would be one for the history books. Read story

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Airman 1st Class Jackson Ligon, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron technician, examines the internals of an intercontinental ballistic missile during a simulated electronic launch Minuteman test Sept. 22, 2020, at a launch facility near Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont. The Air Force has determined that cancer data recorded in health records of service members who worked with the nation's nuclear missiles warrants a further review, as part of a massive testing and cleanup effort it launched in response to reports that many who served are now ill. (Tristan Day/U.S.

The Air Force said its nuclear missile capsules were safe. But toxic dangers lurked, documents show

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Airman 1st Class Jackson Ligon, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron technician, examines the internals of an intercontinental ballistic missile during a simulated electronic launch Minuteman test Sept. 22, 2020, at a launch facility near Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont. The Air Force has determined that cancer data recorded in health records of service members who worked with the nation's nuclear missiles warrants a further review, as part of a massive testing and cleanup effort it launched in response to reports that many who served are now ill. (Tristan Day/U.S.

December 29, 2023, 7:58am Health

A large pool of dark liquid festering on the floor. No fresh air. Computer displays that would overheat and ooze out a fishy-smelling gel that nauseated the crew. Asbestos readings 50 times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency’s safety standards. Read story

FILE - The Pentagon is seen on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. The U.S. military on Thursday. Dec. 28, opened a new chapter in how it investigates and prosecutes cases of sexual assault and other major crimes, putting independent lawyers in charge of those decisions and sidelining commanders after years of pressure from Congress.

Independent lawyers begin prosecuting cases of sexual assault and other crimes in the US military

FILE - The Pentagon is seen on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. The U.S. military on Thursday. Dec. 28, opened a new chapter in how it investigates and prosecutes cases of sexual assault and other major crimes, putting independent lawyers in charge of those decisions and sidelining commanders after years of pressure from Congress.

December 28, 2023, 7:40am Nation & World

The U.S. military on Thursday opened a new chapter in how it investigates and prosecutes cases of sexual assault and other major crimes, putting independent lawyers in charge of those decisions and sidelining commanders after years of pressure from Congress. Read story