President Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on China Friday, naming misdeeds that range from espionage to the violation of Hong Kong's freedoms, and announced a slew of retaliatory measures that will plunge US-China relations deeper into crisis. "They've ripped…
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday he spoke with the family of George Floyd, the black man who died this week at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis. "Weeks like this we see it plainly that we're…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to "strongly regulate" or even shut down social media platforms after Twitter applied a fact-check to two of his tweets this week. Trump did not elaborate on what actions he could take. But the…
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Amazon should "start paying their taxes" in a broader critique of large, successful businesses. "I don't think any company, I don't give a damn how big they are, the Lord Almighty, should absolutely be…
Seriously ill Covid-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were more likely to die or develop dangerous heart arrhythmias, according to a large observational study published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet. Researchers looked at data from more than…
President Donald Trump confirmed the US will be exiting the Open Skies Treaty, a pact designed to reduce the risk of military miscalculations that could lead to war, and said Russia's actions had prompted him to take the decision. "Russia…
The Idaho Secretary of State’s office says it improperly released the protected addresses of 55 people to several groups and individuals that requested voter information.
President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen will be released early from prison on Thursday and is expected to serve out the remainder of his sentence at home as coronavirus continues to spread behind bars, according to a person…
In the early weeks of the US coronavirus outbreak, staff members in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had tracked a growing number of transmissions in Europe and elsewhere, and proposed a global advisory that would alert flyers…
County election workers across Idaho were bustling for the state primary Tuesday morning, but the tasks were far from the usual routine.
President Donald Trump is escalating his threats against the World Health Organization, telling the agency he will permanently pull US funding if it does not "commit to major substantive improvements in the next 30 days." Trump's letter -- in which…
Attorney General William Barr on Monday said Barack Obama and Joe Biden are unlikely to be under criminal investigation in a review of the Russia probe that began in 2016 -- addressing simmering accusations by President Donald Trump against his…
Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers has called on Governor Jay Inslee to reopen Spokane County.
Eastern Washington Rep. Matt Shea has been fined $4,761 by the state for pouring olive oil down the steps of the Capitol.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released from prison Wednesday following a request by his lawyers due to the coronavirus pandemic, his attorney Kevin Downing said. Downing told CNN that Manafort is going to serve the rest of his…
As election season heats up, the Supreme Court will hear two cases Wednesday that could shake up the Electoral College at a time when contests are increasingly polarized in a volatile political atmosphere. At issue in the disputes is whether…
House Democrats announced a sweeping new Covid-19 stimulus bill on Tuesday with a price tag expected to be more than $3 trillion -- an amount that would stand as the largest relief package in history. The legislation sets up an…
The Supreme Court is considering Tuesday whether the House of Representatives and a New York prosecutor can subpoena President Donald Trump's accounting firm and banks for his financial documents, two momentous disputes concerning separation of powers and Trump's broad claims…
The Justice Department is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, whose lies about his contacts with Russia prompted Trump to fire him three years ago and special counsel Robert Mueller to flip…
Frontier Airlines abandoned plans to charge customers to keep middle seats open on flights following criticism from lawmakers that the airline was profiting from the coronavirus pandemic. The Denver-based carrier has rescinded the price increase for its "More Room" seating…
A group of young, inexperienced volunteers was tasked with securing much-needed medical supplies for hospitals fighting coronavirus, hampering the government's response to a growing pandemic, according to reports by The New York Times and The Washington Post. The group of…
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBTQ equality in the United States, is endorsing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president. "Joe Biden has been a staunch supporter of equality, and a supporter of…
The Supreme Court will take up the Trump administration's attempt to weaken the so-called contraceptive mandate Wednesday, the Affordable Care Act's long controversial requirement that employer-provided health insurance plans cover birth control as a preventive service. The case is the…
House lawmakers are demanding that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testify before Congress, threatening to subpoena the world's richest man following a report last week that the company allegedly uses sales data from third-party sellers on its platform to gain a…
