Evan Halper | The Seattle Times

February 22, 2021 at 8:33 am

These word cops stand guard to keep language clear and simple

WASHINGTON — The crack team of federal specialists proceeded cautiously and deliberately, activating a vast network of experts to avoid missteps. Skillful guidance was crucial...

January 20, 2021 at 2:29 am

With executive orders, Biden to reverse Trump policies on environment, immigration

The expansive actions, including 15 executive orders, also will immediately reenter the United States into the World Health Organization, overhaul Donald Trump's restrictionist immigration policy...

January 12, 2021 at 5:49 pm

Trump’s grip on GOP loosens as Pence says he won’t invoke 25th Amendment; Liz Cheney says she will vote to impeach

The No. 3 House GOP leader, Liz Cheney, announced she would vote for impeachment as the vice president implored House Democrats "to avoid actions that...

December 21, 2020 at 1:46 pm

Biden takes stage to get vaccine as Trump hedges on it

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden rolled up his sleeve to be inoculated against the coronavirus and assure Americans the shot was safe in a nationally televised...

October 16, 2020 at 4:24 am

Dueling town halls by Trump, Biden show off the extraordinary gulfs between them

WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump angrily refused to disavow the QAnon conspiracy or accept responsibility for the surge of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.,...

Nation & World

August 12, 2020 at 6:22 pm

Behind closed doors: How Biden’s team weighed the VP candidates

WILMINGTON, Del. — The vetting Kamala Harris endured to earn her spot on Joe Biden’s presidential ticket was like none other in recent history. It...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves during a campaign event, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Spartanburg, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) SCMR188 SCMR188

February 28, 2020 at 7:22 am

Four years ago, South Carolina snubbed Bernie Sanders. A lot has changed

Sanders has drawn substantially more support from black voters this time around than four years ago. His message hasn’t shifted at all. His appeal to...

November 10, 2019 at 12:36 pm

Can Pete Buttigieg position himself as the sensible alternative to Biden and Warren?

LEBANON, N.H. — As other presidential candidates promise free health care, college debt relief and sweeping new taxes on the ultra-rich, Pete Buttigieg is drawing...

Nation & World

October 16, 2019 at 11:25 am

Billionaires are the target in this year’s Democratic campaign

WASHINGTON - When investment mogul Henry Kravis put his Colorado ranch on the market earlier this year for $46 million, attention to its big-game hunting...

Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. talk during a break Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

September 12, 2019 at 9:37 pm

Front-runners Biden, Warren and Sanders clash on Democratic Party’s future VIEW

Several other contenders on the stage Thursday night were intent on showing the millions watching that they are viable contenders and that this is not...