Trump Impacts

January 14, 2019 at 6:54 am

Seattle’s unpaid air traffic controllers get special delivery from their Canadian counterparts

Canadian air traffic controllers are buying pizzas for their American counterparts who are working but not getting paid due to the continued federal government shutdown,...

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Thursday, December 24, 2015. National Park Ranger Dan Van Der Elst and his brother Nick Van Der Elst take the closed highway 410 into Mt. Rainier National park in 3 feet of snow to check the roadway to White River Camp. The camp is open all winter for snowmobile campers.

December 22, 2018 at 12:30 pm

Here's how the partial government shutdown is affecting Washington state

For now, impact is limited. But if the government shutdown is prolonged, a shortage of funds will impact everything from family-planning services to trade-relief for...

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FILE – In this March 9, 2017, file photo, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a news conference about the state’s response to President Trump’s revised travel ban in Seattle, Wash. The day before it is supposed to go into effect President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban will be scrutinized in federal courtrooms across the country on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Ferguson is pushing for a hearing before Judge James Robart, who halted the original ban last month. Ferguson wants Robart to apply the ruling to the new ban. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

October 30, 2018 at 10:44 am

Washington AG Bob Ferguson says state will sue if Trump tries to overturn birthright citizenship

In a statement Tuesday, Ferguson, a Democrat viewed as a possible 2020 candidate for governor, echoed many critics of President Trump's claim he could end...

Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, left, looks on as Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks at a news conference announcing plans for the city to move to vacate misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Seattle. Five years after Washington state legalized marijuana, Seattle officials say they’re moving to automatically clear past misdemeanor convictions for pot possession. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

October 15, 2018 at 6:00 am

‘Trump … blinked, Seattle won,’ Durkan says as police get federal funds despite ‘sanctuary city’ threats

Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes are declaring the news a victory for Seattle and its policies, including a law that in most...

**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 2:01 a.m. ET Tuesday, July 31, 2018. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Thiago, 5, retreats to a closet at his family?s home in Philadelphia, July 19, 2018. After being separated from his mother for 50 days, Thiago isn?t the same boy who was taken away from her by Border Patrol agents after their arrival in the United States from Brazil. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) XNYT123 XNYT123

July 30, 2018 at 6:11 pm

A migrant boy rejoins his mother, but he’s not the same

Thiago is one of more than 1,800 migrant children who have been reunited with their parents over the past few weeks. Like many of them,...

Nation & World

July 3, 2018 at 9:22 am

Trump revokes Obama policy allowing race to be considered in school admissions WATCH

The shift gives schools and universities the federal government's blessing to take a race-neutral approach to the students they consider for admission.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson addresses those gathered outside the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac. It’s possible he may file a lawsuit later on the separation of children from their parents seeking asylum in the U.S.
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June 19, 2018 at 8:50 am

Washington AG wants to hear from families hosting children separated from their immigrant parents

Bob Ferguson wants Washington residents to contact his office if they are asked to host immigrant children separated from their family as part of the...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington, Friday, June 8, 2018, to attend the G7 Summit in Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) WHMC107 WHMC107

June 8, 2018 at 12:35 pm

Trump signals support for states deciding if pot is legal VIEW

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban...

FILE – In this Sept. 5, 2012 file photo, Tom Steyer, co-founder of Advance Energy Economy, waves as he walks to the podium to address the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Steyer, a San Francisco venture capitalist and Democratic activist, is asking voters to end a tax break that benefits out-of-state corporations at the expense of companies headquartered in California. Proposition 39 would require multistate companies to calculate their California income tax liability based on their sales in the state. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FX103

June 8, 2018 at 10:11 am

California billionaire Tom Steyer is bringing his Trump impeachment road show to Seattle

California billionaire Tom Steyer will visit Seattle next week in the latest stop on his 30-city tour drumming up support to impeach President Donald Trump....

King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg explains why they are not seeking the death penalty for Michele Anderson, who is charged with murdering six of her family members. News conference at King County Courthouse Wednesday July 29, 2015.

May 29, 2018 at 12:01 pm

King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg says he’s now a Democrat

Satterberg acknowledged the change was prompted in part by facing his first-ever reelection challenge this year, from longtime public defender Daron Morris.

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