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**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,...

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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.

FILE – In this June 13, 2017, file photo, demolition work continues on the Plutonium Finishing Plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy says there is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse on the Hanford site. A tunnel partially collapsed at the site on May 9, 2017, forcing some 3,000 workers to seek shelter for a few hours. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File) PDX508

May 25, 2018 at 9:32 am

U.S. Senate panel restores Hanford cleanup funds that Trump wanted to trim

The Appropriations Committee budget represents a $315 million increase from the funding levels proposed by the Trump administration.

FILE – In this Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 file photo, pro-choice counter-protesters hold signs supporting a woman’s right to choose abortion, as nearby anti-abortion activists held a rally in front of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains in Denver. On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, two major organizations that promote birth control, including Planned Parenthood, filed lawsuits in federal court seeking to block the Trump administration from shifting national family planning policy in a conservative direction that would stress abstinence and potentially limit counseling for adolescents. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) NY699 NY699

May 2, 2018 at 7:56 am

Lawsuits target Trump administration family planning policy

The proposed changes would divert funds from providers of high-quality preventive health services, one of the plaintiff groups said, and instead favor "inexperienced providers that...

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at the panel Pathways to Prosperity during the National Governor Association 2018 winter meeting, on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

February 26, 2018 at 12:24 pm

Inslee confronts Trump on arming teachers, suggests ‘a little less tweeting … and a little more listening’

The back-and-forth between Gov. Jay Inslee and President Donald Trump occurred at a White House meeting in which the president took questions from governors in...

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Pramila Jayapal, pictured, and Brady Walkinshaw, not pictured, candidates for Washington’s 7th Congressional District seat, take part in in a forum hosted by the Rotary Club of Seattle Northeast Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016.

January 16, 2018 at 7:17 am

Rep. Pramila Jayapal to boycott State of the Union address due to ‘racism’ from White House

In a message to her constituents on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Seattle said she would not attend the speech...

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