Poll shows Americans back deal with Iran by almost two-to-one margin
Americans, by a margin of almost two-to-one, support a deal that will lift sanctions on Iran in exchange for Iran restricting its nuclear program, according to a new national Washington Post poll....
View ArticleSeattle hails wage hike as Republicans block state minimum wage increase
The first pay hike in Seattle’s $15-an-hour minimum wage plan kicked in Wednesday, hours after Republican leaders signaled they won’t allow the Washington state Senate to vote on a more modest plan for...
View ArticleMike Huckabee’s greatest hits: Words of the preacher and presidential candidate
Ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a favorite of Christian conservatives, announced Tuesday that he is making his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Huckabee is best known for...
View ArticleDemocrats ahead in state headed into 2016: Statewide poll
Hillary Clinton is bedeviled in the “other” Washington by media critics and Republicans’ politically driven Benghazi investigation, but she leads all prospective Republican challengers by a 10-15 point...
View ArticleFast track trade authority for Obama splits state’s House Democrats
A bill to expand President Obama’s trade negotiating powers, viewed as his highest legislative priority, is due for a tight vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, with Republicans...
View ArticleSenate gives Obama big victory on trade: Washington senators lead pro-trade...
A key U.S. Senate vote on Tuesday cleared the way for passage of legislation giving President Obama authority to complete a major trans-Pacific trade agreement, with Washington’s two Democratic...
View ArticlePoll shows public approves of Supreme Court decisions on marriage, Obamacare
A substantial majority of Americans approve of U.S. Supreme Court decisions that extended marriage equality to all 50 states and upheld insurance subsidies in Obamacare, according to a new CNN/Opinion...
View ArticleWashington officials cheer Obama plan to reduce carbon pollution: House...
Washington state officials cheered on Monday as President Obama unveiled the most aggressive greenhouse gas reduction plan in American history. Allies of Big Oil and Big Coal in the Rust Belt were...
View ArticleRep. Larsen is latest in Washington delegation to back Iran agreement
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., announced Thursday he will vote to support the Iran nuclear deal, the fifth member of Washington’s congressional delegation to back the agreement negotiated between the...
View ArticlePresident Obama will visit Seattle on Oct. 9 to raise campaign money for Sen....
President Obama will visit Seattle on Oct. 9 to attend a fundraising luncheon for U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., one of his administration’s strongest supporters in the Senate. The luncheon will be...
View ArticleObama approval highest in two years: Polls apart on Hillary Clinton
Approval for President Obama is up, while infighting over the House Speaker’s Office is causing nearly three quarters of Americans to give thumbs-down to House Republicans, according to the new ABC...
View ArticleBill Gates launches global effort to drive down cost of clean energy, but...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced in Paris on Monday a multi-billion-dollar effort by 28 private investors to support companies with clean energy ideas, bring new technologies to market, and...
View ArticleDemocrats to Speaker Ryan: Disband the “Select Committee to Attack Women’s...
Six Democratic members of Congress, including Washington Rep. Suzan Delbene, have urged House Speaker Paul Ryan to disband a select committee appointed to probe Planned Parenthood, citing last Friday’s...
View ArticleRepublicans in Washington, D.C., seek to undermine Obama’s climate...
Republicans in Congress moved Tuesday to block and undermine President Obama’s moves to curb carbon emissions from power plants, just as Obama was pledging in Paris to make the United States a global...
View ArticleHe trails Obama, but Trump ties Pope Francis for second place in poll of...
President Obama and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton rank as the man and woman in the world most admired by Americans, according to results of Gallup’s annual survey released on Monday. The...
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