A Senate staffer said a confirmation hearing for Mr Trump's nominee had not yet been scheduled. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A competing bill by state Sen. Jeff Holy, a Cheney Republican, would also create a $100 million law-enforcement-focused state ...

Barack Obama clung to leadership of the Democratic Party after leaving the presidency, but Democrats may move on.

Legislation by Pasco Representative Stephanie Barnard to upgrade Washington's electric grid has been unanimously approved by ...

With the session more than halfway over, Wednesday marked the day most bills needed to pass out of their chamber of origin in ...

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s departure will add another Senate seat for Democrats to defend without an incumbent after Sens. Gary Peters of Michigan and Tina Smith of Minnesota ...

A pilot and a student pilot were released without criminal charges Wednesday after their plane flew within three miles of the White House, prompting evacuations throughout the capital, officials said.

President Donald Trump continued to belittle Canada and threaten it with joining the United States as the economic war with the country continued.

Aberdeen, said the bill violates provisions of the state constitution that protect a person’s right to due process, privacy ...

Midterm elections tend to be unkind to the party in power. The sitting president’s party has lost House seats in every midterm but two dating back to 1950. The last time Donald Trump was president, ...

Lawmakers in the Washington Legislature spent the past week and a half passing bills off the House and Senate floors ahead of a Wednesday deadline. Measures that didn’t make it through their chamber ...