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SEATTLE (AP) — Airport officials and civil rights lawyers are preparing for President Donald Trump's new travel ban. They're mindful of the chaos that accompanied his initial executive order but hopeful the forthcoming version will be rolled out in a more orderly way...

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused a request from the U.S. Justice Department to put President Donald Trump's travel ban case on hold until he issues a new executive order. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals didn't give an explanation Monday for denying the request but said it would extend until next week the deadline for the government's opening brief in

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arguments over President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration have concluded in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The final minutes of the hearing were largely devoted to whether the travel ban was intended to discriminate against Muslims...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle judge derided by President Donald Trump on Twitter after blocking Trump's executive order on immigration is known for his conservative legal views, for a record of helping disadvantaged children that includes fostering six of them, and for dramatically declaring "black lives matter" during a hearing on police reform in 2015...

OLYMPIA (AP) — Democratic members of the Washington state Legislature have sent a letter to President Donald Trump decrying his recent executive order on immigration. The letter, signed by all 74 Democrats in the state House and Senate, was sent Tuesday...

SEATTLE (AP) — An immigration rights group has filed a federal class-action lawsuit saying President Trump's executive order is blocking efforts by legal residents to reunite with their children. Trump's order prohibits entry of people from seven predominantly Muslim countries...

Washington State is the first state in the nation to sue the Trump Administration over it's executive order restricting refugees from seven countries for 120 days. The order has resulted in protests around the country and a lot of talk at the water cooler...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos says the Seattle-based company is prepared to support a lawsuit being brought by Washington state's attorney general against President Donald Trump and the administration over Trump's executive order on immigration and refugees...

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state's attorney general says he is suing President Donald Trump over an executive order that suspended immigration from seven countries with majority-Muslim populations and sparked nationwide protests. Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced his lawsuit Monday, becoming the first state attorney general to announce a legal action against the Trump administration over one

SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee is set to announce an executive order to fight the rising abuse of opioids in Washington state. Inslee is scheduled to make the announcement Friday morning at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle...