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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Another appeals court, another defeat for the Trump administration.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday refused to reinstate President Donald Trump's executive order banning travelers from six mostly Muslim countries...

SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee has signed an executive order that creates pilot programs to allow companies to test drive self-driving cars on state roads.
Under the order signed Wednesday, the Department of Licensing must be ready within the next 60 days to accept applications for the pilot pr…

SEATTLE (AP) — White House press secretary Sean Spicer expressed confidence that President Trump's travel ban order will be upheld by an appeals court.
Spicer said Monday the executive order is fully lawful.
He did not address why Trump hasn't disavowed his calls during the campaign fo…

** Expecting higher prices, U.S. cotton farmers are planning to sow 12.2 million acres this year, up 21 percent from last year.
Friday’s USDA report says the estimate is also up from the 11.5 million acres predicted at February’s annual Outlook Forum...

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle is suing President Donald Trump over his executive order that threatens to withhold federal funds from communities that refuse to cooperate with efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally.
Mayor Ed Murray said Wednesday the executive order issued in Ja…

**Fuels America, a coalition of biofuels advocates, says it has “severed ties” with the Renewable Fuels Association, accusing the group of siding with billionaire investor and refinery owner Carl Icahn in a plan, denied by the White House, that would “permanently de…

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 r…

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...