CHICAGO (AP) — Immigrants and their allies are preparing for May 1 rallies nationwide and say there's renewed momentum to fight back against President Donald Trump's policies and more collaboration among different advocacy groups.
Around the world, union members have traditionally marched on May 1 for workers' rights...
SEATTLE (AP) — Former Washington state Sen. Don Benton has been tapped to head the U.S. Selective Service System.
The White House announced the pending nomination on Monday, The Seattle Times reported .
Benton, a Republican from Vancouver who was an early supporter of President Donald Trump, had previously served as a "senior adviser" between Trump and the Environmental Protection Agency
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump is a unifying force for Democrats, bringing together disparate factions in opposition to nearly every presidential move.
But solidarity — at least for now — doesn't necessarily add up to a strategy that can help Democrats win more elections after a precipitous slide from power in Congress and around the country...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's agreements to overhaul troubled police departments around the U.S. have been popular in some places, but they have also delivered mixed results.
In Seattle, officials credit a consent decree for providing officer training and improving attitudes toward police...
SEATTLE (AP) — The Democratic governors of Washington state and Oregon say they will fight attempts by President Donald Trump to weaken environmental protection laws in the two states.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown at a joint news conference Saturday in Seattle said they support more renewable energy, caps on emissions and policies to limit pollution...
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge in Seattle has ruled that his order blocking President Donald Trump's original travel ban does not apply to the revised executive order.
Judge James Robart entered his ruling Thursday, one day after a federal judge in Hawaii blocked Trump's new executive order that would've suspended new visas for people from six predominantly Muslim countries and halted the U
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three federal judges are asking Congress not to break up the vast, San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a longtime target of Republicans and a recent foe of President Donald Trump.
The 9th Circuit in February refused to immediately reinstate Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, prompting the administration to release a new, narrower
SEATTLE (AP) — A group of states are supporting Hawaii's lawsuit against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban.
Documents filed in federal court in Honolulu on Monday say the states want to collectively file an amicus, or friend of the court, brief offering arguments to support the lawsuit...
HONOLULU (AP) — The latest on Hawaii's lawsuit against President Donald Trump's revised travel plan.
A federal judge in Honolulu has said Hawaii can proceed with the filing of what would be the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's revised travel ban...