‘Bloody Sunday’ 61 years later: AG Brown honors the sacrifices that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
SELMA, Ala.— Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown joined civil rights leaders and elected officials in Selma, Alabama, this weekend to commemorate the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, participating in a panel discussion on voting rights and marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor the sacrifices that led to the Voting Rights Act of […]
Amid Trump crackdown, Lynnwood proposes protections for immigrants from ICE
LYNNWOOD—Amid escalating national outrage over fatal shootings and tactics by ICE in sweeping immigration crackdowns — which has deported over 540,000 people since January 2025 — the Lynnwood City Council debated a resolution on Tuesday, February 17, to shield immigrant residents from federal agents and raids. The Lynnwood police warned of legal risks if they […]
‘Fight the good fight,’ the inspiring path to public service of new AG Nick Brown
SEATTLE — When Nick Brown was sworn in as Washington’s attorney general in January 2025, he not only etched his name in history as the state’s first Black attorney general — he brought a reservoir of experiences in public service, civil rights advocacy and a profound conviction that government can serve as a catalyst for […]
Trump signs order to reschedule marijuana for medical use
WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Donald J Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing federal agencies to expedite the rescheduling of marijuana to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act, a move aimed at removing longstanding barriers to research on its medical uses and providing better guidance for patients and doctors dealing with chronic pain and other conditions. […]
‘Our country is back,’ Trump declares in National Address
WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Donald J Trump on Wednesday evening declared that America has staged a dramatic comeback in just the first 11 months under his “America First” leadership, pulling the nation back from the brink of collapse and restoring prosperity, security, and global respect. Painting a picture of a country that was “dead” and failing a […]
Senators’ half-a-million-dollar surveillance payday exposes flawed privacy laws
When senators discovered they had been subjected to unconstitutional surveillance, they voted themselves half a million dollars each. The rest of us got nothing. Last month, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) revealed that President Joe Biden’s FBI had spied on eight Republican senators’ phones. Former Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith, investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, secretly monitored who contacted the senators, […]
MAGA-juana: Trump poised to reschedule Cannabis, igniting stock surge
WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Donald J Trump is preparing to issue an executive order as early as Monday directing federal agencies to reclassify marijuana from its current Schedule I status to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. The move, first reported by The Washington Post, would mark the […]
Autopen-gate: The erasure of the Biden Presidency
WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Donald J Trump announced on Friday, November 28, that all documents signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen—estimated by the administration at approximately 92% of Biden-era executive actions and other official instruments—are “hereby terminated and of no further force or effect.” In a statement posted to Truth Social and republished by […]
AG Brown co-leads multi-state suit against HUD’s homelessness funding overhaul
SEATTLE—The Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown is co-leading an 18-state lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) alleging that the agency’s new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, introduces unlawful policies and conditions that disrupt the Continuum of Care (CoC) grant program—a key federal initiative that […]
Federal Reserve Board approves quarter-point rate cut
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday, September 17, cut its benchmark overnight lending rate by 0.25 percentage points to a range of 4%-4.25%, in an 11-1 vote. The move, driven by growing U.S. labor market concerns, also signals two additional cuts before year-end. “The Committee decided to lower the target range for the federal […]
