Rogoff out again: Federal appeals court halts reinstatement of US Attorney fired by Trump
SEATTLE—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Sunday, October 4, granted the DOJ an administrative stay, pausing a district court order that had blocked President Donald J Trump’s firing of Roger Rogoff and restored him as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington. The order, issued by Clerk of Court Molly […]
Medicare checks to seniors, Iowa steel plant, and a blocked stock-trading bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J Trump announced one-time $90 Medicare payment for more than 20 million seniors, a $15 billion steel project it says will be the largest plant ever built in the United States, and a party-line Senate defeat of a stock-trading bill the president had asked Congress to pass, are in this […]
Community Transit celebrates 50th anniversary with an intimate celebration
EVERETT — On the advent of its 50th Anniversary of carrying Snohomish County riders, Community Transit on Thursday marked the historic milestone with a reception for elected leaders, regional transit partners, and former employees. On the same day, the agency kicked off its fare-free week echoing its first days of service, and a week earlier […]
Trump nominates Pete Serrano for US attorney in western WA
OLYMPIA [Jerry Cornfield] — In an unexpected move, President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Pete Serrano, a former state attorney general candidate from Pasco, to be the next U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington. Serrano now leads the federal prosecutor’s office in eastern Washington in his dual roles of first assistant U.S. attorney and special attorney to […]
Ferguson requests federal emergency declaration as Spokane wildfires force thousands to evacuate
SPOKANE — Governor Bob Ferguson requested a federal emergency declaration Sunday to mobilize additional federal resources as rapidly spreading wildfires force thousands of evacuations and destroy hundreds of structures across the state. “Governor Ferguson has made the request for federal assistance,” Congressman Michael Baumgartner (R-WA05) posted to on X at 2:07 p.m., Sunday, August 2. […]
‘Ramblings of a Mad King:’ Democrats respond to Trump’s election integrity claims
OLYMPIA — Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs said the “information” presented in President Donald J Trump’s nationally televised address last Thursday on election integrity does not change the established record that claims of widespread election fraud have been repeatedly disproven. “In the past year, cuts to federal programs supporting state election security have created […]
SCOTUS Strikes Down Trump Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship: Children Born in U.S. to Undocumented Parents are Citizens
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, June 30, that children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully present or temporarily in the country are citizens at birth under the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment. “The Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause mirrored the common law’s […]
Exclusive Interview: Rick Larsen on Transportation, Workforce Development, Marine Conservation, Fentanyl Crisis, and Affordability in Washington’s Second District
EVERETT— Congressman Rick Larsen (WA-02) officially kicked off his campaign on Tuesday, June 16, at Bluewater Distilling on the Everett Waterfront, to retain his seat representing Washington’s Second Congressional District which encompasses portions of Snohomish, Island, San Juan, Skagit, and Whatcom counties. But prior to the event, Lynnwood Times Senior Reporter Kienan Briscoe sat down […]
$70 Billion ‘Secure America Act’ that funds ICE and CBP passes Congress, heads to Trump for signature
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress gave final approval Tuesday, June 9, to the $70 billion “Secure America Act,” that funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol for the next three years, handing President Donald J Trump a major win on his America First immigration enforcement agenda. The Senate passed the measure early June 5 […]
Dept of Energy invests in Richland nuclear fuel plant as state bills on nuclear strategy stall
RICHLAND — The United States Department of Energy is sending $8.8 million to Framatome U.S. Government Solutions to expand its nuclear fuel fabrication plant in Richland, adding ceramic pellet production lines that will boost annual capacity by about 200 metric tons of uranium. The grant is one piece of a $94 million package announced May […]
