State health inspectors blocked again at Tacoma immigration detention center
[TACOMA | JAKE GOLDSTEIN-STREET]—Washington state health inspectors have been trying for months to enter the Tacoma immigrant detention center amid longstanding concerns about the conditions there. A federal appeals court ruling last summer paved the way for them to get in, but the private facility’s operator is still denying access, state officials say. Officials from the state […]
AG Brown sues to block Trump’s executive order on citizen verification and mail ballot tracking
OLYMPIA—AG Brown sues to block President Trump’s executive order on citizenship verification and mail ballot tracking. Attorney General Nick Brown today co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general and one governor in challenging the President Donald J Trump’s executive order establishing guardrails on voter eligibility and mail-in voting. The coalition asks the court to prevent […]
Washington House Passes Bill Banning Masked Law Enforcement Officers
OLYMPIA [Jake Goldstein-Street] — A prohibition on law enforcement covering their faces, motivated by masked federal immigration agents, is one step closer to becoming Washington law. The state House passed the legislation along party lines Tuesday with Democrats in support. The Senate approved it in January. It now heads back to the Senate, which will need […]
WA officials address voting concerns after Trump’s comments on SAVE Act
OLYMPIA – Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s comments about “nationalizing” elections and the SAVE America Act, saying Washington’s election system will remain secure and locally controlled. In an email statement to the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA), Hobbs said Washington is prepared to protect voters’ rights despite […]
Unemployment claims roll in from laid-off feds in Washington state
[WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD]—More than 1,600 federal workers in Washington state have filed for unemployment benefits since the government shutdown began at the start of October. Of the 1,625 claims the state Employment Security Department had received by Tuesday, 411 had been paid. The rest were pending. The state’s goal is no more than 21 days […]
Catastrophic flooding from typhoon Halong devastates Alaska native communities
ANCHORAGE, AK—Typhoon Halong’s remnants struck the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta around October 13–14, 2025, with hurricane-force winds and storm surges, disproportionately impacted Alaska Native villages, specifically the Yup’ik communities. In Kipnuk, 90% of homes (121) were destroyed; in Kwigillingok, a third of homes were swept away. These communities are reliant on subsistence hunting and fishing. Tragically, one […]
Trump targets Antifa: Roundtable exposes terror network and funding sources
WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Donald J Trump hosted a roundtable at the White House on October 8 to address what administration officials described as a growing epidemic of left-wing political violence attributed to Antifa and associated far-left extremists. Later in the meeting President Trump instructed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to take the necessary steps to classify […]
DOJ requests sensitive information on WA voters from Secretary of State but Hobbs refuses
OLYMPIA— On Monday, September 8, the Washington State Secretary of State’s Office received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting a full copy of the Washington state voter registration data within 14 days. Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, and his office, assessed the request and ultimately decided they would not release […]
Immigration Hub opposes legislation to withhold funds from sanctuary cities
The Immigration Hub — a national organization dedicated to advancing immigration policies — held a press conference voicing opposition against the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act (HR 32) on Tuesday, March 4. The bill, introduced by Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY01), if passed, would make a state or jurisdiction of a state ineligible for any […]
Meta to reinstate account of the 45th POTUS, Donald J Trump
JANUARY 25, 2023—Today, Meta announced that after a two-year suspension, it will reinstate both the Facebook and Instagram accounts the 45th President of the United States, Donald J Trump. “Two years ago, we took action in what were extreme and highly unusual circumstances,” Nick Clegg, President, Global Affairs wrote in today’s announcement. “We indefinitely suspended […]
