WA state wrongly gave 685 noncitizens a CDL, including Florida trucker who killed three
[JAKE GOLDSTEIN-STREET]—Washington state mistakenly issued nearly 700 commercial licenses to drive trucks and buses to noncitizens who don’t qualify over the past seven years. This issue has drawn heavy criticism from the Trump administration and others after a semitruck driver, Harjinder Singh, allegedly made an illegal U-turn and killed three people in Florida. Singh wrongfully […]
Jayapal introduces bill to dismantle the ‘horrifying’ immigration detention system
WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), outside the U.S. Capitol and flanked by Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist detained by the Trump administration for alleged visa application misrepresentations and activism, announced the reintroduction of the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to repeal mandatory immigration detention, prohibit the detention of families and children, and establish […]
Seattle pushes Olympia for funding on housing, public safety and immigrant aid
[The Center Square]—Seattle is pushing for a state-level backstop to help fund immigrant services and other top priorities as the Trump administration escalates federal immigration enforcement nationwide. The Seattle Office of Intergovernmental Relations briefed the city council on a proposed state legislative agenda for next year’s session during a council briefing on Monday. Priorities ranged from public […]
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 […]
Trump admin moves to gut Washington’s new medical debt protection
OLYMPIA [Jake Goldstein-Street]—Just months after Governor Bob Ferguson signed a Washington law to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports, the Trump administration is looking to block such policies. The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now says federal law preempts laws like Washington’s. The federal agency’s position is a reversal from the Biden era. Backers of Senate […]
Trump targets ‘Fat Cat’ insurers, wants to redirect billions in ACA subsidies directly to Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C.—One major issue of contention in the current government shutdown debate is over ACA exchange subsidies—premium tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025. Democrat lawmakers are pushing for a one-year or longer extension of these enhanced subsidies to maintain affordability for millions of enrollees, while Republican lawmakers are proposing to redirect […]
DelBene: Trump, GOP holding emergency SNAP funds over politics
Earlier this year, Marysville resident Gail Nigro was experiencing health problems and needed some extra assistance to keep food on the table and pay her health care bills. She signed up for Washington’s Basic Food program, the name we give to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to help her buy groceries. Gail is […]
Cantwell warns of dangers of AI and politically driven media consolidation to independent journalism
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, warned that the rapid deployment of AI combined with politically-driven consolidation of major media and technology companies poses a serious threat to the first amendment and to freedom of the press at today’s hearing on government […]
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 […]
Canadian Supreme Court halts cull of ostriches at farm
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA—With the whole world watching and holding its breath, Canada’s Supreme Court slammed the brakes on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) brutal plan to massacre 400 healthy ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farms. The farm, located in the quiet Kootenay town of Edgewood, British Columbia, has become the focal point of a contentious […]
