MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, authorities in the West African country said Tuesday, in one of the largest such arrangements under the Trump administration’s broader crackdown on […]
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A gold mining site collapsed Tuesday in the western part of Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners and leaving others trapped, authorities and residents said. The low-tech, artisanal […]
***LETTER HERE*** Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined 25 of her Democratic colleagues in demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw its proposal to roll back drinking water protections—which, if finalized, […]
by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardAugust 18, 2026 Washington’s Democratic governor and a Republican congressman are asking President Donald Trump to meet with them to discuss the wildfires that have devastated parts of the state […]
by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardAugust 18, 2026 A reporter-turned-attorney is the newest member of Washington’s citizen panel that enforces state campaign finance laws. Lisa Kremer, who works with Vandeberg Johnson Gandara PS in Tacoma, […]
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