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Absolute Disaster Kyrsten Sinema to Retire Perhaps the contrarian centrist will return to her clothing-resale side hustle.
Victorious, Villainous Michigan Is College Football’s Future The national championship winners offer a TV-ready blueprint to the media executives who run the sport.
By Will Leitch
How Michigan Became College Football’s Villain The once-likable team’s maniacal quest for a title — they’re now one game away — has made them hard to root for.
By Will Leitch
Just Kidding: Senators Can’t Wear Sweats to Work Following bipartisan backlash, the senators will have to wear business attire after all.
By Tariro Mzezewa
investigations
July 14, 2023
Who Brought Cocaine Into the West Wing? The Secret Service closed its investigation without finding a suspect.
By Tariro Mzezewa
magaudacity
Mar. 25, 2022
Has Goldman Sachs’ Dina Powell Finally Gone Too Far? She’s helping her husband, David McCormick, run a shamelessly Trumpy campaign in Pennsylvania. Some of her insider pals are appalled.
By Shawn McCreesh
Giant Pandas Are Having the Best Snow Day Watch the National Zoo residents throw all caution to the wind and lunge their burly bodies down a snowy hill.
By Amanda Arnold
Steven Holl’s Subtle ‘Reach’ Humanizes the Kennedy Center The architect has managed to strike an impossible balance in his addition to the venerable icon.
By Justin Davidson
U.S. News ’ ‘Best States’ Rankings Don’t Smile on Red OnesTwelve of the 13 states at the bottom of the rankings were Trump Country in 2016.
By Ed Kilgore
The Major Measles Outbreak Keeps Getting Worse Of the more than 55 people affected across the country, most are children in under-immunized counties.
By Amanda Arnold
state legislatures
Jan. 17, 2019
West Virginia Leads States With Boys’ Club Legislatures Some states, like Massachusetts (bad) and Georgia (relatively good), defy partisan stereotypes on legislative gender balance.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 29, 2018
The New Republican Myth of California Voter Fraud Paul Ryan and other Republicans are implying that California’s slow vote counts disguise fraud. It’s important to debunk these myths before 2020.
By Ed Kilgore
gun control
Nov. 16, 2018
NRA Sues to Stop Gun Control Measures Approved by Washington Voters The ballot initiative raises the minimum purchase age for semiautomatic rifles to 21, among other things.
By Adam K. Raymond
2018 midterms
Oct. 15, 2018
The 2018 Midterms Have Already Begun Election Day has already begun in large areas of the nation, and voting by mail could stretch out Election Night as well.
By Ed Kilgore
death penalty
Oct. 11, 2018
Washington Supreme Court Declares State Too Racist to Kill People “The death penalty, as administered in our state, fails to serve any legitimate penological goal.”
By Eric Levitz
Where Trump’s Vacation Is a Vacation From Trump The White House without the president is like a bunker without the war.
By Olivia Nuzzi
Danger Signs for GOP in Washington Bellwether As Washington State goes in August, so might go the nation in November.
By Ed Kilgore
supreme court
May 28, 2018
How Neil Gorsuch Became the Second-Most-Polarizing Man in Washington So much for the hope that he might be a mild-mannered, semi-moderate justice.
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
The Joy of Voting by Mail The growing number of voters who don’t cast ballots on Election Day should grow to nearly everybody.
By Ed Kilgore
keeping up with kongress
Apr. 24, 2018
By Ashley Weatherford
The Anti-Trump Movement Has Already Made Profound Progressive Change Progressives have revolutionized criminal justice in Philadelphia, and are on the cusp of passing a long list of vital reforms in Washington state.
By Eric Levitz
Republican Bill Banning 20-Week Abortions Just Failed in Senate The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act was defeated 51 to 46.
By Katie Van Syckle
service issues
Sept. 7, 2017
By Clint Rainey
plenty of fish in the sea
Aug. 24, 2017
Fish Farm Says ‘Thousands’ of Invasive Salmon Escaped Into the Pacific Ocean Wildlife officials say, “We’d like to see as many of these escaped fish caught as possible.”
By Clint Rainey
trump administration
May 14, 2017
Ivanka Trump Is Hard at Work in Washington — But for Whom? The First Daughter is a different kind of people’s princess, devoted to the needs of a waning king.
By Caitlin Flanagan
Plotting a Trump Dinner Party With Washington’s Most Famous Hostess Every time a new administration sweeps into town, Sally Quinn offers tips on making nice with the locals. This January will be no exception.
By Benjamin Wallace
A Pre–Election Day Instagram Guide to Washington, D.C. Holly Garner and Phil Martin show us their perspective of the nation’s capital.
By Emily Sundberg
police bans
July 15, 2016
By Clint Rainey
Food Politics
Mar. 7, 2016
By Sierra Tishgart
Wildly Inappropriate Washington GOP Legislator Asks Teens About Virginity The Republican lawmaker questioned teens who advocated for the expansion of insurance coverage for birth control.
By Kelly Conaboy
Minimum Wage
Jan. 8, 2016
Seattle Area Restaurant Jobs Increase According to statistics from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
By Chris Crowley
Health Concerns
Nov. 23, 2015
By Chris Crowley
Black Man Says Restaurant Forced Him to ‘Prepay’ for Breakfast “The waitress apologized, acknowledging that the policy was racist.”
By Clint Rainey
pope’s american adventure
Sept. 23, 2015
Pope Gives First Official Mass in U.S. About 25,000 attended the historic ceremony.
By Jen Kirby
How Wildfires Have Devastated a Lake Resort Town in Washington State Dozens of homes and businesses have been destroyed near Lake Chelan, Washington.
By Jen Kirby
The Aaron Schock Scandal Comes Full Circle In a corrupt town, why are so few politicians brought down by ethics violations?
By Marin Cogan
Washington’s Boom Goes Bust The capital looks a little less like Panem than it did before.
By Annie Lowrey
very sad things
Nov. 1, 2014
By Caroline Bankoff
disturbing trends
Sept. 20, 2014
By Caroline Bankoff
washington
Sept. 20, 2014
By Caroline Bankoff
spokane man
July 10, 2014
By Joe Coscarelli
Weed Whacking
June 25, 2014
Washington State Will Inspect All Marijuana-Edibles Packaging to Weed Out New rules also require labels to list the amount of marijuana per serving.
By Clint Rainey
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