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Washington's GOP divide: He’s for Trump and she’s for Nikki Haley

Mary Kay Rohrbach and her husband, Eric, are sitting nearby at a long brown table, and don't agree about who should be the GOP’s presidential nominee: the former president or his last remaining challenger, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.

Politics

How will Washington state Democrats handle GOP-backed voter initiatives?

Washington state Democrats say they're closer to knowing which voter initiatives will receive hearings in the Legislature.

Education

When will Seattle get two new school board members?

The Seattle School Board has laid out the next steps for filling two empty board seats, and will consider changes to its residency policy next month.

Politics

‘It’s time to kick down the governor’s door,’ Dave Reichert hopes early GOP endorsement leads to spot on WA ballot

On Saturday former Congressman Dave Reichert was firing up a crowd of fellow Republicans at Kamiakin Middle School in Kirkland, wearing his old leather King County Sheriff's jacket. “There’s a time to negotiate and a time to kick the door down. It’s time to kick down the governor’s door,” said Reichert, who’s running for the state’s highest office this year, a task he compares to his time leading SWAT teams.

Latin America

Why the 'world's coolest dictator' is on course for a landslide win in El Salvador

El Salvador's Nayib Bukele has won plaudits both at home and abroad for his indiscriminate security crackdown that has seen more than 1% of the country's population put in prison.

Politics

Some Washington Republicans hope Nikki Haley keeps battling Trump

The chorus of Republican voices calling for Nikki Haley to get out of the presidential race is getting louder, following her double-digit loss on Tuesday to former President Trump in the New Hampshire primary. But in Washington state, some Republicans hope the former South Carolina governor will stay the course. “It's not an easy path. It's a narrow path. I'm a realist, but to say that there's no path I don't think is true,” said Paul Hess, who is vice chair for Haley's campaign in Washington State.

Politics

Washington state braces for deepfakes ahead of 2024 elections

Politics

Are Washington state Republicans fully behind former President Trump?

Republicans in Congress have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep Donald Trump on Colorado's primary ballot, but only one of two GOP representatives from Washington state have signed on to the effort.

Politics

WA Republican Newhouse won’t say if he’ll endorse Trump

Donald Trump just smoked the competition in the Iowa Caucuses. But Republican Congressman Dan Newhouse of central Washington State won't say if he’ll endorse him, even if Trump ends up being the GOP nominee. Newhouse was one of just 10 Republicans in the U.S. House who voted to impeach Trump after the January 6th attack.