Washington
Latest Stories

7_302017_b3-bowm-union-growt8201.jpg
UAW Comes to a Mississippi Nissan Plant Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington

roadkill_dining_28376.jpg
In this July 18, 2017 photo, Tim Bento looks through one of his freezers stocked with roadkill deer in Lynden, Wash. Last July, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission changed state code to allow the salvage of elk and deer accidentally killed by vehicles. In the program’s first year of existence, people plucked nearly 1,600 deer and elk off Washington roadways, according to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) database of permits required for salvage. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via AP)

roadkill_dining_29995.jpg
In this July 18, 2017 photo, grilled deer steaks, meat sticks and Landjaeger from deer meat prepared by Tim Bento is displayed in Lynden, Wash. Last July, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission changed state code to allow the salvage of elk and deer accidentally killed by vehicles. In the program’s first year of existence, people plucked nearly 1,600 deer and elk off Washington roadways, according to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) database of permits required for salvage. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via AP)

health_care_overhaul_blowback_84750.jpg
In this July 28, 2017, file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Az., is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

health_care_overhaul_blowback_06846.jpg
FILE - In this July 18, 2017 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Weary Republicans in Washington may be ready to move on, but conservatives across the country are warning that the GOP-led Congress cannot abandon its pledge to repeal “Obamacare” without triggering a political nightmare in next year’s midterm elections. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

health_care_overhaul_blowback_12697.jpg
FILE - In this July 28, 2017 file photo, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska passes reporters as she leaves the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. Weary Republicans in Washington may be ready to move on, but conservatives across the country are warning that the GOP-led Congress cannot abandon its pledge to repeal “Obamacare” without triggering a political nightmare in next year’s midterm elections. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

health_care_overhaul_blowback_81463.jpg
FILE - In this July 25, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, with Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, right, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Weary Republicans in Washington may be ready to move on, but conservatives across the country are warning that the GOP-led Congress cannot abandon its pledge to repeal “Obamacare” without triggering a political nightmare in next year’s midterm elections. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump_Russia_Probe_55904.jpg-25fbd.jpg
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, second from right, accompanied by his attorney Abbe Lowell, left, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, to meet behind closed doors before the House Intelligence Committee on the investigation into possible collusion between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

forest_fire-new_jersey_12504.jpg
Members of the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service search a back road at Wharton State Forest Friday, July 21, 2017, near Washington Township, N.J. About 50 firefighters from the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service and local fire departments were fighting the blaze Friday (Craig Matthews/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

forest_fire-new_jersey_17916.jpg
Smoke rises above the tree line as a fire burns at Wharton State Forest, Friday, July 21, 2017, near Washington Township, N.J. About 50 firefighters from the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service and local fire departments were fighting the blaze Friday (Craig Matthews/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

forest_fire-new_jersey_14103.jpg
Members of the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service search a back road at Wharton State Forest Friday, July 21, 2017, near Washington Township, N.J. About 50 firefighters from the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service and local fire departments were fighting the blaze Friday (Craig Matthews/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

afghanistan-female_robotics_team_16222.jpg
Afghanistan team member Kwasar Rashan, center, walks with her teammates to line-up for the opening ceremony march of the FIRST Global Challenge 2017, in Washington, Sunday, July 16, 2017. Twice rejected for U.S. visas, the all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan arrived in Washington early Saturday after an extraordinary, last-minute intervention by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

afghanistan-female_robotics_team_95251.jpg
Afghanistan team member Kwasar Rashan holds the Afghan flag while waiting for the opening ceremony march of the FIRST Global Challenge 2017, in Washington, Sunday, July 16, 2017. Twice rejected for U.S. visas, the all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan arrived in Washington early Saturday after an extraordinary, last-minute intervention by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

social_security_medicare_33124.jpg
In this May 5, 2014, file photo, the Capitol building is seen through the columns on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

partial_building_collapse_66359.jpg
A man is helped by emergency personnel as he is rescued from a partially collapsed building, Wednesday July 12, 2017, in Washington, Pa. (Celeste Van Kirk/Observer-Reporter via AP)

aptopix_partial_building_collapse_15003.jpg
A man is helped by emergency personnel after he was rescued from a partially collapsed building, Wednesday July 12, 2017, in Washington, Pa. (Celeste Van Kirk/Observer-Reporter via AP)

microsoft_rural_broadband_70093.jpg
Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith holds up an ACRS2 device by ADAPTRUM used in TV White Space communications as he speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

microsoft_rural_broadband_46135.jpg
Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

microsoft_rural_broadband_68963.jpg
Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

microsoft_rural_broadband_65862.jpg
Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)