Elections can have important impacts on the economy, but the most important ones are preceded by some kind of revolution in ...

Tough-on-crime proposals and politicians won in California, Arizona, Georgia, and elsewhere across the country.

Republicans are going to court in Pennsylvania amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob ...

Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.

Dick Durbin asks the House Ethics Committee "to preserve and share their report"on Matt Gaetz, Trump's pick for attorney ...

KING COUNTY, Wash. — King County Executive Dow Constantine announced Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in 2025.

As usual, west-side counties, notably King (which provided nearly 40% of Kamala Harris’ votes in the state) carried the day. Three of the four statewide initiative measures, on the other hand, drew ...

Washington offers several protections for trans people, but advocates say state rights could prove vulnerable against an empowered second Trump administration.

Donald Trump appoints a series of allies to key posts, including Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general and Marco Rubio ...

John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

Analysis: With a decade of politics under his belt, Donald Trump's second term is likely to be more authoritarian than the ...

The state Board of Natural Resources last week voted to put about 1,500 acres of older forests up for auction, drawing public ...