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The seal is seen at the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care

The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were harmed, lawmakers and veterans service organizations said Wednesday.

Jeff Bezos speaks at the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas, June 6, 2019. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos says opinion pages will defend free market and ‘personal liberties’

Wisconsin guard John Blackwell (25) scores a free throw during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Washington Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)

Blackwell leads No. 11 Wisconsin to 88-62 rout of Washington

Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups

Medical researchers from universities and the National Institutes of Health rally near the Health and Human Services headquarters to protest federal budget cuts Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Judge extends temporary block to huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding

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To keep whales safe, Coast Guard launches ship alert system in Seattle

Officer who killed student won’t face felony charges

FILE - A photo of Jaahnavi Kandula is displayed with flowers, Jan. 29, 2023 in Seattle. Prosecutors in Washington state said Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, they will not file felony charges against the Seattle police officer who struck and killed the graduate student from India while responding to an overdose call. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP, File)

Seattle police officer who struck and killed graduate student from India won’t face felony charges

Arizona State hosts Washington following Brooks’ 26-point game

FILE - An orca swims past a recreational boat sailing just offshore in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Wash., July 31, 2015. The U.S. Coast Guard is embarking on one of its most unique missions yet in the Puget Sound: a pilot program to alert vessels of whale sightings. The program is an effort to keep the giant marine mammals safe from boat strikes and noise in the highly used inland waters of Washington state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

To keep whales safe, Coast Guard launches boat alert system in Seattle

Cyclist in Washington state sustains injuries after a cougar ‘latched onto’ her

Evelyn Jefferson, a crisis outreach supervisor for Lummi Nation, stands at the grave of her son Patrick George Jr., who died last September due to an overdose of street drugs containing the synthetic opioid carfentanil, at the Lummi Nation cemetery on tribal reservation lands, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, near Bellingham, Wash. Jefferson had to wait a week to bury her son due to several other overdose deaths in the community. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Tribes in Washington are battling a devastating opioid crisis. Will a multimillion-dollar bill help?

Casey Jones scores 26 points to help Eastern Washington beat Idaho State 88-82

Tribes in Washington are battling a devastating opioid crisis. Will a multimillion-dollar bill help?

Idaho State visits Eastern Washington following Price’s 22-point performance

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tours the century-old Interstate 5 bridge that spans the Columbia River and connects Portland, Ore., with southwest Washington state on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. The bridge is set to be replaced as part of a multibillion-dollar project supported by federal funding. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Buttigieg visits interstate highway bridge in Pacific Northwest slated for seismic replacement

Washington head coach Mike Hopkins looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Oregon State, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, in Corvallis, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)

Brooks scores 23, Washington cruises past Oregon State 67-55

Oregon State Beavers face the Washington Huskies on 3-game losing streak

Pope, Oregon State Beavers take on the Washington Huskies

New Washington head coach Jedd Fisch laughs during an NCAA college football press conference to introduce him to the community, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Coaching carousel adds intrigue to college football recruiting’s February signing period

Andrea, no last name given, who works as a stripper in Seattle area clubs, poses for a portrait at her apartment, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Seattle. Andrea is among those fighting for bills to pass in the state Legislature that would expand statewide protections to workers, like having a security guard at each club, keypad codes to enter dressing rooms and de-escalation training. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Adult dancers in Washington state want a strippers’ bill of rights. Here’s how it could help them

Washington gun shop and its former owner to pay $3 million for selling high-capacity ammo magazines

Man with samurai sword making threats arrested in Walmart, police say

File - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Chatham House in London, Jan. 15, 2024, ahead of traveling to Switzerland for the World Economic Forum. Nadella marks his tenth year as Microsoft CEO on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, capping a decade of stunning growth as he pivoted the slow-moving software giant into a laser focus on cloud computing and artificial intelligence. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella caps a decade of change and tremendous growth

FILE - Swedish Medical Center health care workers look on from inside the hospital, April 16, 2020, in Seattle. Providence health care system is refunding nearly $21 million in medical bills paid by low-income residents of Washington — and it's erasing $137 million more in outstanding debt for tens of thousands of others — to settle the state's allegations that it overcharged those patients and then used aggressive collection tactics when they failed to pay. The announcement was made Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

After Washington state lawsuit, Providence health system erases or refunds $158M in medical bills

Montana State hosts Price and Eastern Washington

FILE - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee reads notes in his office before his State of the State address on the second day of the legislative session at the Washington state Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Olympia, Wash. Inslee on Tuesday, Jan. 30, called for the state to develop best practices on how agencies should use generative artificial intelligence as it continues to incorporate the technology into government operations. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Washington state to develop guidelines for agencies using generative AI

Thomas and Northern Colorado host Eastern Washington

FILE - A sign marks the entry way into Hewlett Packard Enterprise, May 24, 2016, in Andover, Mass. Hewlett Packard Enterprise disclosed Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, that suspected state-backed Russian hackers broke into its cloud-based email system and stole data from cybersecurity and other employees. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

HP Enterprise discloses hack by suspected state-backed Russian hackers

FILE - A sign for Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health is displayed in Flourtown, Pa., Friday, April 28, 2023. The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role in the opioid addiction crisis. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Washington state reaches a nearly $150 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over opioid crisis

Northern Colorado visits Eastern Washington after Thomas’ 20-point outing

Fire at Washington seafood facility destroys hundreds of crab pots before season opener

Bill to allow “human composting” wins overwhelming approval in Delaware House

Green River killer’s last known victim’s remains are identified