Orion Donovan-Smith

WASHINGTON – Two champion spellers from the Inland Northwest are set to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which begins on Tuesday just outside the nation's capital.

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and end the threat of economic disaster – which the House’s Republican majority used to extract concessions from Democrats to limit federal spending – despite Northwest lawmakers from both parties opposing the compromise.

WASHINGTON – The nation’s capital woke up Thursday to the impact of catastrophic wildfires – perhaps in more ways than one – as smoke from nearly 10 million acres ablaze in Canada blanketed the East Coast.

WASHINGTON – House Republicans will hold a "field hearing" at Richland High School on Monday, far from their usual haunts at the U.S. Capitol, to defend the Lower Snake River dams against critics who say the four dams must be breached to help restore the salmon and steelhead that once flourished in the river and its tributaries.

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs "will spare no expense" to maintain staff and services at VA hospitals in Spokane and Walla Walla, an official told Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers after the Spokane Republican raised concerns about budget problems tied to a computer system being tested in the Inland Northwest.

WASHINGTON – In a speech in Chicago on Wednesday, President Joe Biden touted his administration's efforts to bolster the American middle class by embracing a term coined by his critics: "Bidenomics."

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is investing more than $3 billion in nationwide efforts to reduce homelessness, with a focus on helping military veterans get and stay in stable housing.

WASHINGTON — By his own account, Jim Risch arrived in Congress in 2009 as something of an isolationist, less interested in the United States’ role around the world than in

Sen. Mike Crapo answers a question during a Jan. 28. 2022, interview in his Boise office. Brian Myrick / Idaho Press

All 10 of Washington's House lawmakers voted to send more than $60 billion to Ukraine, including GOP Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Spokane and Dan Newhouse of Sunnyside.