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On a 45-mile chain of WA trails, our writer got more than bargained for
ON ICICLE RIDGE, Chelan County — Weary, low on water and waiting for a lift from a helicopter, I knew I would have plenty of time to ponder the big questions. Like: “How did this happen? Where did I go wrong? Am I an idiot?”
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Washington D.C.'s free bus bill becomes law as zero-fare transit systems take off
D.C. is the largest U.S. city to codify a fare-free public transit system into law.
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Republicans block cap on insulin costs for millions of patients
GOP lawmakers stripped efforts by Democrats to impose a $35 price cap on the cost of insulin for many patients from the legislative package moving through Congress.
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Jan 6 committee to subpoena Alex Jones’ texts and emails obtained in Sandy Hook trial
The January 6 committee is preparing to subpoena Alex Jones’ texts and emails that were accidentally sent to an attorney for the Sandy Hook victims, according to a report. Attorney Mark Bankston revealed he had mistakenly received a trove of thousands of Jones’ private communications during the Infowars founder’s defamation trial on Wednesday.
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Soaring gas prices test Biden on climate change
President Joe Biden’s ambitions to finally put the U.S. on the path to confront climate change are crashing into an election-year scramble to lower gas prices and demonstrate tangible economic progress to voters. As environmentalists celebrate Earth Day on Friday, the Biden administration is trying to thread the needle, arguing that the country can keep pursuing a climate-friendly future while keeping prices affordable.
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Suspect in Homeless Shootings Arrested in Washington, Police Say
At least five homeless men sleeping outdoors in Washington and New York were attacked this month, the police said. Two of them died.
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Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
President Joe Biden announced Friday that he will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. In a tweet, Biden said Jackson "is one of our nation’s brightest legal minds and will be an exceptional Justice."
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Alex Jones, Roger Stone and a Trump spokesman were subpoenaed by the House panel probing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
The Jan. 6 why Capitol riot by Trump supporters disrupted a joint session of Congress confirming the election of Joe Biden as president.
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Senate Republicans sow disinformation after $480bn US debt ceiling deal
Top Republicans in the Senate are advancing a campaign of disinformation over the debt ceiling as they seek to distort the reasons for needing to raise the nation’s borrowing cap, after they dropped their blockade on averting a US debt default in a bipartisan manner.
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A Nest Of Nearly 1,500 Asian Giant 'Murder Hornets' Has Been Eradicated
Officials in Washington state said Thursday they had destroyed the first Asian giant hornet nest of the season, which was located near the town of Blaine along the Canadian border. The Washington state Department of Agriculture said it eradicated the nest Wednesday.
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Democrats have a new plan to legalize marijuana federally
On Wednesday, Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a discussion draft of legislation that proposes sweeping reform to marijuana policy in the US. The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act would decriminalize marijuana federally, expunge federal non-violent cannabis convictions (and encourage states to do the same), and create “new grant programs to fund nonprofits that provide services to those adversely impacted by the War on Drugs.”
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‘We thought it wouldn’t affect us’: heatwave forces climate reckoning in Pacific north-west
The record heatwave in the Pacific north-west is forcing a reckoning on the climate crisis, as many living in the typically mild region consider what rising temperatures mean for the future. A “heat dome” without parallel trapped hot air over much of the states of Oregon and Washington in the United States, and southern British Columbia in Canada, in past days, shattering weather records in the usually temperate region.
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Mysterious Ailment Blinding and Killing Birds in Washington, D.C. Area
Authorities are urging the public to take down bird feeders and baths in hopes of curbing the spread of what could be a wildlife disease.
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Chicago police officer arrested, charged for alleged role in Capitol riot
Police say they found text messages in which CPD officer Karol J. Chwiesiuk wrote that he was "busy planning how to f*** up commies."
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Trump supporter found guilty of threatening to kill members of Congress after Jan. 6 insurrection
Brendan Hunt, 37, was arrested a day before President Biden’s inauguration.
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4 men linked to Proud Boys charged in plot to attack Capitol
Four men described as leaders of the far-right Proud Boys have been charged in the U.S. Capitol riots, as an indictment ordered unsealed on Friday presents fresh evidence of how federal officials believe group members planned and carried out a coordinated attack to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
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Videos of Assaults on Officers at U.S. Capitol Released, FBI Seeking Suspects
The FBI has released videos of suspects in the most egregious assaults on federal officers during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and is seeking the public’s help to identify them.
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A majority of the people arrested for Capitol riot had a history of financial trouble
Nearly 60 percent of the people facing charges related to the Capitol riot showed signs of prior money troubles, including bankruptcies, notices of eviction or foreclosure, bad debts, or unpaid taxes over the past two decades, according to a Washington Post analysis of public records for 125 defendants with sufficient information to detail their financial histories.
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Trump rejects Dems' request to testify at impeachment trial
House Democrats asked Donald Trump to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial, challenging him to respond to their charge that he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol. A Trump adviser said the former president won’t testify.
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Trump People Were the Worst Restaurant Guests, Too
Stephen Miller grilled me about caviar. Paul Manafort came in under a fake name. Wilbur Ross always got the cheapest wine (by the glass).
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