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U.S. military indefinitely delays ban on cluster bombs
Cluster bombs, dropped by air or fired by artillery, scatter bomblets across a wide area, but sometimes fail to explode and are difficult to locate and remove. That can lead to civilian deaths and injuries long after conflicts end. The U.S. military had hoped to transition to cluster munitions that explode at least 99 percent of time, greatly reducing the risks.
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Donald Trump scheduled for a medical exam after slurred speech and results will be made public
President Donald Trump has scheduled a physical health exam for early next year at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and will share the results with the public, the White House announced on Thursday, a day after Trump's slurred speech sparked concern about his health.
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Washington will keep net neutrality in state if FCC won’t for the nation, Inslee says
Gov. Jay Inslee and other state officials announced plans to keep net neutrality in Washington if the Federal Communications Commission decides to change the national rules.
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Amtrak train derails in Washington; fatalities reported
High-speed train derails south of Seattle, spilling train cars onto busy interstate below
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Washington's growing obsession: The 25th Amendment
Lawmakers concerned about President Donald Trump’s mental state summoned Yale University psychiatry professor Dr. Bandy X. Lee to Capitol Hill last month for two days of briefings about his recent behavior. In private meetings with more than a dozen members of Congress held on Dec. 5 and 6, Lee briefed lawmakers — all Democrats except for one Republican senator, whom Lee declined to identify. Her professional warning to Capitol Hill: “He’s going to unravel, and we are seeing the signs.”
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Trump lawyer says stop tell-all book, publisher moves up sale date
President Donald Trump's lawyers are expanding their crusade against a new book that gives a behind-the-scenes account of the White House. In a letter sent Thursday to "Fire and Fury" author Michael Wolff and his publisher, Trump attorney Charles Harder demanded that the book, which reached No. 1 on the Amazon best-seller list Wednesday, not be published or disseminated. A copy of the letter obtained by NBC News cites defamation, libel and "actual malice" among the alleged wrongdoings in the book.
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Early logging photos show the taming — and tarnishing — of Washington state’s old-growth forests
Darius Kinsey documented turn of the century tree cutters in all their gritty glory
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Washington is the enemy, thousands will surround U.S. base
The United States is the enemy of Turkey and the greatest threat to the country’s security, pro-government columnist Ibrahim Karagül said. “It is an enemy country,” he said in the Yeni Şafak newspaper. “It is a serious threat to our country’s existence, its unity, integrity, present and the future. It is carrying out an open attack, and an undeclared war against Turkey.”
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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Were Fast. It Could Get Messy in Court.
As the head of the federal agency controlling billions of acres of public lands and waters, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has spent the past year making bold policy proclamations to advance President Trump’s energy agenda: He would open coastal waters to drilling, shrink national monuments, lift Obama-era fossil fuel regulations and reduce wildlife protections.
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Government set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year
It was another crazy news week, so it's understandable if you missed a small but important announcement from the Treasury Department: The federal government is on track to borrow nearly $1 trillion this fiscal year - President Donald Trump's first full year in charge of the budget.
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Why a Small Town in Washington State Is Still Printing Wooden Money
In Tenino, a Depression-era tradition lives on.
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Senators advance criminal justice reform bill
Senators of both parties on Thursday moved forward their long-odds legislation to enact some degree of reform for the federal criminal justice system. By a vote of 16-5, and amid protests from some senators that the bill would likely face hurdles too high to pass, the Senate Judiciary Committee backed the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act...
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A day prior to Parkland, a grandmother foiled grandson's alleged school shooting plans
Just a day before to the horrific school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead, a Washington state high school student’s grandmother handed police her grandson’s journal — which allegedly detailed plans for a mass shooting. Catherine Katsel-O’Connor called 911 on Tuesday in Everett, Washington, after she read her grandson Joshua Alexander O’Connor’s journal the night before, according to court documents.
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Elon Musk gets permission to do a little digging for his Hyperloop
It's been far easier for Elon Musk to send a rocket to the Mars than move a pebble in Washington, D.C. That could be changing, according to The Washington Post. The SpaceX entrepreneur's tunnel digging company, The Boring Company, recently received vague permission to do some exploratory digging at 53 New York Avenue NE.
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US Gross National Debt Spikes $1 Trillion in Less Than 6 Months
As of the latest reporting by the Treasury Department, the US gross national debt rose by $41.5 billion on Thursday, February 22, to a grand total of $20.8 trillion. Here’s the thing: On September 7, 2017, five-and-a-half months ago, just before Congress suspended the debt ceiling, the gross national debt stood at $19.8 trillion.
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Washington (no, not that one) to pass hardcore net neutrality law: All ISPs in state must obey
The US state of Washington is on the verge of passing a sweeping new set of net neutrality safeguards that would apply to all carriers within its borders. The bill, HB 2282, would bar anyone offering broadband services within the state from throttling traffic, offering paid prioritization, or blocking lawful content. The bill also requires ISPs to post their policies on traffic management within their networks online for all to sde.
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Washington becomes 1st state to approve net-neutrality rules
Washington became the first state Monday to set up its own net-neutrality requirements after U.S. regulators repealed Obama-era rules that banned internet providers from blocking content or interfering with online traffic. "We know that when D.C. fails to act, Washington state has to do so," Gov. Jay Inslee said before signing the measure that lawmakers passed with bipartisan support. "We know how important this is."
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Washington state has passed laws protecting net neutrality
It’s the first state law to be enforceable against ISPs.
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This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town
Eastern Washington had cheap power and tons of space. Then the suitcases of cash started arriving. By Paul Roberts.
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Mass rallies on US gun control begin
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are gathering for nationwide rallies in support of tighter gun control. March For Our Lives grew out of a movement calling for change after 17 people were killed by a gunman at a high school in Florida last month. On Friday, the White House said it would ban bump stocks, which give semi-automatic guns rapid-fire capability.
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