House passes pathway to citizenship for 'Dreamers'
uschools/iStockBy BENJAMIN SIEGEL, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The House on Thursday voted for the first time this year to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, amid a larger
Pedestrian access permitted on Capitol campus
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Security fencing around the Washington Capitol will remain, but state officials say the public is now allowed to walk around within the perimeter. They said that while the area remains closed to vehicles,
Capitol Police officer's widow wants his suicide death declared 'in the line of duty'
uschools/iStockBy MICHELLE STODDART and LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The widow of Howard Liebengood, a U.S. Capitol Police officer who died by suicide three days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, has sent a letter
Grocery industry fails effort to block worker hazard pay
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed an industry lawsuit that sought to block a $4-an-hour pay boost for Seattle grocery workers amid the pandemic. Former Clallam Superior Court Judge John Coughenour issued the ruling today,
Judge rules state AG can sue Greyhound
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A state judge in Spokane has denied an attempt by Greyhound to dismiss Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawsuit against the bus company for allowing the federal government to search its buses for people
4th Idaho lawmaker tests positive for virus, even as they work to reduce restrictions
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A fourth lawmaker in the Idaho House of Representatives has tested positive for COVID-19 in less than a week’s time, and just as the Legislature is debating a bill that would ban local
Biden says US will meet his promise of 100 million COVID vaccine doses ahead of schedule
Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesBy MOLLY NAGLE and ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that on Friday his administration will deliver on his promise to get 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine into
Trump's 'Chinese Virus' tweet helped lead to rise in racist anti-Asian Twitter content: Study
Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesBy DR. MISHAL REJA, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A new study suggests that former President Donald Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric around the coronavirus, which is believed to have originated in China, helped spark anti-Asian Twitter content
IRS commissioner says he hopes to clear tax refund backlog by summer
designer491/iStockBy TRISH TURNER, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig on Thursday said the millions of Americans whose tax returns have been caught in a processing backlog created by the pandemic, which shut down the IRS
Ohio mother charged in 6-year-old son's death seeks insanity plea
kali9/iStockBy MERDITH DELISO, ABC News (PREBLE COUNTY, Ohio) — The attorney for an Ohio woman charged with the murder of her 6-year-old son is seeking to enter an insanity plea, court records show. Brittany Gosney, 29, was