Why is Tim Scott's PAC betting $40 million on an early state advertising blitz?
Rachel Mummey/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DE MOINES, Iowa) — Sen. Tim Scott’s supporters are bankrolling an eight-figure advertising blitz in key early voting states in an effort to build on his recent polling momentum in the early voting
Special counsel alerts court to Trump’s social media post
Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith alerted the court to a social media post by former President Donald Trump in a filing that asks for a protective order so
CEOs' pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alphabet and Microsoft, data shows
Steve Taylor/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While some tech giants neared or imposed widespread layoffs last year, compensation for their CEOs climbed as much as tens of millions of dollars, according to an ABC News
Democrats are drastically overperforming in 2023's special elections. Is it a clue for Biden vs. Trump?
LPETTET/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Looking ahead to 2024, Democrats concede some cause for concern — including President Joe Biden’s anemic approval rating and early polls forecasting a repeat race against former President Donald Trump in which Biden
Pope greeted like rockstar, appears revitalized at 'Catholic Woodstock' in Portugal
Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images (LISBON, Portugal) — You’d think you were at a music festival — jubilant crowds singing and dancing, wearing face paint, even having a beer in some cases. And the young people
Russian court extends detention of American musician
belterz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Moscow court has extended the detention of Travis Leake, an American man detained by Russia on drug charges. Heavily armed Russian police arrested Leake in early June at his apartment in
Prosecutors seek bail revocation for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried deserves to have his bail revoked and to be detained before he is tried for fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from the collapse of FTX, federal
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny braces for verdict in latest trial
belterz/Getty Images (LONDON) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent opponent could be sentenced Friday to an additional two decades behind bars on extremism charges. A Russian judge is set to deliver a verdict in the closed-door
WDFW says saving spotted owls may mean eliminating non-native barred owls

By Pepper Fisher OLYMPIA – Northern spotted owls are probably doomed in Washington in the next decade unless barred owls are sacrificed, according to a new report by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Wildlife officials
Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival celebrates 40 years this weekend

By Pepper Fisher JOYCE, Wash. – The 40th Annual Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival is this Saturday. Started in 1983 by Jean Robertson, it’s gone through some name changes along the way, but you can still get