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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell faces a hard reelection fight against progressive activist Katie Wilson

Seattle GENE JOHNSON - November 4, 2025

Democratic Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell faces a tough reelection fight against progressive activist Katie Wilson. SEATTLE(AP) — Democratic Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell faces a tough reelection fight against progressive activist Katie...

Q&A: A look at the National Guard’s role as Trump seeks to deploy troops in Oregon and Chicago

World News GENE JOHNSON - October 7, 2025

President Donald Trump’s efforts to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities — including Los Angeles; Portland, Oregon; and Chicago — over the objections of Democratic mayors and governors have prompted a...

Democratic Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez won in a Trump district. Now she faces an uprising from the left

World News GENE JOHNSON - May 15, 2025

CENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez gave Democrats a rare win last fall when she defeated a MAGA diehard in a Republican district in southwestern Washington state.Hailed by some as...

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s new transit and homelessness grant conditions

World News GENE JOHNSON - May 7, 2025

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from imposing new conditions on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of mass transit grants for the Seattle area...