The next redistricting battle might be who is counted in state legislative districts A Republican push to alter the census may lead to a radical shift in redistricting for state legislatures — drawing districts that don't take into account children and non-U.S. citizen adults. Hansi Lo Wang
Report finds King County corrections officers used excessive force, submitted faulty investigation A report from the King County Ombuds finds the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention “more likely than not” used excessive force when officers punched and Tased a man during a jail booking on Nov. 10, 2024. Amy Radil
Washington joins 24-state lawsuit seeking to block Trump's latest tariffs Washington is one of 24 states suing the Trump administration over its latest attempt to impose worldwide tariffs without congressional approval. Sami West
President Trump, Pam Bondi sued over sale of TikTok assets The case, filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C., accuses the Trump administration of ignoring legislation designed to stop the spread of Chinese propaganda — and instead helping to broker a partial sale to businessmen close to Trump. Carrie Johnson
In Seattle, 9th Circuit judges consider Trump policy of mandatory immigrant detentions The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in Seattle on the legality of the Trump administration’s expanded mandatory detention for immigrants who in the past have been able to seek release while awaiting the outcomes of their cases. Amy Radil
Federal workers sue over sting operations by political provocateur James O'Keefe Federal employees have been losing their jobs after sting operations engineered by political provocateur James O'Keefe. Now some of them are fighting back in court. Carrie Johnson
Father of accused shooter found guilty in Georgia Colin Gray was found guilty of second-degree murder for providing access to the gun used in the 2024 school shooting that killed four people.
Supreme Court blocks redrawing of New York congressional map, dealing a win for GOP At issue is the mid-term redrawing of New York's 11th Congressional District, including Staten Island and a small part of Brooklyn. Zoe Sobel
Supreme Court wrestles with gun rights, marijuana, and the right to own a gun The argument took place in light of the court's 2022 Bruen decision, which held that for a gun law to be constitutional, it must be analogous to a similar law at the nation's founding in the late 1700s. Nina Totenberg
Supreme Court ponders law making it a crime for gun owners to use marijuana The law, the same one used to prosecute Joe Biden's son for illegal gun possession, has united an array of strange bedfellows, from conservative gun rights groups to liberal civil liberties groups. Nina Totenberg
