<p><block></p><p>Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids have begun to spread across the country, with more demonstrations planned.</p><p>___</p><p>This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.</p><p></block></p>
A person of interest in a Poulsbo-area homicide was taken into custody Tuesday evening, authorities said.Deputies had been searching for 35-year-old Laird Dinsmore in an area between Big Valley Road NE and Highway 3.He was wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of a 50-year-old man, who was found dead outside his home in the 22000 block of Big Valley Road NE on Saturday.On Tuesday evening, deputies were searching for Dinsmore in the area near Sinder Park. Gunfire was heard around 6
Gavin Newsom depicted the federal military intervention in Los Angeles as the onset of a much broader effort by Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation’s democracy.In a speech Tuesday evening, the potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate said the arrival of National Guard and Marine troops in the city at Trump’s direction was not simply about quelling protests that followed a series of immigration raids by federal authorities. Instead, he said, it
It was the only one of his four criminal cases to go to trial.Trump’s lawyers first sought to move the case to federal court following his March 2023 indictment, arguing that federal officers including former presidents have the right to be tried in federal court for charges arising from “conduct performed while in office.” Part of the criminal case involved checks he wrote while he was president.They tried again after his conviction, arguing that Trump’s historic prosecution violated his
(AP) — Survivors and family members of the 49 victims killed in the Pulse nightclub massacre nine years ago are getting their first chance Wednesday to walk through the long-shuttered, LGBTQ+-friendly Florida venue before it’s razed and replaced with a permanent memorial to what was once the worst U.S. mass shooting in modern times.In small groups over four days, survivors and family members of those killed planned to spend a half hour inside the space where Omar Mateen opened fire during
Weinstein was one of the movie industry’s most powerful figures until a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him became public in 2017, fueling the #MeToo movement and eventually leading to criminal charges.He originally was convicted in 2020 of raping Mann and forcing oral sex on Haley. Sokola’s allegation was added last year, after New York state’s highest court overturned the 2020 conviction and sent the case back for retrial. Meanwhile, Weinstein is appealing a 2022 rape convictio
In LA County last year, food and drink services were a $30 billion industry.Outside a Home Depot in Santa Ana, California, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles, a handful of day laborers leaned against their cars waiting to be hired Tuesday, a day after armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers drove up and sent many of the workers running.Junior Ortega, 43, said he saw four people arrested by ICE, while others fled on foot or jumped into a car and peeled out of the p
<p><block></p><p>TPresident Donald Trump’s plan to cut taxes by trillions of dollars could also trim billions in spending from social safety net programs, including food aid for lower-income people. </p><p>The proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would make states pick up more of the costs, require several million more recipients to work or lose their benefits, and potentially reduce the amount of food aid people receive in the future. </p><p>The legislation, which narrowly passed the U.S. House, could undergo further changes in the Senate, where it’s currently being debated. Trump wants lawmakers to send the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to his desk by July 4, when the nation marks the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. </p><p>Here’s a look at the food aid program, by the numbers: </p><p><hl2>Year: 2008</hl2></p><p>The federal aid program formerly known as food stamps was renamed the <a href="https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</a>, or SNAP, on Oct. 1, 2008. The program provides monthly payments for food purchases to low-income residents generally earning less than $1,632 monthly for individuals, or $3,380 monthly for a household of four.</p><p>The nation’s first experiment with food stamps began in 1939. But the modern version of the program dates to 1979, when a change in federal law took effect eliminating a requirement that participants purchase food stamps. There currently is no cost to people participating in the program. </p><p><hl2>Number: 42 million </hl2></p><p>A little over 42 million people nationwide <a href="https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-4fymonthly-5.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received SNAP benefits</a> in February, the latest month for which figures are available. That’s roughly one out of every eight people in the county. Participation is down from a peak average of 47.6 million people during the 2013 federal fiscal year. </p><p>Often, more than one person in a household is eligible for food aid. As of February, nearly 22.5 million households were enrolled SNAP, receiving an average monthly household benefit of $353.</p><p><hl2>Dollars: $295 billion</hl2></p><p>Legislation passed by the House is projected to the Congressional Budget Office. </p><p>A little more than half of those federal savings would come by shifting costs to states, which administer SNAP. Nearly one-third of those savings would come by expanding a work requirement for some SNAP participants, which the CBO assumes would force some people off the rolls. Additional money would be saved by eliminating SNAP benefits for between 120,000 and 250,000 immigrants legally in the U.S. who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents. </p><p>Another provision in the legislation would cap the annual inflationary growth in food benefits. As a result, the CBO estimates that the average monthly food benefit would be about $15 lower than it otherwise would have been by 2034. </p><p><hl2>Ages: 7 and 55-64</hl2></p><p>To receive SNAP benefits, current law says adults ages 18 through 54 who are physically and mentally able and don’t have dependents would need to work, volunteer or participate in training programs for at least 80 hours a month. Those who don’t do so are limited to just three months of benefits in a three-year period. </p><p>The legislation that passed the House would expand work requirements to those ages 55 through 64. It also would extend work requirements to some parents without children younger than age 7. And it would limit the ability of states to waive work requirements in areas that lack sufficient jobs. </p><p>The combined effect of those changes is <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2025-05/Klobuchar-Craig-Letter-SNAP_5-22-25.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">projected by the CBO</a> to reduce SNAP participation by a monthly average of 3.2 million people. </p><p><hl2>Percentages: 5% – 25%</hl2></p><p>The federal government currently splits the administrative costs of SNAP with states but covers the full cost of food benefits. Under the legislation, states would have to cover three-fourths of the administrative costs. States also would have to pay a portion of the food benefits starting with the 2028 fiscal year. </p><p>All states would be required to pay at least 5% of the food aid benefits, and could pay more depending on how often they make mistakes with people’s payments.</p><p>States that had payment error rates between 6-8% in the most recent federal fiscal year for which data is available would have to cover 15% of the food costs. States with error rates between 8-10% would have to cover 20% of the food benefits, and those with error rates greater than 10% would have to cover 25% of the food costs. </p><p>Many states could get hit with higher costs. The <a href="https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-fy23-qc-payment-error-rate.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">national error rate</a> stood at 11.7% in the 2023 fiscal year, and just three states — Idaho, South Dakota and Vermont — had error rates below 5%. But the 2023 figures are unlikely to serve as the base year, so the exact costs to states remains unclear. </p><p>As a result of the cost shift, the CBO assumes that some states would reduce or eliminate benefits for people. </p><p><hl2>Margin: 1</hl2></p><p>House Resolution 1, containing the SNAP changes and tax cuts, passed the House last month by a margin of just one vote — 215-214.</p><p>A vote also could be close in the Senate, where Republicans hold 53 of the 100 seats. Democrats did not support the bill in the House and are unlikely to do so in the Senate. Some Republican senators have expressed reservations about proposed cuts to food aid and Medicaid and the potential impact of the bill on the federal deficit. GOP Senate leaders may have to make some changes to the bill to ensure enough support to pass it. </p><p></block></p>
(AP) — Doug Skaff Jr., a West Virginia newspaper executive and former Democratic legislative leader, died Tuesday following an accident on Interstate 79. He was 48.Skaff was president of HD Media, which publishes the Charleston Gazette-Mail, the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington and several other state newspapers. The Gazette-Mail announced Skaff’s death on its website Tuesday night.Details of the accident, which the newspaper said occurred in Lewis County in north-central West Virginia, weren’t imm
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit extends a similar ruling it made after another federal court struck down the tariffs May 28, saying Trump had overstepped his authority. Noting that the challenges to Trump’s tariffs raise “issues of exceptional importance,” the appeals court said it would expedite the case and hear arguments July 31.The case involves 10% tariffs the president imposed on almost every country in April and bigger ones he imposed and then suspended on count
She is also suing for premises liability and product liability.Woman suing Costco asks for $14 millionRELATED STORIESCostco's new 'scan-and-go' option could save you timeCostco raising wages for hourly employeesCostco's big beverage swap: Coke is returning to store food courtsNovotny is asking for $5 million for emotional distress, $5 million for pain, suffering, and inconvenience, $2 million for future medical expenses, $2 million for loss of future earning capacity, $50,000 for medical expense
noting that Bears Ears was the first national monument to be established at the request of federally recognized tribes.The two monuments singled out in the new Justice Department opinion were designated by Biden in his final days in office: Chuckwalla National Monument, in Southern California near Joshua Tree National Park, and Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, in Northern California.The Democrat’s declarations for the monuments barred oil and natural gas drilling and mining on the 624
(AP) — Authorities in Washington state are focusing their search for an ex-soldier wanted in the deaths of his three young daughters in an area south of where their bodies were discovered more than a week ago.The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert Monday night for an area near Ingalls Creek and the Valleyhi community, a small neighborhood about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of Leavenworth. The alert remained in effect Tuesday. Authorities did not specify what prompted them to
By 2024, the number has dropped to 60%.The study noted that one-third of Washington fourth graders were chronically absent from school in 2024.Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chris Reykdal, disapproved of the list.“The data the report is based on shouldn’t be used to construct such lists,” Reykdal told The Washington State Standard.WA eighth gradersThe study also tracked eighth graders’ math achievement levels and showed a sharp jump in inefficiency. Fifty-nine perc
LaMonica McIver was indicted Tuesday on federal charges alleging she impeded and interfered with immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center while Newark’s mayor was being arrested after he tried to join a congressional oversight visit at the facility.Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announced the grand jury indictment in a post on X. “While people are free to express their views for or against particular policies, they must not do so in a manner that endangers law
Other Republican senators have raised concerns about the health care cuts.But Republicans are in agreement on border security, deportation and military funding, over the objections of Democrats who fought vigorously during the committee process to strip those provisions from the bill.The package includes about $150 billion for border security and deportation operations, including funding for hiring 10,000 new ICE officers — with what Johnson said are $10,000 hiring bonuses — as well as 3,000 new
<p>Washington Governor Bob Ferguson appointed Dennis Worsham as the state’s next Secretary of Health.</p><p>Worsham, currently the head of the Snohomish County Health Department, brings 32 years of experience in public health and leadership to the role.</p><p>“It is critical that we continue to build a system that earns the trust of communities and strives for every person to have equitable access to the care and resources they need to thrive,” Worsham said in a prepared statement. “Public health is not just about addressing illness and injury—it’s about preventing them.”</p><div class="related alignright"><div class="col_label"><h2>RELATED STORIES</h2></div><ul><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/mynorthwest-politics/seattle-mayor-nuisance-law/4097719" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','article','related links','4097719'])"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/seattle-police-nuisance-law-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="Seattle mayor moves to toughen 'nuisance' law, targeting properties accused of attracting crime" loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/mynorthwest-politics/seattle-mayor-nuisance-law/4097719" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','article','related links','4097719'])">Seattle mayor moves to toughen 'nuisance' law, targeting properties accused of attracting crime</a></h3></div></li><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/local/baumgartner-ncaa-settlement/4097523" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','article','related links','4097523'])"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Untitled-design-59-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="WA Rep. pushes bill that challenges NCAA settlement, seeks fair pay for student-athletes" loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/local/baumgartner-ncaa-settlement/4097523" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','article','related links','4097523'])">WA Rep. pushes bill that challenges NCAA settlement, seeks fair pay for student-athletes</a></h3></div></li><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/jcs-musk-trump-feud/4096617" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','article','related links','4096617'])"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Untitled-design-52-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="'The gloves are off': John Curley analyzes the Musk v. Trump social media feud" loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/jcs-musk-trump-feud/4096617" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','article','related links','4096617'])">'The gloves are off': John Curley analyzes the Musk v. Trump social media feud</a></h3></div></li></ul></div><p>His last day with Snohomish County is July 3, after which he will start his new job with the state on July 7.</p><p>A native of Othello, Worsham began his career in public health at the Snohomish Health District in 1993, working as an HIV/STD/hepatitis program manager and health educator. He also served as the Deputy Secretary for Health at the Department of Health (DOH) and was the Interim Director of Public Health for Seattle and King County.</p><p>“We must ensure health and well-being is not a privilege but a shared foundation for all,” Worsham added.</p><p>Snohomish County Executive Director Dave Somers said Worsham will be missed as Director of Snohomish County’s Health Department, but he’s excited for him in his new role.</p><p>“Dennis has never wavered in his support of local public health and the talented team that works to keep our county healthy,” Somers said in a prepared statement. “From his early career in health education at the Snohomish Health District in the 1990s to his excellent leadership as Department Director since January 2023, Dennis’ dedication to making our communities healthier, safer, more resilient, and more inclusive has been invaluable.”</p><p><em>Follow Frank Sumrall <a href="https://x.com/FMSumrall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on X</a>. Send <a href="https://mynorthwest.com/contact-us">news tips here.</a></em></p>
<p>A small number of protesters have been seen gathering around downtown Seattle.</p><p>A group has collected outside the Federal Building, while others have appeared to barricade entryways.</p><div id="attachment_4098155" style="width: 1079px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/protesters-downtown-seattle-2.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4098155" class=" wp-image-4098155" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/protesters-downtown-seattle-2-300x169.jpg" alt="protesters downtown seattle 2" width="1069" height="602" srcset="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/protesters-downtown-seattle-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/protesters-downtown-seattle-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/protesters-downtown-seattle-2-700x394.jpg 700w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/protesters-downtown-seattle-2-420x236.jpg 420w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/protesters-downtown-seattle-2-600x338.jpg 600w, https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/protesters-downtown-seattle-2.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1069px) 100vw, 1069px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-4098155" class="wp-caption-text">Protester in downtown Seattle on June 10, 2025. (Photo: James Lynch, KIRO Newsradio)</p></div><p>The people are protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).</p><p>KIRO Newsradio currently has a reporter at the scene.</p>
president.The Insurrection Act authorizes the president to deploy military forces inside the United States to suppress rebellion or domestic violence or to enforce the law in certain situations.It is often referred to as the “Insurrection Act of 1807,” but the law is actually an amalgamation of different statutes enacted by Congress between 1792 and 1871.In calling up National Guard forces over Newsom’s objections, Trump cited a legal provision that allows him to mobilize federal service m
<p><block></p><p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country musician Conner Smith fatally hit a pedestrian while driving his truck in Nashville over the weekend, and he currently faces no charges as an investigation continues, police said.</p><p>Metro Nashville Police said Smith, 24, hit Dorothy Dobbins, 77, Sunday evening while she was crossing the road inside a marked crosswalk. Dobbins, a retired attorney, later died at a hospital. The Tennessee Bar Association posted on its website that Dobbins had been out walking her dog when she was hit. </p><p>Police say Smith showed no signs of impairment. They believe the “preliminary contributing factor” appears to be that Smith did not yield the right of way to the pedestrian.</p><p>Smith’s attorney, Worrick Robinson, said his client is cooperating with the investigation. </p><p>“His heart goes out to Ms. Dobbins’ family during this incredibly difficult time,” Robinson said in a statement.</p><p>Dobbins was a leader in the city’s legal aid and family law communities, where she practiced for over 40 years, according to posts by the Bar Association and the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. She played a “foundational role in opening Nashville’s first domestic violence shelter,” according to a Facebook post from the Legal Aid Society, and she wrote the state’s first order of protection legislation.</p><p>Smith was a 2024 new male artist of the year nominee at the Academy of Country Music Awards. He released his first full-length album, “Smoky Mountains,” in 2024. </p><p>The Nashville native has had gold-certified hits with “Take it Slow” and “Creek Will Rise,” according to his label, Big Machine. Smith had performed at Nashville’s CMA Fest over the weekend. </p><p></block></p>
