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President Joe Biden canceled his planned speech to the State Department on Monday after the Washington, DC, area received two inches of snow.

Miller said in a statement that there was “no intelligence indicating an insider threat” from the National Guard.

A local teachers union president in Washington claimed this week that reopening schools is an act of “white supremacy.”

China’s state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times gloated on Thursday in its coverage of a pro-Trump mob attacking the U.S. Capitol the day before, describing it as “karma” for Washington and a sign that American democracy has begun to collapse.

Amazon officially surpassed Boeing to become the largest employer in the state of Washington. As of 2020, there are approximately 80,000 Amazon employees in the state of Washington. By contrast, Boeing employs 58,800 employees in the state.

Data from the Metropolitan Police Department show that homicides in D.C. are at the highest rate since 2004.

A majority of Americans want President Trump to “continue to fight to change Washington,” a McLaughlin & Associates survey released Monday found.

A Joe Biden White House will be happy to intercede on Bejing’s behalf and silence criticism of the Chinese Communist Party by U.S. allies, a China state media outlet claimed Monday.

The Seattle City Council voted Monday to reduce the city’s police department budget as officers leave the force in droves.

A Washington school district has apologized for ejecting Asian students from their “students of color” category because they were performing satisfactorily.

Broadway star and COVID-19 survivor Chad Kimball has sworn to “respectfully disobey” Washington state’s restrictions against singing in church, saying that such religious prohibitions represent an overreach of power by Gov. Jay Inslee (D).

Doctors recently brought a lost hiker back to life after he was rescued from whiteout conditions on Washington’s Mount Rainier.

President Donald Trump thrilled a supporter rally Saturday in Washington, DC, as he drove by the group on the way to the golf course.

A new squad of campus officers at the University of Washington will not be permitted to carry firearms due to efforts by campus officials to accommodate concerns voiced by black students and faculty. The university’s president acknowledged last week that the decision was made in response to recent police killings of black men and women.

“You fucking Uncle Tom coon ass nigger!” shouted a Black Lives Matter protester with a megaphone at a black police officer in Washington, DC.

Voters in the state of Washington are deciding Tuesday on the nation’s first sex ed statewide ballot measure for public schools.

City workers are trying to repair the damage vandals did to a statue of former Washington Gov. John Harte McGraw that has stood in downtown Seattle for a century.

Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden is planning to build back the Washington, DC, political class to business as usual as his advisers have started meeting with K Street lobbyists who are eager for President Trump to leave office.

A judge ruled in favor of Planned Parenthood in its lawsuit against a church community that holds a service outside the abortion facility.

Protesters in Washington, D.C., headed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)’s home early Thursday morning for a “wake up call.”

Environmentalists and the courts are still resisting calls for effective forest management despite mass wildfires in western states.

“You know it is about forest management. Please remember the words, very simple: forest management. Please remember that,” he said at a campaign rally in Minden, Nevada on Saturday night.

Four individuals — two in Washington, one in Oregon, and another in California — have been arrested for arson as firefighters battle dozens of blazes across the West Coast. One of the arrestees is reportedly a “regular attendee” of anti-police rallies in Seattle.

An orca whale that once spent 17 days carrying her stillborn calf in a period of mourning gave birth once again to a healthy calf.

President Donald Trump is reviewing options to defund some of America’s most chaotic cities as Democrat leaders mull defunding the police.

Several hundred people gathered to show support for law enforcement officers in Selah, Washington, on Saturday afternoon.

A viral video shows a large mob of people towering over a woman and demanding she raise her fist in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.

A young child was captured on video raising his fist in support of Black Lives Matter as protesters in Washington, D.C.

Protesters with Black Lives Matter signs and shirts shouted at diners who were seated on restaurant patios throughout Northwest Washington, DC, over the weekend as part of an “education” campaign.

Black Lives Matter activists stormed a Seattle neighborhood this week, harassing residents and demanding that they “get the f*** out.”

In Kansas, Kris Kobach will try to win the Republican Senate nomination against Rep. Roger Marshall. Squad member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) faces a primary challenge in Michigan while Cori Bush, who is backed by the Justice Democrats, is trying to unseat Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO). Voters in Missouri will also vote to expand Medicaid while Sheriff Joe Arpaio will attempt to make a comeback in Arizona. Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times Eastern.

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the U.S. Education Department (USED) will grant at least $85 million over the next five years to low-income children living in Washington, DC, to attend the private schools of their choice.

Washington’s planning guide for reopening schools says one approach to phase in face-to-face instruction prioritizes “students of color.”

A Tacoma, Washington, police officer and two of his colleagues are under investigation for posting videos about “defund police” protests.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) announced a statewide order on Thursday requiring businesses to refuse to serve customers who do not adhere to the statewide mask order, which begins July 7.

Protesters and counter-protesters are clashing in Washington, DC’s Capitol Hill neighborhood Friday over whether to tear down the Emancipation Monument in Lincoln Park.