Federal Government

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that many of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign goods were unlawful, undercutting one of the central tools of his trade policy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a May decision finding that Trump overstepped his authorit...

Two firefighters were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol during a federal immigration operation at the Bear Gulch wildfire in Olympic National Forest—an unprecedented move that has drawn sharp criticism from fire crews, union leaders, and elected officials in Washington and Oregon. The men, reporte...

U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick on Friday widened a court order that bars the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from cities with sanctuary policies, including Seattle. The new ruling extends protections to 34 additional jurisdictions such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Denv...

Gov. Bob Ferguson is rejecting pressure from U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi to roll back Washington’s sanctuary state laws, setting up a clash over immigration enforcement. In an Aug. 13 letter, Bondi warned that Washington’s policies “thwart federal immigration enforcement” and gave ...

Seattle is suing the Trump administration to block two executive orders that city officials say threaten local diversity, equity, and LGBTQ+ protections. The lawsuit, announced Thursday by Mayor Bruce Harrell and City Attorney Ann Davison, was filed in federal court in the Western District of Washin...