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Congress has just one week left to approve the Trump administration’s request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved funding for public media and foreign aid, setting up yet another tight deadline for lawmakers.

In Washington, decisions on the use of technology in the workplace have been made by management for public workers. That's been the case for over 20 years. But now, some lawmakers want to pass an exemption that would allow public sector employees to bargain on one broad and ever changing technology – artificial intelligence.

When workers go on strike in Washington state, they don't earn any money. But a new piece of legislation could change that. NWPB's Lauren Gallup talked with Phineas Pope.

Dr. Anthony Fauci and other members of the coronavirus task force will testify before a GOP-led Senate committee next week but have been blocked from making similar appearances in the House so far.

Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake provided the critical vote to move the nomination to the full Senate while at the same time proposing that his colleagues support a one-week FBI investigation.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., plans to introduce legislation to decriminalize marijuana on the federal level, adding a high-profile advocate in the effort to decriminalize, legalize and normalize marijuana use in America.

The CEO of Facebook is testifying before Congress for the first time on Tuesday. His prepared testimony includes an apology for allowing Facebook tools to be used to do harm — and a vow to change.

Lawmakers have made little progress in advancing any new gun control measures in since the Feb. 14 shooting that left 17 people dead at a high school in Parkland, Fla.

Delay tactics forced a short-term partial government shutdown after midnight, but Congress and the president approved the two-year deal early Friday morning.

Oregon lawmakers held a joint committee hearing Monday on a bill that would create a cap and trade program to reduce the state’s carbon emissions.