President Biden speaks to the nation from the Oval Office for the fifth time in his presidency.

The Senate and House of Representatives convene in joint session in the House Chamber to receive incoming Governor Bob Ferguson's inaugural address.

The Washinton Senate and House of Representatives convene in joint session in the House Chamber to receive outgoing Governor Jay Inslee's State of the State Address.

Order of Service at the Washington National Cathedral for the funeral of President Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter died on December 29 at age 100 in Plains, Georgia. Today, his body begins a trip from Plains to Atlanta to Washington, DC. He will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. On January 9, his funeral service will be held in the Washington National Cathedral.

Just in time for your holiday shopping, beloved local historian Joe Drazan offers several hundred used books of all topics and sizes for sale at the incredible price of $3 each.

Representative Julio Cortes, D-Everett, was born in Mexico City and immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was 6 years old. Four decades later, he became a member of the Washington State House of Representatives.
Jadenne Radoc Cabahug of Cascade PBS

Governor-elect Bob Ferguson and Attorney General-elect Nick Brown are readying their legal teams to challenge Trump-backed policies that go against Washington laws.
Laura Demkoich, Washington State Standard

In separate speeches, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden demonstrated the right way to honor the results of an election and transfer power peacefully to Donald Trump.

There’s a dirty Trump trick you need to look out for. He used it in 2020 to try to overturn the election, and he’s going to do it again. But it doesn’t work if you know it’s coming. 
Robert Reich

The vice president gazed into the mirror, reached out her hand, and told her comedic reflection that she had this election thing in the bag.

A poll of likely Iowa voters includes those who have already voted as well as those who say they definitely plan to vote was conducted by Selzer & Co. from Oct. 28-31.

Harris is leading Trump 47% to 44% among likely voters in Iowa, according to the poll, which has a margin of error of ± 3.4 points. 

More than 75,000 spectators gathered in Washington, D.C., to hear Vice President Kamala Harris' closing argument speech at the same site of former President Donald Trump's infamous "Save America" rally that preceded the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

As one of the country’s very few family-owned and -operated metro newspapers left, The Seattle Times is also apparently one of the few whose editorial board is willing to endorse presidential candidates.

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance insisted that Donald Trump’s attacks on “the enemy within” were not directed at Democratic Party leaders but dissenting Americans he described as “far-left lunatics” poised to riot if the former president wins in November.

Michelle Obama stood before a crowd at an event center in Kalamazoo on the first day of early voting in Michigan and confessed she was frustrated — and a “little angry” — at some of the things she’s heard about why people are holding back on support for Vice President Harris.

Speaking to a room of undecided voters, Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday night sought to remind the electorate why it rejected former President Donald J. Trump in 2020, dismissing his fitness for office and calling him a fascist.

Vice President Kamala Harris engaged in a combative interview with Fox News on Wednesday, sparring with anchor Bret Baier on immigration and shifting policy positions while asserting that if elected, she would not represent a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency.