Washington state’s congressional delegation reacted swiftly after President Donald Trump ordered military strikes on Iran, with Democrats condemning the action as unconstitutional and calling for Congress to reassert its war powers.
- What to know about the latest US-Israeli attacks on Iran
- Whidbey Island teen wows attendees of the Bruce Lee USPS stamp unveiling ceremony
- Finding culture and community at Seattle Rise Collective’s Lunar New Year Festival
- Washington bill requiring Asian American & Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Latino, and Black history in K-12 schools gets sidelined
- “We will be the ancestors we want to be”: Tsuru for Solidarity uses Day of Remembrance to decry ongoing incarceration, deportation
- Tamiko Nimura reflects on her family’s history of incarceration in the U.S. during WWII
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“Roads have become a hunting ground”: Protestors demand WA Department of Licensing, Gov. Ferguson stop federal immigration agencies from accessing state license data
As federal agencies continue to besiege immigrant communities across the country, community organizers gathered in front of the Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) office in Tukwila on Thursday to protest the agency repeatedly breaking state law by allowing federal immigration agencies to access driver data.

Asian Americans push back against “divisive” rhetoric in Trump’s State of the Union
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Grace Meng, a Democratic representative from New York, and several Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) organization heads issued statements following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., last night.

Democratic senators, WA Sec. of State Hobbs speak out against Trump ahead of State of the Union address
Several Democratic senators and their guests, including Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, spoke out against President Donald Trump’s policies and Republicans’ pending legislative actions in advance of Trump’s State of the Union address at a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs
The United States Supreme Court today ruled that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal.

Local playwright plumbs Bruce Lee’s “Young Dragon” years
The challenge: Construct a vivid portrait of Bruce Lee’s early life, taking into consideration his many relocations, his family and loves, his martial arts moves, his mistakes, and his preparation to become a legend.
Community
Moon seeks state House seat
Whidbey Island teen wows attendees of the Bruce Lee USPS stamp unveiling ceremony
WA Attorney General Brown co-leads legal filing to help defend birthright citizenship in U.S. Supreme Court
Nearly blind Rohingya refugee dies, after immigration agents release him from custody
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao agree to a rematch in September at The Sphere in Las Vegas
Washington bill requiring Asian American & Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Latino, and Black history in K-12 schools gets sidelined
Sen. Cantwell, Sec. Hobbs head to Washington to highlight act that would lead to voter disenfranchisement
Liu headlines U.S. triumphs at Olympics
Eileen Gu makes history with third gold win
Winter Olympics recap: Alysa Liu wins figure skating gold, US tops Canada in women’s hockey final
Nick Suzuki and Mitch Marner score goals that saved Canada from an early Olympic exit
After fall, Gaon Choi wondered ‘Is this how it ends?’ But Olympic champion is just getting started
Alpine skier Tallulah Proulx becomes the first Filipina to compete at the Winter Olympics
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