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Orion Donovan Smith

Reporter · US

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Orion Donovan Smith

    Patty Murray demands White House stop airing taxpayer-funded Trump ad (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON – Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, the top Democrat on the Senate committee responsible for federal spending, demanded Thursday that the White House stop airing a taxpayer-funded TV ad promoting President Donald Trump. In a letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Murray and other Democrats on the House and Senate appropriations committees asked the Trump administration to tell Congress how many taxpayer dollars it had spent on the 30-second commercial, which aired on F

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Orion Donovan Smith

    Northwest GOP lawmakers lukewarm on Trump's proposal to pay Americans for electing Republicans (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON – Before House lawmakers headed home for the final stretch of campaigning on Wednesday, Northwest Republicans expressed lukewarm support for President Donald Trump’s latest electoral gambit: offering voters $5,000 apiece if they help Republicans retain full control of Congress. In the middle of a marathon speech at the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9, the president said he would “issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000” if voter

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Orion Donovan Smith

    Michael Baumgartner, Russ Fulcher help House pass Russia sanctions bill named for the late Lindsey Graham (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON – Inland Northwest Republicans helped the House of Representatives on Wednesday pass legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia in response to its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk after it cleared the Senate in August. Rep. Michael Baumgartner of Spokane and Rep. Russ Fulcher, whose district includes North Idaho and most of the state’s western half, were among the 203 Republicans who supported the bill, named after the late Sen. Lindsey

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Orion Donovan Smith

    Lawmakers subpoena Oracle executives after they skip hearing on $27 billion VA computer system tested in Spokane (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON – The House Committee on Veterans Affairs served subpoenas on Monday to top executives at Oracle, demanding the company’s leaders explain why the cost of a troubled computer system first tested in Spokane has nearly tripled to $27 billion. After a testy hearing on Sept. 2 where both Republicans and Democrats grilled VA officials and expressed frustration with the project’s exploding costs, eight of the panel’s 14 Republicans joined all 11 Democrats in a vote to subpoena Larry Ellison,

  5. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Orion Donovan Smith

    Maria Cantwell, Gonzaga's Mark Few urge Senate to pass 'Protect College Sports Act' before election (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON – In an era when Republicans and Democrats seldom agree on anything, especially before a high-stakes election, Sen. Maria Cantwell hopes restoring order to college sports will be the rare issue that transcends partisan divisions in Congress. The Washington Democrat held a news conference Monday alongside Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican who authored the Protect College Sports Act with her. The bipartisan bill was unveiled in May after intense negotiations between the pair, the top me

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