Politics

In a reversal, the Education Dept. is excluding millions from student loan relief

The Biden administration has quietly changed its guidance to disqualify borrowers who have privately-held FFEL and Perkins loans.

Elections

Dan Newhouse does not regret impeachment vote 'at all,' but rejects electoral count reform bill

Washington Congressman Dan Newhouse is one of only two U.S. House Republicans who survived after voting to impeach former President Trump. The other either retired or lost their primary races. KUOW caught up with Newhouse at the Yakima Sunfair Parade on Saturday, where he was campaigning for re-election, to ask if he now regrets that vote. “Not at all,” he said.

Voting explainer: In many states, there's a process to fix an error with your ballot

Ballot rejections are often the result of relatively minor voter errors. That's why about half of states have a process in place to help voters fix their mail ballots if they do make a mistake.

A government funding bill is introduced as Congress races to avoid an Oct. 1 shutdown

The stopgap bill keeps federal agencies funded at current levels through mid-December. But a fight over reforming the permitting process for energy projects is bumping against a Friday deadline.

This congressional staff became the first in U.S. history to form a union

The Congressional Workers Union announced Monday that the office of Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich., has won their union election — the first one to do so on the Hill.