Sen. Maria Cantwell

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, said at least 880 federal employees at the weather and research agency face job cuts.

A key senator is asking six U.S. airlines to explain the high rates of delayed and canceled flights this summer, and she's asking whether there are labor…

A gigantic nuclear waste treatment plant in eastern Washington that has been under construction for 18 years is largely completed and soon will be ready…

Northwest Senators had a lot of questions for U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry during a Senate committee hearing Tuesday morning. They grilled him on...

The public comment period ends next month on a federal proposal to nearly triple visitor fees to the nation’s most popular national parks. Those include…

Unless Congress acts soon, nearly 18,000 children in Washington state will lose health coverage because Congress still hasn’t reauthorized the Children’s…

Washington state’s worst-ever wildfire season took center stage once again in Washington, D.C.Two local fire officials testified before the U.S. Senate’s…

Highly volatile Bakken crude oil poses a serious threat to the safety of communities located along rail lines. Just since February, there have been four…

U.S. senators pulled an all-nighter Monday night to call attention to climate change. Democrats Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Barbara Boxer of California led…

The movie “The Monuments Men” spotlights a platoon of real-life U.S. soldiers who rescued artistic masterpieces from the Nazis during World War II.…