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Trump signed two narrower executive orders restricting birthright citizenship on Aug. 6. Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Illinois are challenging them in the same Seattle federal court that first blocked his broader 2025 order.

A massive overnight barrage struck 22 sites near Odesa and killed at least seven people across Ukraine and Russia. The same day, reporting revealed Ukraine is buying 70 American ATACMS missiles through Turkey — a workaround for direct US aid that ended under the Trump administration.

A 24-year-old Seattle man is charged with vehicular homicide after driving the wrong way on I-90 near George, killing two 23-year-old women. Washington has the nation's highest rate of fatal wrong-way crashes, and the rural stretch where it happened has none of the state's new detection technology.

A wind-driven wildfire near Malden grew to nearly 2,000 acres Saturday, triggering a Level 3 evacuation of a town that lost 80% of its homes to the 2020 Babb Road Fire and has rebuilt barely a fifth of them since.

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill through Dec. 11 on a 90-6 vote, but the House already passed a different one through Dec. 4 without the new provisions, leaving a fourth shutdown fight unresolved before Sept. 30.

USDA froze $15 million in wildfire-prevention grants for Spokane-area communities over new DEI and immigration compliance terms. The money was released in July. The Old Trails Fire started Aug. 4.

Iran's Supreme National Security Council issued sweeping demands Saturday just days after a UAE tanker was struck and U.S. officials predicted an imminent deal, while Washington state gas prices climb past $5 a gallon.

Assessor Phil Cook and Prosecutor Chad Enright are both trailing after the Aug. 4 primary, while county commissioners must name an interim sheriff by the end of August regardless of what November decides.