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BUDGET BATTLE: House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio vehemently rebukes conservative groups who oppose the pending bipartisan budget compromise struck by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in ... (more)

U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond opposed the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 that called for economic sanctions against the racist apartheid regime.

A judge's mixed ruling on the constitutionality of the state's new charter-school law cleared the way for the first schools to open in 2014, but raised questions about their funding that will probably be decided at the state's highest court.

WASHINGTON>> History says President Barack Obama should brace for another round of midterm election losses next year - and be grateful for the opportunity.

A proposal to ship North Dakota crude oil by train to Vancouver drew more opponents than supporters to a Wednesday night public hearing in Spokane, which could see four more oil trains a day if the project is approved.

The director of the White House's National Economic Council said in an interview Thursday that the new bipartisan budget agreement would create enough demand in the economy to add between 200,000 and 300,000 jobs in 2014.

"D.C.'s so wound-up and uptight," Mark Chalfant says. "Improv classes are really doing a world of good for the people who find us."

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gestures as he walks through a basement corridor Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington, on the morning after working out a budget deal with Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.

The Washington attorney general's office has accused a Mill Creek charity of deceptive practices.

Gay weddings made up 17 percent of marriages in Washington this past year, the first year gay marriages were legal in the state, state officials reported Wednesday.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen talks at a news conference Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Rhode Island prison officials say the U.S. Justice Department has told the state Department of Corrections it intends to sue over what it calls unfairness to minority job candidates.

The agreement hammered out by Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan would reverse some of the spending cuts currently in place under sequestration.

WASHINGTON'S BIG MOMENT - On the surface, the bipartisan budget agreement announced last night by Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan doesn't seem like much.

Washington's Senate Majority Coalition held a press conference Tuesday to celebrate the first anniversary of its own existence, which the group's leaders hailed as a breakthrough in bipartisanship.

A northeast Washington woman says she returned home one recent evening to learn that thieves had taken the 30-foot recreational vehicle that she and her daughter called home.

However, PeaceHealth doctors do not abandon patients. If a patient requests this , in discussion with their physician, they are referred to Compassionate Choices [sic].

Marijuana business license applications keep rolling in in Washington. The state Liquor Control Board says it has received 1,696 applications from people seeking permission to grow, process or sell cannabis under the new recreational marijuana law.

OCTOBER 17: Members of the bipartisan budget conference Sen. Jeff Sessions , Rep. Paul Ryan , Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Chris Van Hollen discuss their initial meeting at the U.S. Capitol October 17, 2013 in Washington, DC.

All births in the state are reported to the Washington State Department of Health, which tracks vital statistics, including births, deaths, marriages, and divorces.