Secretary of State opposes proposed changes to initiative process
Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs does not like a bill proposing new rules for the state’s initiative process. ”It's ...
WA Secretary of State warns that federal gutting of cybersecurity agency puts elections at risk
Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs sounded the alarm Wednesday that recent actions by the Trump administration are ...
Former Washington Secretary of State offers warning about initiative bill
Former Washington state Secretary of State Sam Reed is warning lawmakers that Senate Bill 5382 will suppress voter participation in the political process and impair an "honored tradition" that has ...
Trump cancels State Department subscriptions to NY Times, AP, Reuters
US embassy staffers in Europe will no longer have subscriptions to The Economist, the Times, Politico, Bloomberg News, AP and ...
Noem deputizes up to 600 State Department employees as immigration officers
The agents will assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with arresting and deporting illegal immigrants ...
Secretaries of State past and present question federal criticism of election integrity efforts: ‘The threats continue’
Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs has written to the state’s congressional delegation expressing concerns about ...
Plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Germany forced to return to Washington due to ‘mechanical issue’
This evening, en route from Washington to Munich, the plane on which Secretary Rubio is flying experienced a mechanical issue ...
US State Department orders pause on media subscriptions
The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it has ordered a pause on all of its media subscriptions as part of ...
Washington lawmaker wants to redesign state flag
A partisan fight over whether Washington's flag truly represents the state in the best way it could is brewing in Olympia, ...
Plane carrying Secretary of State Rubio to Europe turned around because of a mechanical issue
An Air Force plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, Sen.
G20 meeting of foreign ministers gets underway in South Africa amid tensions with US
Foreign ministers from G20 countries will meet in Johannesburg on Thursday, but U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend amid diplomatic tensions between South Africa and the U.S. Diplomats ...