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WASHINGTON — In an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump touted his administration's swift actions to remake the federal government in his image, provoking cheers from his fellow Republicans and loud protests from Democrats.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) on Wednesday tore into Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for downplaying a child’s death in a measles outbreak in Texas, saying she blames Kennedy for the tragedy because of his long record of spreading disinformation about vaccines.

WASHINGTON — House members did a deep dive Wednesday into soaring prescription drug prices across the US and took turns slamming so-called “middlemen” for anti-competitive practices — despite raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash from them and other key industry players.

SEATTLE (AP) — The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources will be available to help prevent and fight wildfires, raising the specter of even more destructive blazes across the American West, fired workers and officials said.

The Forest Service firings — on the heels of deadly blazes that ripped through Los Angeles last month — are part of a wave of federal worker layoffs, as President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting measures reverberate nationwide.

WASHINGTON STATE – Recent federal layoffs initiated by the Department of Government Efficiency have sparked concern among state officials, particularly in Washington.

According to the Associated Press, some 1000 National Park Service workers have been laid off since the beginning of the federal layoffs.