Although the escalating situation unraveling in South Korea may seem like a world away, Washington should be paying close attention. The failed plot to consolidate power by the country’s “right-wing wannabe authoritarian president” offers a stark forewarning to Americans as President-elect Donald Trump prepares a White House return,

KOMO News gathered policymakers, key civic leaders, and analysts to discuss what a second Trump administration may mean for the future of Washington state.

In a shift from early ballot trends, Washington appeared to buck the trend. Three weeks later, that no longer appears to be the case.

Tech lobbyists see a rare opportunity to bring in new high-skilled workers. They’ll need to get past a powerful current in the GOP.

Axios Visuals Washington had the smallest rightward shift of any state in the 2024 presidential election, an Axios analysis finds — although, after three weeks of vote counting, it's no longer true that the state trended slightly more blue.

Senate Democrats met Tuesday morning to elect their leadership for the next two years, after Republicans flipped the chamber in the 2024 elections.

President-elect Donald Trump’s determination to crash over traditional governmental guardrails will present a fundamental test of whether the Republican-controlled Senate can maintain its constitutional role as an independent institution and a check on presidential power.

A 172-vote margin in results certified by Clark County means a machine recount will be required to confirm Democrat Adrian Cortes' win.

A delegate wearing a small American flag on his ear watches as Republican presidential candidate and former president, Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Pop superstar Taylor Swift tops a list of 2024's most notable quotations compiled by Yale University, with her declaration that she's a “childless cat lady" while endorsing Kamala Harris for president.

Though country and Washington state shifted to Trump in November, support here for the Democratic Party's presidential candidate increased from 2020.