Sen. Cantwell urges Trump to invest in weather forecast upgrades

Sen. Maria Cantwell is urging President Trump to prioritize modernizing the nation’s weather forecasting system, saying the investment will save lives as well as money down the road. She released a letter to the president Monday, following through on her pledge to provide guidance that the administration can use to upgrade weather forecasting infrastructure. “The

RNC Holds Significant Cash Edge Over DNC Despite Democratic Grassroots Milestone

The headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in Washington on Aug. 22, 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images The Democratic National Committee raised $8.6 million in June and has collected more than $50 million so far this year, marking its strongest grassroots fundraising performance for the month of June in any off-year cycle, the party said

Trump administration releases records on Martin Luther King Jr. assassination

The federal government on Monday released thousands of records on the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. — a move that was ordered by President Trump earlier this year. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said the documents, which number over 230,000 pages, “had never been digitized and sat collecting dust in