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Seahawks need some help, but NFL playoff hopes still alive

SEATTLE — What the Seahawks can no longer do in 2022 is try to get by with a little help from their friends.

Tribune News Service

Migrants dropped off at US VP Harris’s home over Christmas

Aid groups say more than 100 migrants and refugees, who are seeking asylum in the US, were transported from Texas.

Al Jazeera

Blast at Russian base after apparent Ukrainian drone penetrates deep

A drone believed to be Ukrainian penetrated hundreds of kilometers through Russian airspace, causing a deadly explosion at the main base for Moscow's strategic bombers in the latest attack to expose gaps in its air defences.

Reuters

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3 Washington state electric substations vandalized

Vandalism at three electrical substations in western Washington initially cut power to about 14,000 utility customers

The Independent UK

Buses from Texas drop off more than 100 migrants in a bitterly cold Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve

Gov. Greg Abbott reportedly sent the migrants, who arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence Saturday night. The governor has been busing migrants to Democratic-let cities since April and first sent buses to Harris’ home in September.

The Texas Tribune

Ken Walker posts highest PFF grade in Seahawks’ Week 16 loss to Chiefs

Seahawks rookie running back Ken Walker had the team's highest Pro Football Focus grade this week against the Chiefs.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Busloads of migrants land on Vice President Harris’ doorstep on freezing Christmas Eve

Busloads of Latin American migrants found themselves freezing on Vice President Kamala Harris’ Washington, D.C., doorstep on Christmas Eve.

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Migrants dropped off at Vice President Harris' home on Christmas Eve

Washington D.C. declared a public emergency in September in response to Texas, Arizona and other states sending thousands of migrants to the nation's capital.

Axios

Buses from Texas drop off migrants in frigid Washington, DC

Local organizers in Washington say three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in record-setting cold on Christmas Eve

The Independent UK

'Just call me Fred': Upton says farewell to House after 36 years

WASHINGTON — After 36 years in Congress, Republican U.S. Rep. Fred Upton has emptied his three offices, turned in the keys and shipped 102 boxes of his papers to the University of Michigan's library.

Tribune News Service

5 takeaways from Commanders’ loss to the 49ers

Here are five takeaways from Washington's loss at San Francisco.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Commanders fall 37-20 to the 49ers

The 49ers dominate the Commander in the second half.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Major King County drug bust nets $10 million worth of meth, fentanyl, heroin

BURIEN, Wash. — Quinn, a 2-year-old golden Labrador retriever, worked his first drug bust Wednesday, helping a team of veteran Burien police and King County sheriff's detectives score an estimated $2.5 million worth of crystal meth, fentanyl and black-tar heroin before it could be cut up and dispatched across Western…

Tribune News Service

Commanders and 49ers tied 7-7 at halftime

The Commanders and 49ers are locked in a defensive battle at halftime.

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McConnell declares win, Paul cries ‘abomination’ as year ends with two still apart

WASHINGTON — Kentucky’s two Republican senators ended the year’s legislative session about as far apart as they began it.

WEKU

Alex Ovechkin moves to 2nd in NHL goals with 802, passing Gordie Howe

The Washington Capitals star scored goals 801 and 802 Friday night to move into second place on the NHL career list. Only Wayne Gretzky, with 894 goals, has scored more.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Blasts US Defense Bill While Taiwan Welcomes It

China blasted an annual US defense spending bill for hyping up the “China threat" while Taiwan welcomed the legislation, saying it demonstrated US support for the self-governing island that China says must come under its rule. “China deplores and firmly opposes this US move,” the Foreign Ministry said in a…

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Cabinet members discussed asking Trump to resign after Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — In the days after assault on the U.S. Capitol, some members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet talked about asking him to resign or invoking the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove him from office, according to testimony released Friday night.

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Ivanka Trump testified father’s call with Pence saddened her

WASHINGTON — Ivanka Trump told investigators for the Jan. 6 House committee that she was saddened by an Oval Office phone call she overheard in which her father tried unsuccessfully to convince Vice President Mike Pence to help overturn their election loss.

The Independent UK

Bidens visit patients at Children's National Hospital

President Joe Biden has accompanied his wife, first lady Jill Biden, to Children's National Hospital in Washington

Tribune News Service

House Jan. 6 panel pushes for Capitol Police changes, funding

WASHINGTON — The final report from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol added to bipartisan calls for changes to the U.S. Capitol Police that protects the building and members of Congress.

Tribune News Service

Presidential transition process changes head to Biden’s desk

WASHINGTON — The landmark overhaul of the Electoral Count Act isn’t the only way the omnibus spending bill that’s heading to President Joe Biden’s desk seeks to avoid a repeat of 2020’s post-election chaos.

Tribune News Service

Most members phone it in as House passes spending package

WASHINGTON — Whether it was because of holiday plans, a “bomb cyclone” or the fact that some of them won’t be doing this job in a few weeks, the House was definitely not packed for the final votes of the year as the chamber passed the fiscal 2023 omnibus spending…

Tribune News Service

House clears omnibus spending package as end nears for 117th Congress

WASHINGTON — The House cleared a catchall omnibus bill Friday containing $1.7 trillion in fiscal 2023 annual and emergency spending and a bevy of unrelated legislation lawmakers wanted to pass before the end of the current Congress.

Tribune News Service

House Jan. 6 panel's report says Rudy Giuliani called Alaska Sen. Sullivan twice before election certification vote

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani had two calls with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan the evening of Jan. 6, 2021, before Congress voted to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to the House Jan. 6 committee's final report.

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