Articles about Politics – Page 28 of 42

Trump designates net neutrality critic as FCC chairman; Ajit Pai has pledged to revisit 2015 rules

Embed from Getty Images President Trump on Monday officially designated net neutrality critic Ajit Pai as Federal Communications Commission chairman.… Read More

Obama: Amazon is ‘killing traditional retail,’ and ‘relentless’ automation is the real threat to jobs

New U.S. President Donald Trump is focused on expanding the U.S. economy through tougher trade deals with countries including Mexico and… Read More

Should online poker really be a crime? High school math teacher makes case for legalization

OLYMPIA, Wash. — High school math teacher David Shick confessed his crime: playing poker online. Shick testified before the Washington Senate… Read More

Lawmakers want to update distracted driving law for Facebook and Snapchat era

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Texting while driving is illegal under Washington state’s distracted driving law. But by the letter of the law,… Read More

Growing pains: Amid tech boom, anxious Seattleites clash over ‘upzoning’ historic neighborhood

Emotions ran high this week at a meeting of the Seattle City Council Planning, Land Use, and Zoning Committee as… Read More

What’s next for science and tech? Key posts are in limbo as Trump takes charge

Although President Donald Trump says he’s ready to delve into the mysteries of space, he still has to make key… Read More

References to climate change and LGBTQ rights scrubbed from White House website

As President Donald Trump took the oath of office this morning, WhiteHouse.gov underwent its customary makeover to reflect the agenda… Read More

What’s next for Obamas? New website and YouTube video spell out foundation’s plans

President Obama and Michelle Obama may have disappeared into the horizon on the Marine One helicopter after Friday morning’s inauguration… Read More

Tech shines as bright spot in Donald Trump’s dark inaugural speech

Donald Trump’s first address as president may have sounded like a “Make America Great Again” campaign speech, but he did include… Read More

As Trump becomes president, @POTUS Twitter feed fueled by Obama goes blank — for now

The peaceful transition of power taking place at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday was also taking place online,… Read More

Surveys suggest America’s partisan divide will remain, in news diet and in real life

Will America come together in the wake of this week’s presidential inauguration? The prospects for that appear dim, based on… Read More

Podcast

‘Last Week in Trump’: Newsletter distills the hyper-partisan news to create empathy on both sides

Sol Villarreal knows a thing or two about socio-political bubbles. He grew up in rural Texas as a religious conservative… Read More

Shocked by Trump win, Seattle tech vets start news site ‘Presterity,’ using facts to foil new president

Jan Miksovsky admits, like many people, to being very surprised by November’s presidential election result. In the days after Nov.… Read More

Fantasy football is a skill, Washington state lawmaker contends, making new push for legalization

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Skill or chance: Which is it when you play fantasy football? State Sen. Doug Ericksen, R- Ferndale,… Read More

What is Donald Trump doodling in that inauguration prep photo? The internet knows, of course

Man, this guy continues to underestimate the cyber. In his latest attempt to use Twitter to control his message, or… Read More

Proposed no-drone zone for orcas gets a hearing in Washington state

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Would you be in trouble if an orca popped up out of Puget Sound beneath your drone? Should… Read More

Washington state grapples with obstacles to implementing ultrafast 5G wireless

OLYMPIA, Wash. — 5G sounds cool. Who doesn’t want a faster Internet? But real-world problems — including safety, costs and… Read More

Seattle City Council hopeful says he’ll let constituents control his decisions with an app

What happens when a politician crowdsources every policy decision? Ryan Asbert, a 31-year-old freelance web developer, intends to find out. He’s planning… Read More

New political reality? Why these lawmakers donned VR headsets in a committee hearing

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Legislators on the Washington state House Technology & Economic Development Committee were given some first-hand experience with virtual reality… Read More

Trump’s pick for transportation secretary plays it safe on Seattle transit spending

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, held back from a commitment to continue supporting transit projects that… Read More

State legislators grapple with drone privacy and safety issues as UAVs take off

OLYMPIA, Wash. — What’s the difference between photographing a piece of private property from a Cessna airplane and doing the same… Read More

Trump calls BuzzFeed a ‘failing pile of garbage’ in first press conference since the election

Donald Trump is known for a meandering, off-the-cuff verbal style but the president-elect’s first formal press conference since the campaign carried… Read More

Donald Trump says he’ll enlist tech titans to build a better ‘hacking defense’ system

President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll turn to the tech industry leaders he met with last month to help his administration… Read More

Hearing hints at clashes over immigration, pot and cyber issues with Jeff Sessions as attorney general

Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions faced a wide range of questions during today’s Senate hearing on his confirmation as attorney… Read More

President Obama pleads the economic case for clean energy in scientific paper

In the closing days of his White House term, President Barack Obama argues that the push toward renewable energy is… Read More

Jeff Bezos tweets his vote of support for constructing a ‘superhighway in space’

What should Donald Trump have NASA do? Today Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos voiced his support for the idea that the… Read More

Cyber sleuths lay out evidence of Russia’s political hacking while the White House lays down sanctions

Two groups of Russian hackers used a blend of spearphishing, booby-trapped websites and remote-access malware to worm their way into… Read More

This Microsoft researcher wants you to know he did not harass Ivanka Trump on a plane

Updated (9:40 p.m.) to remove tweets from an unverified source. Will the real Dan Goldstein please stand up? Because a man… Read More

A no-drone zone for orcas? Killer whales would get 200-yard buffer under proposed law

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill introduced in the Washington Legislature would ban unmanned aerial drones from venturing within 200 yards of… Read More

Obama White House issues its parting policy views on AI and the social safety net

Dealing with the coming revolution in artificial intelligence is likely to require modernizing America’s social safety net, White House experts… Read More