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Scaramucci...
Dave Ross

Anthony Scaramucci was hit by the door on the way out

After only 10 days, Anthony Scaramucci is out as director of communications. It's the shortest tenure of anyone in that job.
9 years ago
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Dave Ross

Did we just barely escape the robot takeover?

Several news outlets have been reporting that a Facebook experiment in artificial intelligence got so out of hand that quite suddenly, the company pulled the plug.
9 years ago
President Donald Trump pumps his fist after speaking to law enforcement officials on the street gan...
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Sheriff John Urquhart: Trump’s comments are not helpful

Is the gang problem across the country, including in the Puget Sound region, caused by illegal immigration?
9 years ago
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Dave Ross

Should we just deregulate fishing quotas and see what happens?

Some of President Donald Trump’s biggest victories were in the coastal states along the Gulf of Mexico where the big issue is fishing quotas.
9 years ago
Scaramucci, The mooch...
Dave Ross

I sense a political massacre coming

I sense a political massacre coming. But first, some historical perspective.
9 years ago
transgender equal flag...
Dave Ross

Transgender soldiers now know how AG Jeff Sessions feels

America’s transgender soldiers now know how Attorney General Jeff Sessions feels after President Trump banned them from serving in the military.
9 years ago
John McCain...
Dave Ross

A politician’s plea for imperfection

Sen. John McCain had some radical ideas when he returned to the Senate floor this week.
9 years ago
Jeff Sessions...
Dave Ross

Talk about a hostile work environment

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross thinks all of us have to feel sorry for Attorney General Jeff Sessions by now.
9 years ago
Facebook...
Dave Ross

Ross: We are easily being played for suckers

A cybercrime expert said that Facebook would have known that something fishy was going on during the election.
9 years ago
Sen. John McCain...
Dave Ross

Willing to hurl an insult, John McCain has also tried to teach respect

Senator John McCain doesn’t want to hear any more “woe is me” talk about his brain tumor, but this is an opportunity to talk about him as a man.
9 years ago
Sen. John McCain...
Dave Ross

Dave Ross: I wish Senator John McCain well

At the age of 80, Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with glioblastoma, which is the fastest-growing tumor of this kind.
9 years ago
voter fraud...
Dave Ross

Dave Ross: Voters shouldn’t pay taxes if their vote is denied

President Donald Trump called the first meeting of his Election Integrity Committee yesterday, whose mission is to look for voter fraud.
9 years ago
Mitch McConnell, health care...
Dave Ross

Was the health care debate all for nothing?

Was the last six months of the health care debate a waste of time? KIRO Radio's Dave Ross says no, not exactly.
9 years ago
President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Don’t we already have a transparent wall?

President Donald Trump’s proposal for a transparent wall along the U.S.-Mexico border may not be far-fetched. Problem is, that wall already exists. KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross wrote last week that Trump’s newest proposal for a transparent wall – one seemingly nothing like the “impenetrable, tall, powerful” one he campaigned on in 2016 — provides another […]
9 years ago
seattle city light...
MyNorthwest Staff

Tired of power outages? Seattle City Light working on the answer

With Seattle City Light getting data on your energy consumption every 15 minutes, long-term outages may become a thing of the past.
9 years ago
House Speaker Paul Ryan...
Dave Ross

You’ll want to stay healthy now more than ever after failure of GOP bill

Obamacare lives, but it's a crippled version because, by executive order of the president, the IRS won't force healthy people to sign up.
9 years ago
health care...
Dave Ross

Senators are realizing they would be voting for a unicorn

A Senate health care vote won't happen, and there’s a reason for that.
9 years ago
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Dave Ross

Thank John McCain’s surgery for delay in health care vote

A health care vote will have to wait, this time because Sen. John McCain is recovering from minor surgery.
9 years ago
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Dave Ross

The big story everyone’s been ignoring

There is a story in the Washington Monthly that may explain why government can’t seem to do anything right. Hint: look to the IRS.
9 years ago
wildfire...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Washington’s dry spell reminds us we are in the middle of wildfire season

Our long dry spell is a reminder we are currently in wildfire season across the state -- even in some parts of western Washington.
9 years ago
Dave Ross

The quest for transparency

We haven’t heard much about the border wall lately, so, on the flight to France aboard Air Force One a reporter asked the President whether he was joking when he talked last month about attaching solar panels to it.
9 years ago
ice berg, climate change, global warming...
Kipp Robertson

Cliff Mass: Don’t pin July weather, massive iceberg on climate change

We haven't seen measurable rain in the Seattle area for 26 days. Should we be concerned about climate change?
9 years ago
Former FBI Director James Comey. (File, AP Photo/Alex Brandon)...
Dave Ross

I’d rather go back to debating ‘covfefe’ than this

The Russia story is starting to spin out of control and Congressman Steve King of Iowa has had it. He told CNN the real collusion here involves the FBI.
9 years ago
income tax vote...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

John Burbank: Seattle’s income tax aims to fix a system that ‘coddles the wealthy’

The man who played a critical role in getting a citywide income tax to a vote by the Seattle City Council says the city will "absolutely" collect from it.
9 years ago

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