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Dave Ross

Hillary Clinton...
Dave Ross

Why won’t the media cover Hillary Clinton?

Why won't the media cover Hillary Clinton? That was the main message during Sean Hannity’s interview with Donald Trump Jr. Tuesday night.
9 years ago
Paul Manafort. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)...
Dave Ross

It’s time this story of a Democratic researcher got a second look

We have yet another story about a meeting we didn’t know about between President Trump's campaign officials and a Russian. It has an impressive guest list.
9 years ago
Ted Cruz...
Dave Ross

I did a double take when Ted Cruz said this

Congress returns this week with one last chance before the summer recess to pass a health care plan.
9 years ago
Trump Putin...
Dave Ross

Who really won the meeting between Trump and Putin?

The big question on the US side after the Trump-Putin meeting seems to be – did he really try to hold Putin to account for interfering in the election?
9 years ago
food bank...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

When it comes to dealing with poverty in Washington, perception matters

We tend to think of poverty as a mostly urban problem. Of course it's not. If poverty is only thought of as an urban problem, people living in suburban areas won't get the help they need
9 years ago
Dave Ross

Did Charlie Gard just settle our health care debate?

If we’re saying America, regardless of the cost, should come to the rescue of Charlie Gard, we can’t very well deny medical treatment to Americans, can we?
9 years ago
United States U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, respond to Russia's statements, during United Nations Se...
Dave Ross

Whose idea were nuclear weapons anyway?

The UN Security Council agrees on one thing – North Korea testing a new long-range missile is very bad.
9 years ago
opioid addiction, opioid epidemic...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Dark picture painted for Washington, country’s opioid epidemic

For all the publicity the opioid epidemic has received, for all the warnings about how we have to do something, it seems to be getting worse.
9 years ago
Charlie Gard...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Is Charlie Gard’s situation a reason to reject premise single-payer health care?

Does the government ever have the right to pull the plug on a patient when they stop responding to medical care? That is being discussed in the case of Charlie Gard.
9 years ago
James Damore, google...
Dave Ross

Air pollution meets the free market

A lot of people are concerned that the environment is going to suffer under the Trump administration. But maybe there's hope.
9 years ago
July 4, American flag, Independence Day...
Dave Ross

We should consider repealing a few laws, lest our rebellious spirits of 241 years ago stir again

Though the Constitution has changed many times over the years, the Declaration has not.
9 years ago
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, center, shakes hands after he signed a new two-year state operating bud...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Can we really call last-minute Washington budget deal a success?

The two-year Washington state budget passed at the last minute by lawmakers has, by some of the people that worked on it, been lauded as a success.
9 years ago
police reform...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

For cities like Seattle, retreat from police reform would be ‘devastating’

There are indications that the Trump administration is de-emphasizing these consent decrees.
9 years ago
Former President Richard Nixon. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs. File)...
Dave Ross

Our glorious history of beating up the media

President Donald Trump is of course not the first to be mercilessly pummeled by the media, nor the first to make it a campaign issue.
9 years ago
Western ideals, trump...
Dave Ross

Becoming every woman’s nightmare boss won’t win you health care votes

The slow process of Donald Trump becoming presidential hit kind of a speed bump this week with his nasty tweets about MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
9 years ago
housing...
Stephanie Klein

American Dream in the way of Seattle’s homeless solution

Are there any cities were you can walk around and not see homeless people? It turns out there is at least one: Vienna, Austria.
9 years ago
health care charles schumer...
Dave Ross

Should the president negotiate with Democrats?

President Donald Trump was asked Wednesday if he’d be willing to include Charles Schumer and the Senate Democrats in the health care negotiations.
9 years ago
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KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Want to reduce crime and lower unemployment? Try hiring a felon

As we look for ways to spread prosperity beyond the upper 20 percent of our society, the American Civil Liberties Union may have found at least a partial solution.
9 years ago
cyberattack...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

When a virus gets between me and my cash, that’s where I draw the line

A cyberattack felt worldwide that has shut down A.T.M.s in some places is where KIRO Radio's Dave Ross draws the line.
9 years ago
Facebook...
Dave Ross

Facebook takes a cleansing breath

Good news for language majors. Over the next year, Facebook will add 3,000 recruits to the 4,500 staffers whose job it is to delete hate speech in at least 30 different languages.
9 years ago
health care...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

There’s some ‘magical thinking’ behind GOP health-care plan

A resident doctor at Seattle Children's says the GOP health care bill will be detrimental to poor and working-class people.
9 years ago
Tucker Carlson. (AP)...
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Watch: Dave Ross ‘battles’ Fox News’ Tucker Carlson

After a member of Congress was shot during baseball practice in Virginia, it prompted the question: What radicalized the gunman?
9 years ago
Dave Ross

The health care question no one answers

This whole health care debate gets bogged down over CBO scores, and tax breaks, and deficits, which are all very important.
9 years ago
Barack Obama, fake news...
Dave Ross

Why did President Barack Obama do nothing?

Barack Obama knew Putin ordered the email hack, the release of the emails, and some of the phony stories that circulated on social media.
9 years ago

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