Kayla Hawley, Washington Bureau
• November 3, 2025
WASHINGTON D.C.— A staggering gap exists between the needs of autistic Oklahomans and the resources available to them. While Washington makes headlines with controversial claims about causes, Oklahoma...
WASHINGTON – A new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility with capacity for more than 2,100 detainees is scheduled to open in Watonga in early 2026. A second may be on the...
WASHINGTON—Two of the state’s largest tribes are hoping that new lawsuits, aimed at holding social media companies accountable, will help address mental health issues sweeping youth across their reservations.
The...
WASHINGTON — The penny may be losing its shine in Washington, as a bipartisan-backed bill to end its production cleared a key House committee last week- with fiscal hawks and factory workers unexpectedly...
WASHINGTON – When Maryam Atayee fled Afghanistan, she left behind her job as a teacher and midwife, her home in Kabul, and the life her family had built.
Atayee arrived in the United States in late...
WASHINGTON— Weeks after Republicans cast aside warnings to pass a sweeping budget package, Oklahoma hunger advocates are scrambling to understand how deep cuts to federal food programs might impact families...
WASHINGTON – Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction is calling the Supreme Court’s recent decision a “D-Day liberation for education.”
The ruling allows the Trump administration to...
WASHINGTON — A key House Appropriations hearing that would have determined funding for the National Weather Center and research programs in Norman, including those at the University of Oklahoma, has...
WASHINGTON– Despite recommending the restoration of nearly $1.3 billion in previously threatened funds, a spending plan prepared by a House appropriations subcommittee would still cut $380 million from...
WASHINGTON – Congress is moving to slash NOAA’s forecasting programs – but a senior Oklahoma representative whose district and state relies on the safety they provide, is steering a meeting next...
WASHINGTON – A U.S. District judge’s decision to certify the ACLU’s class action lawsuit in New Hampshire blocking President Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide shows that courts are...
WASHINGTON -- Almost $3.5 million in federal public broadcasting grants for Oklahoma stations are at risk as the U.S. House prepares to vote on a package of cuts.
Early Thursday morning, the Senate narrowly...
