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Caroline, Vaughn, Brooklyn, Andy, and Page. Here's the news. Elected leaders from Washington

State are praising the arrest of a suspect in the killing of conservative activist

Charlie Kirk. Democratic U.S. Senator Patty Murray reiterated this morning that political violence

is never acceptable. I'm glad it seems that they have caught a suspect. I expect the system to

promptly go through their process and do it in the right way and I'm glad that's happening now. A 22-year-old Utah man was arrested late last night on charges of murder. Authorities say suspect Tyler Robinson told a relative that he was responsible for the shooting. A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration policy on undocumented

immigrants using Head Start. The directive prevented children who are in the U.S. illegally from

enrolling in the federally funded preschool program.

The ruling came from a federal judge in Washington state after 21 Democrat-led states filed suit.

With the new ruling, the policy is now on hold across the country.

Speaking of lawsuits against the Trump administration, Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has unveiled a new website to help people keep tabs on the legal challenges coming from our state.

It tracks both our victories and our setbacks. It links to course case dockets and we'll update this as we continue to litigate cases against the administration.

And I can assure the public

there will be more. Washington State has been involved with three dozen lawsuits against the Trump

administration since Brown took office in January. Our state's Democratic politicians are raising

concerns about a possible pause in the long-running effort to treat radioactive waste at the

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