As Donald Trump’s first full year as president comes into focus, one recurring theme of 2017 is Big Tech’s new relationship with national politics. The shifting dynamic began before the… Read More
News Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court will allow President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel from six majority-Muslim countries to take full effect as other legal challenges play out. The… Read More
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin accepting applications for foreign entrepreneurs to enter the U.S. under the International Entrepreneur Rule, blocking the Trump… Read More
Over the past year, Bob Ferguson has stepped into the media spotlight by repeatedly challenging President Donald Trump on everything from environmental protection to immigration. Immigration, in particular, has put… Read More
Big tech companies are forming a coalition to pressure Congress to provide a path to permanent residency for illegal immigrants who came to this country as children. That’s according to… Read More
Microsoft President Brad Smith has become a vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) program that gives so-called “Dreamers,” who arrived in the U.S.… Read More
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is seeking a temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump’s newest executive order restricting travel from eight countries. If that feels like déjà vu, it’s… Read More
When the history books get around to Donald Trump, his unlikely rise to power will receive plenty of ink — the buttoned-up rivals he steamrolled, the scandals he survived, the… Read More
Nick Hanauer is not impressed with President Donald Trump’s new tax reform plan. The Seattle investor and co-founder of Second Avenue Partners has more than a few choice words about… Read More
Today, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing Education Secretary Betsy Devos to improve K-12 computer science education. The memo asks the Department of Education to devote at least $200… Read More
Three of Washington state’s biggest companies say they won’t stand for President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) program. Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks have filed statements of… Read More
Microsoft is taking a hard line on the Trump administration’s plans to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program, or DACA, in the next six months, making it clear that… Read More
Ride-hailing giant Uber sent a message to its riders and drivers expressing outrage over the deadly white nationalist demonstration in Charlottesville, Va., and support for a driver who kicked Nazis… Read More
Amazon’s role in reshaping the global economy is so complex and contentious, it can cause leaders in the Republican party to call out their own president. Preeminent Republican communications strategist… Read More
It was easy to impersonate White House officials like Jared Kushner and Reince Preibus or even Eric Trump. It fooled plenty of people who should have known better, like now-former… Read More
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared as a blog post on Boundless, a Pioneer Square Labs spinout that uses technology to make it easier for people to navigate the complicated U.S.… Read More
At a White House event this week, President Donald Trump backed sweeping cuts to the legal U.S. immigration system and said the plan would “restore our competitive edge.” Not so fast,… Read More
Nick Hanauer has gotten rich because of an uncanny ability to predict where things are headed. He was the first early investor in Amazon; he bet on drone company Insitu… Read More
President Donald Trump’s administration has officially delayed implementation of a policy that would allow foreign entrepreneurs to spend several years in the U.S. building their startups. In 2016, former President… Read More
In a meeting with top tech execs Monday, President Donald Trump promised to help them “get the people you want.” Immigration has been a flash-point between the Trump administration and… Read More
Dozens of the country’s biggest corporations are mounting a last-ditch attempt to dissuade President Donald Trump from abandoning the Paris Agreement, a pledge to reduce carbon emissions and stem the tide… Read More
President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning travel of people from a handful of predominantly Muslim countries faced another legal defeat Thursday. A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va. refused… Read More
President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban was once again argued in court in Seattle today. This time, attorneys for Hawaii and the federal government made their cases before a panel… Read More
U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene is perhaps best known as an advocate for progressive technology policy. Before taking office as the representative for Washington’s 1st Congressional District, she was a Microsoft executive… Read More
During the campaign, President Donald Trump’s comments on work visas for skilled workers had leaders of the technology industry sweating. They worried about sweeping changes to the H-1B visa program,… Read More
In an executive order issued Monday, President Donald Trump outlined plans to create an American Technology Council to help government agencies modernize their digital services. Former Microsoft and General Motors… Read More
It’s a soggy Seattle Saturday but that didn’t deter thousands of activists from marching for climate research and sound science policy today. A huge assembly marched from Cal Anderson Park in… Read More
President Donald Trump plans to sign a series of executive orders today aimed at cracking down on abuse of the work visa program that tech companies rely on to hire talent… Read More
A new set of guidelines, issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Friday, requires computer programmers to provide additional evidence that they have specialized skills to qualify for an… Read More
President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order temporarily barring immigrants from a handful of majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S. may never see the light of day. A federal judge in… Read More