Here is a selection of articles that we’re reading this week.
Fourth Time’s a Charm? – Dino Rossi at first did not succeed. So he tried … and tried … and tried again. And now, the Washington Republican state senator, who lost two races for governor (2004, 2008) and one for the U.S. Senate (2010), is giving national politics another shot. Rossi announced at the state’s GOP dinner on Thursday he will run to fill the seat being vacated by Republican Dave Reichert in Washington’s 8th District. Reichert is retiring next year after seven terms. Read more about it on Roll Call.
NIH For All! – Some issues aren’t partisan. Whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, independent or anything in between, your family and friends have been touched by disease. That is why the Tuesday Group, a caucus of moderate House Republicans, and the New Democrat Coalition, a coalition of moderate House Democrats, are working together to support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read more on The Hill.
Feds Investigate NCAA Basketball Bribes – Now that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has formally announced its charges against four NCAA assistant basketball coaches, here’s what ESPN’s on what we know going forward regarding the federal probe into corruption and fraud in college basketball. Read more on ESPN.
Trump v. Ferguson – 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 biases and tensions he exploited. But each recollection of this period will inevitably include the first major defeat of his political career, delivered by a man who might seem his polar opposite: Washington state’s bookish attorney general, Bob Ferguson. Read more on Geek Wire.
Back to Square One – The Trump administration is hitting reset on its search for a permanent Department of Homeland Security secretary due to White House aides’ dissatisfaction with the slate of candidates, according to two people familiar with the process. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul had been considered the front-runner for the job, but he no longer is in contention. Read more on Politico.