Spokane resident Mary Ellen Gaffney-Brown asked questions about the Social Security Administration and shared her fears about benefit cuts following swift changes, such as the resignation of Acting Commissioner Michelle King, who stepped down over DOGE privacy concerns.

U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner faced a mix of about 100 supporters and displeased constituents during the first of his town-hall doubleheader Monday morning about an hour's drive southwest of Spokane,

U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner was confronted by a disruptive, angry crowd that demanded answers for the freshman Republican congressman’s voting record and recent actions in President Donald Trump’s White House – and regularly interrupted each answer during a town hall Monday evening at Whitworth University.