The Latest Politics The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. The Associated Press Monday Evening Headlines 9th Circuit rules that Trump can send troops into Portland, rural hospitals will be hit hard by Medicaid cuts, the Mariners are one win away from a World Series appearance. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez Honeycrisp apples are the worst (just kidding, but they are tough to grow) Honeycrisp apples are reportedly a "farmer's nightmare," according to the Wall Street Journal. A Washington farmer gives his take on whether that's true. Maleeha Syed Is the future of healthcare decision making in the hands of AI? The federal government is planning a new program to approve Medicare claims. Washington is one of six states that will pilot the program, which relies on AI, starting Jan. 1st. Hans Anderson A Seattle-based translator on 'We Computers,' dirty jokes and AI-proof careers We talk with Shelley Fairweather-Vega about her work translating Hamid Ismailov's novel "We Computers" into English. Gabrielle Healy Science Some ants appear to alter their nestss to prevent epidemics Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well. Ari Daniel Elections The race for a governor in New Jersey could be close The race for governor in blue New Jersey appears to be a dead heat between Democratic Rep. and former Navy pilot Mikie Sherrill and pro-Trump Republican and longtime N.J. politician Jack Ciattarelli. Joe Hernandez Asia Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a ceasefire Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a ceasefire after unprecedented clashes, including strikes in Kabul and the deaths of three cricket players Diaa Hadid Music A new short sound logo for the Charlotte symphony The Charlotte Symphony decided it wants a sonic logo, so it got a composer to write a seven-second piece of music for the orchestra. Eric Teel Arts & Life When the government shut down threatened Halloween bathrooms, a town rallied During its busiest time of year, "The Witch City" has come together to keep a national park site open — so all its costumed visitors can use the bathroom. Andrea Shea Prev 727 of 1647 Next Sponsored
Politics The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. The Associated Press
Monday Evening Headlines 9th Circuit rules that Trump can send troops into Portland, rural hospitals will be hit hard by Medicaid cuts, the Mariners are one win away from a World Series appearance. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Honeycrisp apples are the worst (just kidding, but they are tough to grow) Honeycrisp apples are reportedly a "farmer's nightmare," according to the Wall Street Journal. A Washington farmer gives his take on whether that's true. Maleeha Syed
Is the future of healthcare decision making in the hands of AI? The federal government is planning a new program to approve Medicare claims. Washington is one of six states that will pilot the program, which relies on AI, starting Jan. 1st. Hans Anderson
A Seattle-based translator on 'We Computers,' dirty jokes and AI-proof careers We talk with Shelley Fairweather-Vega about her work translating Hamid Ismailov's novel "We Computers" into English. Gabrielle Healy
Science Some ants appear to alter their nestss to prevent epidemics Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well. Ari Daniel
Elections The race for a governor in New Jersey could be close The race for governor in blue New Jersey appears to be a dead heat between Democratic Rep. and former Navy pilot Mikie Sherrill and pro-Trump Republican and longtime N.J. politician Jack Ciattarelli. Joe Hernandez
Asia Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a ceasefire Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a ceasefire after unprecedented clashes, including strikes in Kabul and the deaths of three cricket players Diaa Hadid
Music A new short sound logo for the Charlotte symphony The Charlotte Symphony decided it wants a sonic logo, so it got a composer to write a seven-second piece of music for the orchestra. Eric Teel
Arts & Life When the government shut down threatened Halloween bathrooms, a town rallied During its busiest time of year, "The Witch City" has come together to keep a national park site open — so all its costumed visitors can use the bathroom. Andrea Shea