Trump's gutting of AmeriCorps hits hard, for both volunteers and communities The Trump administration slashed funding for the national service agency and fired most of its staff. 32,000 people, mostly young adults, were forced to stop work immediately. Jennifer Ludden
Trump names Jeanine Pirro as U.S. Attorney for D.C. after dropping earlier pick President Trump said he is appointing Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to be acting U.S. attorney in Washington DC. This is after the president pulled his controversial first pick for the job, Ed Martin. Leila Fadel
Protesters demand UW reverse suspensions of students who occupied engineering building About 100 people rallied at University of Washington's Seattle campus on Thursday to demand the university reverse suspensions against 21 students. Scott Greenstone
Rep. Emily Randall on UW, resisting Trump, tariffs and "constitutional crisis" This week, Rep Emily Randall joins Sound Politics to talk about her initial months in Congress, her visit to an ICE detention facility in Tacoma, and why she appeared at a town hall in Spokane -- in the district of her fellow freshman, a Republican. Scott Greenstone
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data. Alana Wise
Trump administration unveils a plan to modernize the air traffic control system The transportation secretary announced a far-reaching plan to drastically overhaul the current technology used by thousands of controllers responsible for guiding planes in and out of airports. Jaclyn Diaz
States try to revive Medicaid work requirements, worrying some low-income Americans 13 states got the greenlight to add work requirements during the first Trump Administration, but courts halted those plans. Now that Trump is back in the White House, some states are trying again. Alexandra Olgin
Trump pulls controversial pick for U.S. Attorney for D.C. President Trump will replace his controversial pick, Ed Martin, for the role of top prosecutor in Washington, D.C. following bipartisan Senate opposition Tom Dreisbach
Joe Mallahan, former business exec and 2009 candidate, announces new bid for Seattle mayor A new competitor has emerged against Bruce Harrell in Seattle’s 2025 race for mayor. KUOW Staff
Once-fringe activists are fighting to be the voice of the anti-abortion movement Most Americans balk at the idea of charging women who get abortions with homicide, but post-Roe, militant anti-abortion activists are finding state lawmakers are increasingly open to it. Odette Yousef