The Latest Politics Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Scott Neuman Arts & Life CBS will end 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' next year Colbert confirmed the cancellation during a show taping on Thursday. CBS said the move was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night." Mandalit del Barco Politics Trump repeats threat to sue 'Wall Street Journal' after its report on his Epstein ties President Trump said Friday he looked forward to seeing "The Wall Street Journal" and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, in court after reporting on his past ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Stephen Fowler Latin America Facing threats, leading human rights group exits El Salvador El Salvador's most prominent human rights group says it's been forced into exile, citing threats and harassment from the government of President Nayib Bukele. Andrea Salcedo Politics Bruce Harrell vs. everyone Libby Denkmann Thursday Evening Headlines The US House votes to rescind public radio money, Seattle Public Schools continue to look for a new superintendent, and Amazon carbon emissions rise. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning National Louisiana police chiefs charged in immigrant visa fraud scheme Three current and former police chiefs, a marshal and a business owner were charged with falsifying police reports in a years-long visa scheme in Louisiana. Alana Wise Business Settlement reached in investors' lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders A settlement has been reached in a class action investors' lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders over claims stemming from the privacy scandal involving Cambridge Analytica. The Associated Press WA food banks, hospitals and more bracing for Big Beautiful Bill Local and national organizations alike are still absorbing the historic implications of the Republican tax and spending law known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill. Soundside reached out to several local leaders to ask how the One Big Beautiful Bill will affect their work. Gabrielle Healy Does Mount Rainier look more bare than usual? You might have noticed that Mount Rainier’s been looking a little bald lately. People on social media have been posting that Washington’s favorite sight looks less snowy than usual. How much is climate change playing into the mountain’s sleek peak? Maleeha Syed Prev 1167 of 1644 Next Sponsored
Politics Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Scott Neuman
Arts & Life CBS will end 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' next year Colbert confirmed the cancellation during a show taping on Thursday. CBS said the move was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night." Mandalit del Barco
Politics Trump repeats threat to sue 'Wall Street Journal' after its report on his Epstein ties President Trump said Friday he looked forward to seeing "The Wall Street Journal" and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, in court after reporting on his past ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Stephen Fowler
Latin America Facing threats, leading human rights group exits El Salvador El Salvador's most prominent human rights group says it's been forced into exile, citing threats and harassment from the government of President Nayib Bukele. Andrea Salcedo
Thursday Evening Headlines The US House votes to rescind public radio money, Seattle Public Schools continue to look for a new superintendent, and Amazon carbon emissions rise. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. Paige Browning
National Louisiana police chiefs charged in immigrant visa fraud scheme Three current and former police chiefs, a marshal and a business owner were charged with falsifying police reports in a years-long visa scheme in Louisiana. Alana Wise
Business Settlement reached in investors' lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders A settlement has been reached in a class action investors' lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders over claims stemming from the privacy scandal involving Cambridge Analytica. The Associated Press
WA food banks, hospitals and more bracing for Big Beautiful Bill Local and national organizations alike are still absorbing the historic implications of the Republican tax and spending law known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill. Soundside reached out to several local leaders to ask how the One Big Beautiful Bill will affect their work. Gabrielle Healy
Does Mount Rainier look more bare than usual? You might have noticed that Mount Rainier’s been looking a little bald lately. People on social media have been posting that Washington’s favorite sight looks less snowy than usual. How much is climate change playing into the mountain’s sleek peak? Maleeha Syed