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Hegseth: 'We didn't start this war, but under President Trump, we're finishing it'

The remarks are the first to reporters since the U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran began Saturday despite weeks of talks designed to stave off a conflict.

"Adults in the Room" revisits the allegations that rocked Garfield HS in 1999

In 1999 at Garfield High School, two seniors heard a rumor that a popular teacher had abused a student. After they told authorities, some teachers and students turned on them. But those rumors turned out to be true. KUOW’s Managing Editor Isolde Raftery is one of those students. We talk with her about new narrative podcast “Adults in the Room".

Politics

Trump says more American troops will 'likely' die in war against Iran

President Trump in a video address posted online lays out few details about the U.S.'s objectives in its war with Iran, but says more U.S. service members may die before the conflict is over.

Politics

Rep. Adam Smith on the U.S. strikes on Iran and the debate over Trump's war powers

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, about President Trump's unilateral authorization to strike Iran.

Climate

Here's what we know about how the U.S. war with Iran is impacting oil and gas markets

The U.S. war with Iran poses serious risks to global energy markets. It's impacting flows of oil as well as liquified natural gas.

Science

Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes

Tomato clownfish, in response to an unpredictable world, appear capable of adjusting when they lose their stripes based on cues from other fish and their habitat, a new study in PLOS Biology finds.