The Latest Politics Lawmakers race to strike funding deal as threat of government shutdown looms Congress has two weeks to strike a funding deal and avoid a government shutdown. But tensions are high amid a debate on political violence, complicating their path. A Martínez Animals Eight arms, endless skills: New study finds an octopus' arms can do it all Researchers studied octopuses in the wild to learn whether they favor one of their eight arms over the others for certain jobs, but found the creatures give new meaning to ambidextrous. Nell Greenfieldboyce Latin America Trump says the U.S. military targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela President Trump said the U.S. military on Monday again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel. The Associated Press Business Appeals court says Lisa Cook can stay on the Federal Reserve board -- for now A federal appeals court blocked President Trump from firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, just ahead of a key vote on interest rates. Scott Horsley Education Seattle high school students walk out in protest of new lunch policy Hundreds of Seattle Public Schools students walked out of their classes Monday morning and gathered outside of district headquarters to push back against a new lunch policy. Noel Gasca National A program for anonymous railway safety reports has been underutilized After the 2023 train crash in East Palestine, Ohio, freight railroads promised to join a federal safety program that lets employees anonymously report mistakes. Only two pilot programs have launched. Monday Evening Headlines Orca mom carries her dead calf in San Juans, Seattle students protest lunch schedule changes, and health insurance rates will spike next year in WA. Paige Browning Politics From tax reform to National Guard intervention, here's what City Council Pos. 8 candidates want for Seattle This November, Seattle voters will be casting ballots for the city attorney, three City Council seats, three school board positions, and the mayor. Here's where the two candidates facing off for City Council's Position 8 — Rachael Savage and Alexis Mercedes Rinck — land on the top issues facing Seattle. Libby Denkmann She's a trans Seattleite. She did not shoot Charlie Kirk. The internet disagrees. Michaela is a Seattleite, a paralegal, and a trans woman – and last week, to a portion of the internet, her photo became the face of the shooter who assassinated Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Libby Denkmann "What do we want? One lunch!" Students protest changing SPD schedule On Monday, SPS students walked out of class to protest changing lunch times that they say will negatively affect student experience at school. Libby Denkmann Prev 423 of 1651 Next Sponsored
Politics Lawmakers race to strike funding deal as threat of government shutdown looms Congress has two weeks to strike a funding deal and avoid a government shutdown. But tensions are high amid a debate on political violence, complicating their path. A Martínez
Animals Eight arms, endless skills: New study finds an octopus' arms can do it all Researchers studied octopuses in the wild to learn whether they favor one of their eight arms over the others for certain jobs, but found the creatures give new meaning to ambidextrous. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Latin America Trump says the U.S. military targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela President Trump said the U.S. military on Monday again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel. The Associated Press
Business Appeals court says Lisa Cook can stay on the Federal Reserve board -- for now A federal appeals court blocked President Trump from firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, just ahead of a key vote on interest rates. Scott Horsley
Education Seattle high school students walk out in protest of new lunch policy Hundreds of Seattle Public Schools students walked out of their classes Monday morning and gathered outside of district headquarters to push back against a new lunch policy. Noel Gasca
National A program for anonymous railway safety reports has been underutilized After the 2023 train crash in East Palestine, Ohio, freight railroads promised to join a federal safety program that lets employees anonymously report mistakes. Only two pilot programs have launched.
Monday Evening Headlines Orca mom carries her dead calf in San Juans, Seattle students protest lunch schedule changes, and health insurance rates will spike next year in WA. Paige Browning
Politics From tax reform to National Guard intervention, here's what City Council Pos. 8 candidates want for Seattle This November, Seattle voters will be casting ballots for the city attorney, three City Council seats, three school board positions, and the mayor. Here's where the two candidates facing off for City Council's Position 8 — Rachael Savage and Alexis Mercedes Rinck — land on the top issues facing Seattle. Libby Denkmann
She's a trans Seattleite. She did not shoot Charlie Kirk. The internet disagrees. Michaela is a Seattleite, a paralegal, and a trans woman – and last week, to a portion of the internet, her photo became the face of the shooter who assassinated Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Libby Denkmann
"What do we want? One lunch!" Students protest changing SPD schedule On Monday, SPS students walked out of class to protest changing lunch times that they say will negatively affect student experience at school. Libby Denkmann