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Law & Courts

Who makes the rules at immigration court? Reporting on chaotic scenes in courthouse halls

NPR's Ximena Bustillo talks to Scott Detrow about what reporting on the immigration court has been like recently, and describes the chaotic courthouse hallways she's been navigating.

World

A week in Beijing shows Putin is keeping China very close

Russian president Vladimir Putin spent the week in China, attending a summit and very publicly aligning himself with Xi Jinping. Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, explains why this matters to the US and Ukraine.

World

A musical about Luigi Mangione sells out theatres - and raises eyebrows

The UnitedHealthcare CEO's alleged killer was in the same Brooklyn jail as Diddy and Sam Bankman-Fried. A satirical comedy about their jailhouse vibe is selling out theaters and raising eyebrows.

They called him 'God's influencer,' the Catholic Church canonizes the first millenial saint

The Catholic Church is about to canonize its first saint of the millennial generation.

Opinion: Susan Stamberg, trailblazer and NPR Founding Mother, retires

NPR Founding Mother Susan Stamberg is retiring. She became the first woman to anchor a nightly national news program in 1972, and helped loosen up the serious, stodgy sound of radio hosts.

Saturday Special: Fred Hutch Cancer Center celebrates 50 years, community colleges struggle with international enrollment and remembering veterans 80 years after the end of WWII

Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom… The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center celebrated its 50th anniversary this week - the center has evolved from a scrappy lab doing what some considered risky science, into one of the top cancer centers in the world. International students have brought needed revenue to colleges in recent years, especially community colleges where local enrollment has fallen… But getting permission to study in the U-S has gotten harder under the Trump administration. And September 2nd marked 80 years since the end of World War II. Hear from veterans’ families, and a historian working to preserve personal memories of World War II.

Arts & Life

'Twinless' is a dark comedy that doubles up on the twists

Dylan O'Brien and James Sweeney craft a kind of chemistry that is equal parts funny and heart-wrenching.

Law & Courts

What's the story behind the detention of hundreds of South Koreans in an ICE raid?

Federal agents arrested nearly 500 workers they said were in the U.S. illegally at a construction site in Georgia for a South Korean battery maker. Officials said it was the largest immigration enforcement action at a site.

Politics

Key officials in the Trump administration hold multiple positions. Here's a closer look

President Trump has been awarding trusted aides with more than one job. But how does this affect the function of those positions?

Politics

Week in Politics: National Guard to Chicago; latest job figures; the Department of War

We discuss the possible deployment of the National Guard to Chicago, a stalled job market, and what the renaming of the Department of Defense might signal.