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ST3 cannot be delivered on time, so Sound Transit is considering light rail cuts

Sound Transit will celebrate opening a light rail connection across Lake Washington later this month, but behind the excitement, the agency faces a brutal financial future. Sound Transit can't deliver on its ST3 promises to voters by 2046 as planned.
- Joshua McNichols
Meet Brandi Fullwood, the new host of Seattle Eats!

There's a new host on Seattle Eats, a podcast at KUOW that dives into Seattle's food scene. Brandi Fullwood dropped in to Soundside to talk about her relationship to food, her favorite spots to grab a bite and what it's like stepping into the host seat.
- Libby Denkmann
Immigration

Venezuelan woman and her baby detained by federal agents in Seattle's U-District

After a suspected immigration arrest set off alarms Tuesday afternoon near the University of Washington campus in Seattle, police have confirmed that federal officials made the arrest on a warrant unrelated to immigration. Mayor Katie Wilson later confirmed the arrest was in connection to a criminal warrant.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Meet the Seattle nonprofit working to help trans people relocate to Washington

Invalidating government-issued I.D. is just one of the ways transgender rights have been rolled back by recent state and federal policy changes. And that’s part of what’s prompting trans people to move to states with more legal protections. Including Washington.
- Libby Denkmann
Woe Canada! WA State Ferries enters 7th season without cross-border service

Washington State Ferries says it is not able to restore the Sidney service until at least 2030. That’s when it expects to receive the first of three new 144-auto hybrid electric ferries on order.
- Tom Banse/Washington State Standard
National

New York Times reports sexual abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez

A New York Times investigation has revealed allegations that the late renowned labor leader Cesar Chavez abused girls and raped Dolores Huerta, his longtime organizing partner.
- Eric McDaniel
National Security

Senate Intelligence Committee questions national security chiefs about the Iran war

The nation's top intelligence official, Tulsi Gabbard, said today that Iran's government still seems to be functioning, though it has been greatly weakened by the U.S. and Israeli bombing campaign.
- Mary Louise Kelly
Tracing recent events that led Netanyahu to launch the war against Iran

A chain of events in recent years led Israel and the U.S. to do what they had hesitated to do for decades: launch all-out war against Iran.
- Daniel Estrin
Economy

Federal Reserve holds a key interest rate steady amid growing economic pressures

The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady today. The central bank is wrestling with a lot of uncertainty with a weak job market and stubborn inflation.
- Mary Louise Kelly
KiKi Shepard, an avatar of elegance on 'Showtime at the Apollo,' has died

KiKi Shepard, the longtime co-host of Showtime at the Apollo, died this week at 74.
- Neda Ulaby

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