The Latest Tuesday Evening Headlines WA joins lawsuit over SNAP benefits, Amazon confirms 14,000 layoffs, and the government shutdown is delaying UW research. Ruby de Luna Government How uncertainty over new H-1B visa policy is affecting one Seattle-area nonprofit A new $100,000 fee associated with the H-1B visa and the controversy surrounding it have put organizations in a bind. It’s also created a level of uncertainty for job-seekers. Ruby de Luna Politics Senate Republicans deal Trump a rare rebuke on trade with vote against Brazil tariffs Five Republicans joined with Democrats on a vote to end the national emergency that President Trump has declared as the basis for sweeping tariffs on Brazil. Sam Gringlas Why is the U.S. striking boats off the coast of South America? The strikes have killed at least 57 people since they began in early September. Gabrielle Healy Air traffic controllers lose first full paycheck, adding stress to an already stressful job Air traffic controllers got their first zero-dollar paycheck since the government shutdown began. This is only the latest in a list of grievances bogging these workers down. Maleeha Syed Public health experts wary as Trump administration takes aim at aluminum in vaccines The Trump administration is considering removing aluminum from vaccines, a move opposed by most public health experts. Rob Stein Health Amid a whooping cough outbreak, Louisiana officials waited to warn the public After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response. Rosemary Westwood Science A spider scientist makes the case for why we should love arachnids NPR's Ailsa Chang goes on a nighttime hike in search of spiders, with Lisa Gonzalez of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Jonaki Mehta Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza, threatening Trump's ceasefire The order came after the Israeli military said it was fired upon beyond the yellow truce line. Ailsa Chang Business Companies like Amazon are betting they can slow hiring and still maximize profits Amazon is laying off 14,000 workers -- about 4 percent of its workforce. This is part of a larger trend by American companies. They're betting that they can grow without growing their workforces. Juana Summers Prev 263 of 1647 Next Sponsored
Tuesday Evening Headlines WA joins lawsuit over SNAP benefits, Amazon confirms 14,000 layoffs, and the government shutdown is delaying UW research. Ruby de Luna
Government How uncertainty over new H-1B visa policy is affecting one Seattle-area nonprofit A new $100,000 fee associated with the H-1B visa and the controversy surrounding it have put organizations in a bind. It’s also created a level of uncertainty for job-seekers. Ruby de Luna
Politics Senate Republicans deal Trump a rare rebuke on trade with vote against Brazil tariffs Five Republicans joined with Democrats on a vote to end the national emergency that President Trump has declared as the basis for sweeping tariffs on Brazil. Sam Gringlas
Why is the U.S. striking boats off the coast of South America? The strikes have killed at least 57 people since they began in early September. Gabrielle Healy
Air traffic controllers lose first full paycheck, adding stress to an already stressful job Air traffic controllers got their first zero-dollar paycheck since the government shutdown began. This is only the latest in a list of grievances bogging these workers down. Maleeha Syed
Public health experts wary as Trump administration takes aim at aluminum in vaccines The Trump administration is considering removing aluminum from vaccines, a move opposed by most public health experts. Rob Stein
Health Amid a whooping cough outbreak, Louisiana officials waited to warn the public After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response. Rosemary Westwood
Science A spider scientist makes the case for why we should love arachnids NPR's Ailsa Chang goes on a nighttime hike in search of spiders, with Lisa Gonzalez of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Jonaki Mehta
Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza, threatening Trump's ceasefire The order came after the Israeli military said it was fired upon beyond the yellow truce line. Ailsa Chang
Business Companies like Amazon are betting they can slow hiring and still maximize profits Amazon is laying off 14,000 workers -- about 4 percent of its workforce. This is part of a larger trend by American companies. They're betting that they can grow without growing their workforces. Juana Summers