The Latest National Morning news brief The Justice Department indicts former FBI Director James Comey, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls top military officials to meet, Trump threatens large-scale layoffs if government shuts down. Steve Inskeep National Security Inside the Department of Homeland Security's first major career fair amid hiring push NPR attended a career fair in Utah where the Department of Homeland Security was looking to boost its ranks. Ximena Bustillo Music New documentary celebrates the success of women-led music festival Lilith Fair "Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery" recalls the success of the woman-led music festival created by singer Sarah McLachlan. McLachlan and documentarian Ally Pankiw talk about the film. Leila Fadel Business Amazon agrees to pay $2.5 billion to settle U.S. lawsuit over Prime program Millions of Amazon shoppers might be getting a refund after the company agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit over its Prime membership program. Steve Inskeep Education Back-to-school costs are climbing. How one school district is easing the burden Back-to-school supplies are getting more expensive for parents and teachers. The team from "The Indicator" explains what one school district is doing to address the issue. Adrian Ma National Expert shares what may have caused Trump's escalator mishap at UNGA President Trump is demanding an investigation after a mishap with an escalator at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. An expert weighs in on what may have happened. Hosts Law & Courts Law professor talks about indictment of former FBI Director James Comey NYU law professor and former Pentagon counsel Ryan Goodman talks about the Trump administration's indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. A Martínez Politics Trump administration threatens large-scale layoffs if government shuts down The government is just days away from shutting down if Congress can't reach a deal. President Trump upped the stakes, threatening large-scale layoffs if Democrats don't provide the necessary votes. Steve Inskeep Weekend Warmup for Sept 26-29 Meet Me Here presents KUOW's Weekend Warmup! Find all the events worthy of the first weekend of Fall with host Jason Megatron Burrows. Jason Burrows National LA County response to deadly fires slowed by lack of resources, report says A report released Thursday found that series of weaknesses, including "outdated policies, inconsistent practices and communications vulnerabilities," slowed the response to the January fires. The Associated Press Prev 360 of 1652 Next Sponsored
National Morning news brief The Justice Department indicts former FBI Director James Comey, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls top military officials to meet, Trump threatens large-scale layoffs if government shuts down. Steve Inskeep
National Security Inside the Department of Homeland Security's first major career fair amid hiring push NPR attended a career fair in Utah where the Department of Homeland Security was looking to boost its ranks. Ximena Bustillo
Music New documentary celebrates the success of women-led music festival Lilith Fair "Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery" recalls the success of the woman-led music festival created by singer Sarah McLachlan. McLachlan and documentarian Ally Pankiw talk about the film. Leila Fadel
Business Amazon agrees to pay $2.5 billion to settle U.S. lawsuit over Prime program Millions of Amazon shoppers might be getting a refund after the company agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit over its Prime membership program. Steve Inskeep
Education Back-to-school costs are climbing. How one school district is easing the burden Back-to-school supplies are getting more expensive for parents and teachers. The team from "The Indicator" explains what one school district is doing to address the issue. Adrian Ma
National Expert shares what may have caused Trump's escalator mishap at UNGA President Trump is demanding an investigation after a mishap with an escalator at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. An expert weighs in on what may have happened. Hosts
Law & Courts Law professor talks about indictment of former FBI Director James Comey NYU law professor and former Pentagon counsel Ryan Goodman talks about the Trump administration's indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. A Martínez
Politics Trump administration threatens large-scale layoffs if government shuts down The government is just days away from shutting down if Congress can't reach a deal. President Trump upped the stakes, threatening large-scale layoffs if Democrats don't provide the necessary votes. Steve Inskeep
Weekend Warmup for Sept 26-29 Meet Me Here presents KUOW's Weekend Warmup! Find all the events worthy of the first weekend of Fall with host Jason Megatron Burrows. Jason Burrows
National LA County response to deadly fires slowed by lack of resources, report says A report released Thursday found that series of weaknesses, including "outdated policies, inconsistent practices and communications vulnerabilities," slowed the response to the January fires. The Associated Press