The Latest National As partial shutdown drags on, Morning Edition checks out TSA lines at 3 airports Transportation Security Administration officers have worked without pay since Feb. 14 due to the partial government shutdown. Morning Edition visited three airports to experience the security scene. Milton Guevara National War in Iran increases demand for U.S. liquefied natural gas producers Liquefied Natural Gas producers in the U.S. are benefiting from export demands fueled by the Iran war. Drew Hawkins World Exiled Iranians watch the war from afar, wondering what awaits when it ends Iranians who fled the country before the war with the U.S. and Israel are now watching it unfold, wondering what will happen when it ends. Leila Fadel Sports NBA teams are 'tanking' to get better draft picks. Here are some possible solutions This NBA season has featured an epidemic of "tanking" -- teams intentionally losing games to try to secure a higher pick in next year's draft. Planet Money considers possible solutions. Keith Romer National Some New England families feeling pinched as fuel prices continue to rise High oil and gas prices are hitting some New England families hard. The cold winter, followed by the rising cost of home heating oil due to the war in the Middle East, makes it hard to pay the bills. Miriam Wasser Weekend Warmup for Mar 13-15 Meet Me Here presents KUOW's Weekend Warmup! Find all the events worthy of YOUR time off with host Jason Megatron Burrows. Jason Burrows Politics Cuba will release 51 people from prison in an unexpected move The announcement was made just hours before Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel is scheduled to speak early Friday "to address national and international issues." The Associated Press Latin America A record number of political parties register for Haiti's first election in a decade A record 280 political parties had registered by Thursday's deadline to participate in Haiti's first general election in a decade, hopeful for a chance to help ease their country's multiple crises. The Associated Press Politics NYC's Mamdani condemns Sen. Tuberville's anti-Muslim posts as 'bigotry' Speaking at a public iftar dinner, held to break the daily Ramadan fast, New York City Mayor Mamdani described Sen. Tuberville's anti-Muslim rhetoric as "bigotry" and "hatred." Brian Mann Business China slams Trump's trade investigation, as it approves a 5-year economic plan China's Foreign Ministry criticized the Trump administration's trade investigation as a "pretext" for tariffs. Meanwhile, China is moving ahead with a five-year plan that may rankle trade partners. Jennifer Pak Prev 78 of 1648 Next Sponsored
National As partial shutdown drags on, Morning Edition checks out TSA lines at 3 airports Transportation Security Administration officers have worked without pay since Feb. 14 due to the partial government shutdown. Morning Edition visited three airports to experience the security scene. Milton Guevara
National War in Iran increases demand for U.S. liquefied natural gas producers Liquefied Natural Gas producers in the U.S. are benefiting from export demands fueled by the Iran war. Drew Hawkins
World Exiled Iranians watch the war from afar, wondering what awaits when it ends Iranians who fled the country before the war with the U.S. and Israel are now watching it unfold, wondering what will happen when it ends. Leila Fadel
Sports NBA teams are 'tanking' to get better draft picks. Here are some possible solutions This NBA season has featured an epidemic of "tanking" -- teams intentionally losing games to try to secure a higher pick in next year's draft. Planet Money considers possible solutions. Keith Romer
National Some New England families feeling pinched as fuel prices continue to rise High oil and gas prices are hitting some New England families hard. The cold winter, followed by the rising cost of home heating oil due to the war in the Middle East, makes it hard to pay the bills. Miriam Wasser
Weekend Warmup for Mar 13-15 Meet Me Here presents KUOW's Weekend Warmup! Find all the events worthy of YOUR time off with host Jason Megatron Burrows. Jason Burrows
Politics Cuba will release 51 people from prison in an unexpected move The announcement was made just hours before Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel is scheduled to speak early Friday "to address national and international issues." The Associated Press
Latin America A record number of political parties register for Haiti's first election in a decade A record 280 political parties had registered by Thursday's deadline to participate in Haiti's first general election in a decade, hopeful for a chance to help ease their country's multiple crises. The Associated Press
Politics NYC's Mamdani condemns Sen. Tuberville's anti-Muslim posts as 'bigotry' Speaking at a public iftar dinner, held to break the daily Ramadan fast, New York City Mayor Mamdani described Sen. Tuberville's anti-Muslim rhetoric as "bigotry" and "hatred." Brian Mann
Business China slams Trump's trade investigation, as it approves a 5-year economic plan China's Foreign Ministry criticized the Trump administration's trade investigation as a "pretext" for tariffs. Meanwhile, China is moving ahead with a five-year plan that may rankle trade partners. Jennifer Pak