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Mayor Harrell tells Trump to ‘stay out of Seattle’ after federal troops ordered to Portland

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said they are prepared to fight President Donald Trump if he sends the National Guard to Washington. This weekend, Trump ordered the deployment of troops to Portland, a move Harrell called “un-American.”
- Casey Martin
ICE launches ad campaign to recruit Seattle-area police

TV ads now airing in Seattle are trying to recruit local police to work for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Seattle Police released from federal oversight

After 13 years of oversight, a federal judge has restored local control of the Seattle Police Department.
- Amy Radil
Staffer in Hilary Franz's office claims retaliation after reporting domestic violence, harassment

Former Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz allegedly ignored abuse by her agency’s top lawyer against a female employee he was dating, a lawsuit claims.
- Scott Greenstone
Seattle police at Jan. 6 Trump rally told investigators they witnessed no violence, records show

After years of legal battles, the city of Seattle has disclosed the names of all its police officers who attended President Donald Trump’s rally on Jan. 6, 2021.
- Amy Radil
Seattle man says dropped murder, arson charges against him were result of ‘racist misidentification’

In early June, Susan Lisette Klee, 72, died after a fire engulfed her home in the Wallingford neighborhood. About a month later, with the help of security camera footage, Seattle police arrested a suspect, a 25-year-old Amazon software engineer named Letian Shi. Shi and his lawyers maintained he was not the arsonist. On Friday, King County prosecutors dropped their charges and released Shi, after nearly a month in jail. Seattle Times reporter Sara Jean Green has been covering this story. She gave KUOW’s Paige Browning this update.
- Paige Browning
Seattle sues Trump to protect DEI and LGBTQ+ policies from executive order threats

The City of Seattle is taking President Donald Trump and his administration to court over two executive orders that threaten diversity and inclusive gender identity policies.
- KUOW Staff
Bellingham family moves forward after hate crime sentencing

Washington state reports more hate crimes than most other states. We've ranked in the top five states since 2018, according to FBI statistics. In one case last summer, a 43-year-old man named Paul Bittner attacked an 11-year-old Bellingham boy who was walking back to school from a field trip. DeVante Blow is the boy's father. He talked to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about the case.
- Kim Malcolm
King County prosecutor pauses youth felony diversion, citing high reoffending rates

King County Prosecutor Leesa Manion said she'll refer some young first-time offenders back to more traditional court-supervised programs instead of community nonprofits due to concerns over recidivism.
- Amy Radil
WA farm labor organizer ends his deportation fight after 4 months in ICE detention

A well-known farm labor organizer in Washington’s Skagit Valley, Alfredo Juarez Zeferino, has decided to give up his deportation fight for now and return to Mexico.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

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