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How Puerto Rico Heard Trump's Rating Of Hurricane Maria Response

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Puerto Rico Senate Minority Leader Eduardo Bhatia Gautier about President Trump's claim that the federal response to Hurricane Maria was an incredible success.
Seattle aims to protect nannies, gardeners and home cooks

The legislation comes weeks after the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights was passed.
- Paige Browning
Pilot: Plane thief was in my cockpit year before absconding with jet
- Jason Pagano
Trump Administration Closing Diplomatic Mission That Represents Palestinians In D.C.

The Trump administration is shutting down the Palestinian diplomatic post in Washington, D.C. The move comes after big U.S. aid cuts to the Palestinians and the United Nations agency that supports them.
- Michele Kelemen
This Week in Review came to you anonymously

Bill Bryant, the former Republican candidate for governor and former Port of Seattle commissioner, Joni Balter, the host of Civic Cocktail on the Seattle Channel, and Hanna Brooks Olsen, a writer and political strategist who's taking a break from campaigns to edit Real Change.
- Bill Radke
Sen. Murray slams Kavanaugh's Roe v. Wade email

The Roe v. Wade decision has been a key part of questions aimed at Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.
- Jason Pagano
Light rail to West Seattle and Ballard could get way pricier

For West Seattle, the documents show it would cost $1.2 billion more to build a tunnel instead of using at-grade tracks. Other options would cost $300 million to $700 million more than the basic proposal.
- Gil Aegerter
Court: Sweeping tents illegal without ‘practical’ alternatives

A 9th Circuit Court decision has two findings: It's not fair to criminalize activities like sleeping in public. And if cities want to clear away camps, the shelter they offer must be practical for the individual. Experts disagree on the implications for Seattle.
- Joshua McNichols
Safeco Field could get $135 million from county taxpayers

In a preliminary vote Wednesday afternoon, the King County Council approved spending $135 million from hotel/motel tax revenues on the ballpark.
- Paige Browning
What You Need To Know About The 25th Amendment

An anonymous newspaper op-ed attributed to a senior official in the Trump administration suggests that some in the Cabinet have contemplated using the 25th Amendment to remove the president.
- Philip Ewing

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