From age 5 to 12, she was abused in a Tacoma foster home. WA just awarded her $9 million For Ashley Miller, the hardest part about the sexual, physical, and mental abuse she suffered during her early childhood in a foster home in Tacoma was the pain. Stephen Howie
With 'drug boat' strikes, Trump leans into war on terror tactic against cartels The administration's approach to drug cartels relies — at least in part — on a blueprint for military strikes that mirror those waged during the global war on terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Ryan Lucas
YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24 million to settle lawsuit over Jan. 6 suspension YouTube is the latest social media company to pay Trump tens of millions of dollars to resolve lawsuits brought before he returned to power. The money will fund a new ballroom at the White House. Bobby Allyn
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
'The cases swung, not me': Ex-Justice Kennedy reflects on a changing Supreme Court In an interview with NPR to be aired in October, Kennedy said he is "very worried" about America today. Nina Totenberg
FBI agents fired, including some shown kneeling during 2020 protests Agents said the kneeling was an act of deescalation. The Bureau investigated them at the time and found no causes for discipline. The FBI Agents Association decries the lack of due process. Huo Jingnan
NPR-Ipsos poll: Americans don't broadly support Trump's National Guard deployments Americans are concerned about crime, but don't broadly support President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to U.S. cities, according to a new NPR-IPSOS poll. Debbie Elliott
ICE officer caught on video pushing woman is placed on leave The man appears to be the same officer who was caught last month on NPR audio aggressively arresting a court observer. Ximena Bustillo
Lawfare editor Benjamin Wittes reacts to the James Comey indictment NPR's A Martinez speaks with Lawfare editor in chief Benjamin Wittes, a friend of James Comey, about the former FBI director's indictment on charges of obstructing justice and making a false statement to Congress. A Martínez
Former FBI Director James Comey indicted on criminal charges The Justice Department indicted former FBI Director James Comey Thursday, after President Trump demanded prosecutors speed up their investigation into one of his most prominent critics. Carrie Johnson