Trump defends use of the U.S. military against the 'enemy within' It is highly unusual to bring in military leaders from across the globe to one central location. The president said the meeting would discuss "esprit de corps." NPR Washington Desk
EV sales surge in the U.S. ahead of Sept. 30 tax credit deadline A $7,500 tax credit is available for the lease or purchase of many electric vehicles — but only if contracts are inked by midnight on Sept. 30. The result: The market for EVs is a little distorted. Camila Domonoske
'We survived, we are resilient': Remembering U.S. Indian boarding schools Tuesday is Orange Shirt Day, when communities honor the survivors of U.S. Indian boarding schools and their descendants. Kadin Mills
Federal workers who took Trump's buyout get final paychecks and an uncertain future Federal workers who took the Trump administration's buyout offer come off the payroll at the end of September. Now some are confronting fear, regret and uncertainty as they figure out what's next. Andrea Hsu
Monday Evening Headlines Mayor Harrell tells Trump to "stay out of Seattle," Oregon files suit over federal troop deployment to Portland, and WA gets closer to gaining access to the ICE detention center in Tacoma. Paige Browning
Rena Priest’s 'Positively Uncivilized' calls on readers to rethink their perspective on the natural world In the book Priest explores the history of broken treaties, battles over fishing rights, and struggles with cultural erasure that compose the bedrock of the modern Coast Salish native experience. Hans Anderson
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
The real land before time: unearthing the Permian Period Before birds, flowering plants, and dinosaurs, there was the Permian. One UW professor shares his knowledge of the world millions of years ago. Libby Denkmann
Pramila Jayapal on government shutdown, threats from Arizona lawmaker Congress is barreling toward a government shutdown and Democrats are weighing whether they should use their leverage in this negotiation. All of this is going on as the country is grappling with a rise in political violence... and political rhetoric that blames the other side for the problem. Maleeha Syed
A year after Helene, a group of raft guides embarks on a river clean-up mission A popular rafting river in the Appalachian mountains is still closed a year after Hurricane Helene, because there's just too much debris. Now, rafting guides have come together to help clean it up. Rolando Arrieta