US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China. The Associated Press
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett has died Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from Vietnam to Iraq, has died. He was 91. The Associated Press
Flooding in WA: Skagit County's 40-year old flood maps and a dog kennel evacuation Lulu Ramadan of the Seattle Times talks to us about Skagit County's flood maps, which haven't been updated in 40 years. Plus, we hear from Kristiana de Leon, who evacuated malamutes last week amid flooding along the Puyallup River. Maleeha Syed
Wednesday Evening Headlines King County crews working to shore up damaged levees, Highway 2 closure has Leavenworth businesses worried about tourism, and Rep. Dan Newhouse to retire. Patricia Murphy
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he will step down in January Bongino's tenure was at times tumultuous, including a clash with Justice Department leadership over the Epstein files. But it also involved the arrest of a suspect in the Jan. 6 pipe bomber case. Ryan Lucas
Federal court says troops can stay in D.C., and hints at prolonged deployment A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has ruled that National Guard troops can remain in the city for now. That decision comes after a different federal appeals court ruled that troops must leave Los Angeles earlier this week. Kat Lonsdorf
Jack Smith defends his prosecutions of Trump in closed-door session in Congress The former Justice Department special counsel told the House Judiciary Committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election. Ryan Lucas
A Chinese man who filmed secret footage in Xinjiang risks deportation from the U.S. Guan Heng sailed to the U.S. by boat from the Bahamas after publishing footage he filmed of purported detention camps in China. He has been held in immigration detention since August. Emily Feng
Trump to address the nation as his popularity dips in the face of economic concerns The year-end speech will address his accomplishments so far and look ahead to next year Danielle Kurtzleben
A photographer discovers miles of dinosaur tracks near Italy's Winter Olympic venues A nature photographer stumbled upon thousands of 210-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Italy's central Alps, near where some Olympic skiing and snowboarding events will be held in February. Rachel Treisman