Inside one of the most understaffed immigration courts in the country The Chelmsford, Mass., court has hemorrhaged judges, a consequence of the Trump administration's seemingly contradictory efforts to downsize the federal government and increase immigration arrests. Ximena Bustillo
Is Kari Lake a CEO? Her agency said so. The law suggests not Kari Lake has sought to dismantle Voice of America and its federal parent, the U.S. Agency for Global Media. The agency has recently called her its acting CEO. But the law suggests she's not eligible for the job. David Folkenflik
Zelenskyy in Berlin for critical talks with European leaders and Trump President Trump will join European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for an emergency virtual summit on Wednesday, ahead of the U.S. president's meeting with Putin on Friday. Teri Schultz
'Hopefully this trend will continue': Seattle's seeing less homicides this year So far in 2025, Seattle is on track for a decline in homicides for the second year in a row. Sara Jean Green tells us about her recent story in the Seattle Times about this decrease in lethal violence. Maleeha Syed
Tuesday Evening Headlines Seattle primed to get more surveillance cameras, concert organizers cancel Latin music festival due to ICE concerns, and look up tonight for the Perseids! Patricia Murphy
Remembering the Legion of Boom era of the Seattle Seahawks A new book from The Athletic's Michael-Shawn Dugar looks at the football team's glory years Hans Anderson
Trump official tells census workers Congress has final say over the count, not Trump Days after the president's call for a "new" census, the top official overseeing the Census Bureau told employees that Congress, not Trump, has final say over the tally, NPR has exclusively learned. Hansi Lo Wang
State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations. Michele Kelemen
D.C. has been under tighter federal control before. Here's what it looked like Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times the city has been under tighter federal control. Rachel Treisman
Taylor Swift announces her next era: 'The Life of a Showgirl' After cryptic Instagram posts and a surprise countdown clock, Swift announced early Tuesday that her new album will be called The Life of a Showgirl. The cover art and release date remain a mystery. Rachel Treisman