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Local non-profit reeling after cuts to AmeriCorps

Washington lost $23 million in funding for AmeriCorps jobs last month. The cuts by the Trump administration have hit small non profits especially hard. The volunteers get to know the community they serve, and now they’re being told to go home. We’ll hear from one community organization about the cuts.
- Patricia Murphy
Zelenskyy asks for Pope Leo XIV's help in bringing Ukrainian children home from Russia

Pope Leo XIV and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy spoke by phone recently, according to the Vatican.
- Daniel Burke
Trump says Sharaa is a 'tough guy' with a 'real shot' at stabilizing Syria

Gulf states are keen to invest in Syria, which has important mineral and oil reserves, but had been prevented from doing so by U.S. sanctions. President Trump has now pledged to lift the restrictions.
- Aya Batrawy
Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists

NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
- Tom Dreisbach
David Axelrod says book's allegations about Biden's cognitive decline are 'troubling'

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with democratic strategist David Axelrod about Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, which explores Biden's decline and how his inner circle has concealed it from the public.
- Michel Martin
Federal judge OKs use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans

A federal judge says President Donald Trump can use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan citizens who are shown to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
- The Associated Press
What will it take to curb overcrowding at WA's youth prisons?

Washington’s youth prisons are facing a crisis of overcrowding. Why have two bills aimed at solving the crisis died in the legislature?
- Libby Denkmann
Tuesday Evening Headlines

Microsoft to lay off nearly 2K workers in WA, family of Garfield student who was killed last year sues Seattle Public Schools, and Paul Allen's estate is selling the Portland Trail Blazers. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
- Paige Browning
FDA moves to ban fluoride supplements for kids, removing a key tool for dentists

The agency is taking steps to remove prescription fluoride treatments that children swallow.
- Pien Huang
Should Catholic priests in Washington State be forced to break the confessional seal?

On May 2nd, Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law a new requirement that clergy of all faiths become mandatory reporters of child abuse. It’s a move that’s especially controversial for the Catholic Church because of the sacrament of confession.
- Libby Denkmann

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