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Breaking down 2 major Seattle races on your primary ballot

The August primary is right around the corner. And it’s an odd year election, with a long ballot. KUOW’s Cat Smith is here to break down the candidates and incumbents in two of Seattle’s biggest races: the mayor and city attorney.
- Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
GOP gambit to redraw Texas' congressional map shows redistricting is an ongoing fight

Lawmakers in Texas are in a Republican-led special session to try to redraw voting districts for Congress. Other states may also end up with new House maps soon before next year's midterm election.
- Hansi Lo Wang
Many beauty products have toxic ingredients. Newly proposed bills could change that

The "Safer Beauty Bill Package" would ban the most toxic ingredients in everyday cosmetics and create protections for the women of color and salon workers who are disproportionately exposed to them.
- Rachel Treisman
U.S. coffee drinkers and businesses will pay the price for Trump's Brazil tariffs

President Trump plans to levy a 50% tariff on all goods from Brazil — the source of about 30% of U.S. coffee imports. This looming tariff threat has sent shock waves through the U.S. coffee industry.
- Jaclyn Diaz
Teens are trying to bulk up on protein supplements. What should parents watch for?

Teenage boys especially are getting lots of messages — from peers and from social media — about the power of protein supplements. Doctors caution there can be too much of a good thing.
- Yuki Noguchi
Trump has a welcome message for new citizens. It's different from past presidents

Trump released his video message to newly naturalized citizens. He welcomes them to the "national family," adding that they have a responsibility to "fiercely guard" and preserve American culture.
- Juliana Kim
Lawyers for Harvard and Trump square off in court in Boston

With more than $2 billion in federal research grants at stake, the two sides will argue before a federal judge as the university pushes back on the administration's demands.
- Emily Piper-Vallillo
Ecuador extradites leader of violent Ecuadorian drug gang to the United States

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, whose nickname is "Fito," escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and was recaptured late June. In April, a U.S. Attorney indicted him in New York City on charges he imported thousands of pounds of cocaine into the United States.
- The Associated Press
Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city

The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria's already fragile postwar transition.
- The Associated Press
Trump threatens to derail Washington Commanders' new stadium deal over team name

President Trump said the Washington Commanders should change their name back to their former name, which many Indigenous people consider a slur. He threatened to derail a deal for a new stadium.
- Rob Stein

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