Saturday Special: Brothers in ICE Detention face uncertain future, Snohomish firefighters take Covid vaccine fight to federal court, and blended college classes at the Washington State Penitentiary On Saturdays, Seattle Now is bringing you the best from the KUOW newsroom… Two brothers being held at the Northwest ICE processing center in Tacoma face an uncertain future. The “Snohomish Eight” – firefighters suing their Snohomish County employer over religious discrimination – take their fight to federal court. And classes in Walla Walla have blended students from an elite college with students from the Washington State Penitentiary. Patricia Murphy
Opinion: A wealth of wisdom for a bargain price NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the discovery that what Harvard University thought was a copy of the Magna Carta is actually an original. Scott Simon
Trump's DOJ focuses in on voter fraud, with a murky assist from DOGE President Trump and his allies have long made false claims of widespread noncitizen voting. Now, as the GOP pursues new restrictions, experts worry isolated arrests will be used to push the new rules. Jude Joffe-Block
How DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch NPR has identified nearly 40 small, independent entities – both inside and outside the federal government's control – that a team of young DOGE staffers has tried to access in recent weeks. Shannon Bond
Friday Evening Headlines DOJ may drop criminal case against Boeing, WA pushes to get more electric semi-trucks on the road, and PNW scientists feel the impact of NOAA cuts. Paige Browning
DOJ may drop case against Boeing over deadly 737 Max crashes, despite families' outrage Boeing agreed last year to plead guilty to defrauding regulators after the crashes of two 737 Max jets, in 2018 and 2019, that killed 346 people. But a federal judge rejected that proposed plea deal. Joel Rose
Supreme Court extends pause on deportations under Alien Enemies Act in Texas The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of immigrants in northern Texas under the Alien Enemies Act. It said it's not directly addressing whether the invocation of the act was legal. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Week in Review: birthright citizenship, Microsoft, and mushrooms Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with The Stranger’s Nathalie Graham, Geekwire’s Mike Lewis, and for Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna. Kevin Kniestedt
DOGE tried assigning a team to the Government Accountability Office. They refused An attempt by DOGE to assign a team to the independent Government Accountability Office was rejected Friday. The GAO is part of the legislative branch and not subject to DOGE's request. Shannon Bond
Here are 5 takeaways from Trump's first major foreign trip to the Middle East President Trump was greeted like royalty during his four-day trip to the Middle East, his first major foreign trip of this second term, where it was all about business deals and not moral leadership. Domenico Montanaro