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In a first, the 2026 World Cup final will include a halftime show

Like the Super Bowl mid-game spectaculars, the 2026 final game slated to take place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey will include the World Cup's very first halftime show.
- Manuela López Restrepo
NPS takes down web pages dedicated to transgender activists and LGBTQ history

This is part of an ongoing move by the federal government to remove and alter National Park Service webpages related to LGBTQ history.
- Neda Ulaby
Trump grants automakers temporary relief from tariffs

The White House said President Trump has given automakers a one-month reprieve from tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico.
- Scott Horsley
Sesame Workshop will 'downsize significantly' with layoffs, CEO says

The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.
- Elizabeth Blair
Dozens of Canadians are charged for scamming American grandparents out of $21 million

The 25 Canadians are accused of calling seniors in over 40 states, pretending to be their grandchildren and asking for bail money. Authorities warn such scams are getting increasingly sophisticated.
- Rachel Treisman
More than 5,000 USDA workers fired by Trump ordered back to work for now

The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate more than 5,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, according to a ruling by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
- Andrea Hsu
How did 'DEI' become part of a larger political agenda -- and a slur?

Georgetown professor Ella Washington and Harvard professor Frank Dobbin discuss the beneficiaries and misperceptions of DEI, and who will be hurt as it's dismantled across public and private sectors.
- Tonya Mosley
Nominee to run NIH faces Senate scrutiny

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor of health policy, appears before the Senate HELP committee, which will vet his nomination to become the next director of the National Institutes of Health.
- Rob Stein
Supreme Court upholds lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors

In an order, the justices left in place a lower court order that so far has only required the Trump administration to pay contractors for foreign aid work that has already been completed — roughly $2 billion.
- Nina Totenberg
Seattle-area Tesla owners want to be more than their cars

You probably saw a bunch of Teslas during your commute to work today. That’s because Seattle-area households are more likely to own a Tesla than the national average. The electric vehicle brand was once an eco-friendly status symbol, but now it has an unbreakable association with the company’s controversial CEO Elon Musk. KUOW Politics Reporter Scott Greenstone asked Seattle-area Tesla owners how they’re dealing with that association, and the attention that comes with it.
- Vaughan Jones

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