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The American tailgate: Why strangers recreate their living rooms in a parking lot

There's nothing quite like a tailgate, where fans serve food to strangers who share the same passion. We went to a Philadelphia Eagles tailgate to learn what drives this uniquely American tradition.
- Frank Langfitt
NIH announces new funding policy that rattles medical researchers

The National Institutes of Health has dramatically changed its grant-making terms by limiting how much it will disburse for costs such as equipment and administration.
- Rob Stein
New CFPB chief closes headquarters, tells all staff they must not do 'any work tasks'

The edict comes as Russell Vought takes over at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Vought has ordered work to halt at the consumer finance watchdog, and is cutting off new funding.
- Laurel Wamsley
Linda McMahon led WWE and the SBA. The U.S. Education Dept. may be next

McMahon has a limited background in education, and a long career as a business executive. She'd be stepping into an agency the president hopes to dissolve.
- Jonaki Mehta
Trump's executive actions are getting challenged as 'arbitrary.' What does that mean?

At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.
- Christina Gatti
Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive U.S. Treasury Department material

The case, filed in federal court in New York City, alleges the Trump administration allowed Musk's team access to the Treasury Department's central payment system in violation of federal law.
- The Associated Press
Morale plummets at the CDC as staff fear job losses

Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.
- Pien Huang
Friday Evening Headlines

WA sues Trump over transgender youth executive order, UW's new president says school will uphold DEI values, and the debate over limiting rent increases is roaring back to life in Olympia. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
- Paige Browning
Week in Review: snow, transgender rights, and billionaires
- Kevin Kniestedt
Who is part of Elon Musk's DOGE and what are they doing?

The scope of DOGE's work and the identities of the people carrying it out isn't fully clear — leaving agencies and government workers in chaos.
- Stephen Fowler

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