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Exclusive: GM, Pepsi, Disney, others scrub some DEI references from investor reports

Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor disclosures, an NPR analysis finds.
- Maria Aspan
Trump's week in review

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have been overlooked.
- Domenico Montanaro
Here's a Super Bowl riddle: Why are egg prices surging — but not chicken wings?

There is one economic riddle ahead of Super Bowl Sunday: The egg market has been hit hard by avian flu, but wings are abundant and relatively affordable this year. So what gives?
- Scott Horsley
Health care is key for youths getting out of prison. A new law helps them get it

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.
- Renuka Rayasam
Republicans race to release plans to advance Trump policy agenda in Congress

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass many of Trump's top policy priorities without threat of a Senate filibuster.
- Claudia Grisales
EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave

In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
- Alejandra Borunda
Thursday Evening Headlines

A Seattle judge blocks President Trump's citizenship order, a Washington child dies from whooping cough, and Washington's Congressional delegation passes on an ugly duckling of a tradition. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
- Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
Member of Elon Musk's DOGE team resigns after racist posts resurface

Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury.
- Bobby Allyn
The lights go down... for now... on the Grand Illusion Cinema

Soundside took a trip down the Ave to the Grand Illusion Cinema to catch up with the volunteers who have kept the little theater afloat for over 20 years. While their final screening (for now) was held Friday night, the staff shared their thoughts on the closing, and their hopes for the future.
- Libby Denkmann
Rick Steves wants you to get out of your comfort zone — in more ways than one

Soundside editor Jed Kim sits down with travel guru, philanthropist and social activist RICK STEVES, to discuss his career, his new book, and his view of geopolitics.
- Jed Kim

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