Republicans accuse NPR, PBS of bias at House hearing; Democrats rebuke it as a partisan attack

NPR CEO Katherine Maher, PBS President & CEO Paula Kerger; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans accused public media outlets NPR and PBS of bias at a House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, while
Record-breaking heat in the West, flooding forecast for the Gulf Coast

ABC News (PHOENIX) — Sweltering weather across the West is expected to continue on Wednesday. Phoenix hit 99 degrees on Tuesday, setting a new daily record. The Arizona city is expected to get up to 93 on
Lawsuit over Trump administration's Signal group chat assigned to judge in deportation case

Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Five Cabinet members are facing a federal lawsuit over the use of Signal to coordinate military strikes in Yemen, with the case presided over by the same judge handling the case against
Measles case confirmed in DC, individual may have exposed others on Amtrak train

Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A measles case was confirmed in a person who traveled to Washington, D.C., on an Amtrak train, according to the D.C. Department of Health (DC Health).
DOJ contends judge didn't have authority to order return of 2 deportation flights

J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is standing its ground in the ongoing dispute about whether it willfully violated a court order last week, arguing in a court filing late Tuesday that a federal judge’s directive
4 US Army soldiers reported missing during scheduled tactical training in Lithuania: US Embassy

(PABRADĖ, Lithuania) — Search and recovery efforts are underway for four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing during scheduled tactical training near Pabradė, Lithuania, the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius said. They were reported missing on Tuesday, the
How the Northwest-Shot ‘Marcie’s’ Meets the Moment

Northwest filmmaker John Helde’s new Seattle- and North Bend-shot movie began development in 2019, but the professional and personal anxieties it captures haven’t lost their sense of urgency.
Supreme Court upholds federal regulations on ghost gun kits

Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld government regulation of self-assemble firearm kits that produce untraceable weapons known as “ghost guns.” The 7-2 decision came from Justice Neil Gorsuch. Justices Samuel Alito and
Messages with Yemen war plans inadvertently shared with reporter: A timeline of the Signal mishap

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth/ Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is under scrutiny after The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg said he was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat
'F-18s LAUNCH': Atlantic publishes purported Yemen strike details from Signal chat

Yemen site struck by a US aerial attack/ Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Atlantic on Wednesday published a new article detailing purported information about recent American strikes in Yemen it says was accidentally shared with