The Latest Arts & Life Drag queens Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme return to Seattle to sleigh the holidays Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme are back in their chosen home of Seattle for "The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show." KUOW Staff Politics 2025 saw Trump set off a race to redraw voting maps In 2025, President Trump pushed Republican-led states to find advantages in 2026's elections by redrawing congressional maps. The outcome may determine which party controls the House after midterms. Andrew Schneider Immigration Under Trump, Northwest immigration detainees are traveling farther from families, legal help The Trump administration has sent five times more people at least 1,000 miles compared to the last year of former President Joe Biden’s term. Troy Brynelson/OPB Vince Zampella, co-creator of the 'Call of Duty' video game franchise, dies at 55 Vince Zampella, co-creator of the hit Call of Duty video games, has died in a Los Angeles car crash. Alana Wise World In Israel, some Jews and Christians seek to build trust between their communities Despite tensions between the Vatican and Israel's government over the Gaza war, some Jews and Christians living in Israel are trying to build trust between their communities. Jerome Socolovsky Politics Gov. Ferguson says he wants to see a 'millionaires' tax' in Washington state Since Donald Trump’s reelection and tax cuts in the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill” this year, momentum has been building on the left around a so-called “millionaires’ tax:" a tax on incomes over $1 million. Scott Greenstone National The Trump administration is recalling about 30 career diplomats The Trump administration is recalling dozens of career Ambassadors, saying the president wants diplomats who will advance his agenda. That's what foreign service officers sign up for. Michele Kelemen World Why some U.S. oil companies aren't interested in returning to Venezuela The Trump administration says it wants U.S. oil companies to return to Venezuela, but some don't desire to re-invest. Why would oil companies be against returning to a country with large oil reserves? Kai McNamee "Frankly I love this town" - City Council President Sara Nelson says goodbye Sara Nelson reflects on her tenure, and the direction Seattle politics is moving. Libby Denkmann Election betting on prediction markets apps is set to boom ahead of midterms Prediction market apps are growing in popularity, allowing people to bet on everything. Critics fear that turning every scenario into a wager could lead to people and institutions being manipulated. Bobby Allyn 1 of 1650 Next Sponsored
Arts & Life Drag queens Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme return to Seattle to sleigh the holidays Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme are back in their chosen home of Seattle for "The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show." KUOW Staff
Politics 2025 saw Trump set off a race to redraw voting maps In 2025, President Trump pushed Republican-led states to find advantages in 2026's elections by redrawing congressional maps. The outcome may determine which party controls the House after midterms. Andrew Schneider
Immigration Under Trump, Northwest immigration detainees are traveling farther from families, legal help The Trump administration has sent five times more people at least 1,000 miles compared to the last year of former President Joe Biden’s term. Troy Brynelson/OPB
Vince Zampella, co-creator of the 'Call of Duty' video game franchise, dies at 55 Vince Zampella, co-creator of the hit Call of Duty video games, has died in a Los Angeles car crash. Alana Wise
World In Israel, some Jews and Christians seek to build trust between their communities Despite tensions between the Vatican and Israel's government over the Gaza war, some Jews and Christians living in Israel are trying to build trust between their communities. Jerome Socolovsky
Politics Gov. Ferguson says he wants to see a 'millionaires' tax' in Washington state Since Donald Trump’s reelection and tax cuts in the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill” this year, momentum has been building on the left around a so-called “millionaires’ tax:" a tax on incomes over $1 million. Scott Greenstone
National The Trump administration is recalling about 30 career diplomats The Trump administration is recalling dozens of career Ambassadors, saying the president wants diplomats who will advance his agenda. That's what foreign service officers sign up for. Michele Kelemen
World Why some U.S. oil companies aren't interested in returning to Venezuela The Trump administration says it wants U.S. oil companies to return to Venezuela, but some don't desire to re-invest. Why would oil companies be against returning to a country with large oil reserves? Kai McNamee
"Frankly I love this town" - City Council President Sara Nelson says goodbye Sara Nelson reflects on her tenure, and the direction Seattle politics is moving. Libby Denkmann
Election betting on prediction markets apps is set to boom ahead of midterms Prediction market apps are growing in popularity, allowing people to bet on everything. Critics fear that turning every scenario into a wager could lead to people and institutions being manipulated. Bobby Allyn