The Latest Business Costco defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale theirs back Associated Press Business Trump taps conservative media critic to lead global news agency President Trump plans to nominate a conservative critic of the mainstream media, L. Brent Bozell III, to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America. David Folkenflik Arts & Life Remembering Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer Feiffer, who died Jan. 17, first published his self-titled comic strip in The Village Voice in 1956. Later syndicated, Feiffer went on to run for more than four decades. Originally broadcast in 1982. Terry Gross Politics Trump's entry into crypto opens new doors for those seeking political influence Bloomberg investigative reporter Zeke Faux says the Trump family crypto business offers anyone seeking favor with the new administration a legal way to send money directly to the president. Dave Davies Oscar nominees</a> address big social and political issues, all to varying degrees. And where were the nominations for <em>Challengers </em>and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in<em> Hard Truths</em>!? Clockwise from left: Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott, <em>The Substance, Emilia Pérez, Hard Truths</em>,<em> Challengers</em>, and <em>Wicked.</em>" data-srcset="https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226&dpr=1&q=75 1x, https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226&dpr=2&q=50 2x, https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226&dpr=3&q=35 3x, https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226&dpr=4&q=23 4x, https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226&dpr=5&q=20 5x" data-src="https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226" /> Arts & Life 5 takeaways from the 2025 Oscar nominations From Emilia Pérez and its 13(!) nominations to the profoundly gross The Substance getting a Best Picture nod, the 2025 Oscar nominees addressed big social and political issues, all to varying degrees. Glen Weldon Politics President Trump's suspension of asylum marks a break from U.S. past Lee Gelernt with the ACLU said the action goes "way beyond anything that even President Trump has tried in the past." Sergio Martínez-Beltrán Politics Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. That's easier said than done One of Trump's executive orders moves to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the Constitution. Here's what you need to know about the legal principle and its possible future. Rachel Treisman Trump commutes 18-year sentence of WA Proud Boy Patricia Murphy Andy Hurst Science Blasts from military weapons may injure the brain through its blood vessels When military personnel fire certain powerful weapons, they may be exposed to blast waves that damage blood vessels in the brain. Jon Hamilton Environment This scientist studies climate change. Then the Los Angeles fire destroyed his home Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has given that work new meaning. Lauren Sommer Prev 4 of 1523 Next
Business Costco defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale theirs back Associated Press
Business Trump taps conservative media critic to lead global news agency President Trump plans to nominate a conservative critic of the mainstream media, L. Brent Bozell III, to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America. David Folkenflik
Arts & Life Remembering Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer Feiffer, who died Jan. 17, first published his self-titled comic strip in The Village Voice in 1956. Later syndicated, Feiffer went on to run for more than four decades. Originally broadcast in 1982. Terry Gross
Politics Trump's entry into crypto opens new doors for those seeking political influence Bloomberg investigative reporter Zeke Faux says the Trump family crypto business offers anyone seeking favor with the new administration a legal way to send money directly to the president. Dave Davies
Oscar nominees</a> address big social and political issues, all to varying degrees. And where were the nominations for <em>Challengers </em>and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in<em> Hard Truths</em>!? Clockwise from left: Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott, <em>The Substance, Emilia Pérez, Hard Truths</em>,<em> Challengers</em>, and <em>Wicked.</em>" data-srcset="https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226&dpr=1&q=75 1x, https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226&dpr=2&q=50 2x, https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226&dpr=3&q=35 3x, https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226&dpr=4&q=23 4x, https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226&dpr=5&q=20 5x" data-src="https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/93743ce02c360f6e71d2d1ff7c26b0be?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&w=340&h=226" /> Arts & Life 5 takeaways from the 2025 Oscar nominations From Emilia Pérez and its 13(!) nominations to the profoundly gross The Substance getting a Best Picture nod, the 2025 Oscar nominees addressed big social and political issues, all to varying degrees. Glen Weldon
Politics President Trump's suspension of asylum marks a break from U.S. past Lee Gelernt with the ACLU said the action goes "way beyond anything that even President Trump has tried in the past." Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Politics Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. That's easier said than done One of Trump's executive orders moves to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the Constitution. Here's what you need to know about the legal principle and its possible future. Rachel Treisman
Science Blasts from military weapons may injure the brain through its blood vessels When military personnel fire certain powerful weapons, they may be exposed to blast waves that damage blood vessels in the brain. Jon Hamilton
Environment This scientist studies climate change. Then the Los Angeles fire destroyed his home Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has given that work new meaning. Lauren Sommer