CPB fires back at Trump's executive order pulling funding for NPR, PBS
Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The nonprofit corporation that oversees National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service is firing back at President Donald Trump’s executive order to pull funding for the two popular media
Trump's 2026 budget proposal calls for $163B in cuts to federal spending
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Friday released President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year, which calls for $163 billion in cuts to federal spending. Office of Management and Budget Director
Newly released video shows Abrego Garcia's 2022 Tennessee traffic stop
Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks with a Tennessee state trooper on the side of I-40 in 2022. Tennessee Highway Patrol (NEW YORK) — Newly released video shows the moments when Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongfully deported from the United States
2nd teen charged with arson for New Jersey wildfire: Prosecutor
Adam Gray/Getty Images (OCEAN COUNTY, N.J.) — A second teenager has been arrested for arson in connection with a massive New Jersey wildfire that destroyed a commercial building, shut down a major highway and forced thousands of people to
Trump says 'going to be taking away' Harvard's tax exempt status
Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday renewed his threat to take away Harvard’s tax-exempt status. “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve,” Trump
Collections on defaulted student loans may affect millions of people's credit scores
ayk7/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump’s administration is set to begin collecting defaulted student loan payments next week — which could harm the credit scores of millions of borrowers. Roughly 5 million borrowers will have
Man critically hurt in fall from bleachers at Pirates-Cubs game is identified
Justin K. Aller/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — The baseball fan critically hurt in a 20-foot fall at PNC Park in Pittsburgh has been identified as Kavan Markwood. Markwood fell from the bleachers onto the field during the seventh
Sequim’s 130th Irrigation Festival Kicks Off with Music, Kids Parade, and Family Fun This Weekend
SEQUIM — The 130th Sequim Irrigation Festival is here! It’s Crazy Callen Weekend, May 2nd through the 4th, packed with fun for the whole family — all happening at Carrie Blake Community Park! Saturday is loaded with
Hiring slowed in April amid turmoil set off by Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs
Narisara Nami/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hiring slowed but remained robust in April following President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement early last month, fresh data on Friday showed. The reading exceeded economists’ expectations. The U.S. added
LOCAL SPORTS: Sequim Baseball Tops Forks with Late Surge; Girls Tennis Rolls Past Port Angeles
BY OLY ARCHIBALD FORKS — Coming off two hard-fought games against 10th-ranked North Kitsap, the Sequim Wolves could’ve been forgiven for a letdown against a lower-division team like 2B Forks. But that wasn’t the case. The Wolves