Politics Democrats are going to impeach Trump. Here's how they might do it Democrats are going forward with impeachment against President Trump. During a hearing this week, they tipped their hand about the three articles they might bring forward. Domenico Montanaro
National The Man Who Popularized The 'Deep State' Doesn't Like The Way It's Used Meet Mike Lofgren, a long-time congressional staffer who describes himself as a political independent. He says the current discourse has turned his notion of a 'deep state' into a 'Frankenstein.' Greg Myre Rachel Treisman
Politics Democrats Now Have An Unlikely Ally In Trump Impeachment Inquiry – John Bolton He doesn't cut the profile of a member of "The Resistance," but Bolton's opposition to a pressure campaign to get Ukraine to investigate conspiracy theories may pit him against his former boss. Mara Liasson Domenico Montanaro
Science As Made-To-Order DNA Gets Cheaper, Keeping It Out Of The Wrong Hands Gets Harder Labs are churning out more and more synthetic DNA for scientists who want to use it to reprogram cells. Some say the technology has outpaced government safety guidelines put in place a decade ago. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Business Auto Industry Waits (And Waits) To See If Trump Will Slap New Tariffs On Cars President Trump's tariff tit-for-tat with China is not the only trade tension in town. The White House is weighing the possibility of tariffs on cars and car parts from Europe and Japan. Camila Domonoske
Politics TSA, FAA workers at Sea-Tac Airport demand to be paid People in charge of airplane safety at Seattle-Tacoma International Aiport haven't been paid for a month. On Friday they'll miss their second paychecks. Casey Martin
Politics After a month without pay, federal workers are rallying outside Sea-Tac A union spokesperson says employees at national security agencies like TSA, FAA, and Bureau of Prisons are especially hard hit. Casey Martin
Politics Rep. Cummings Demands Explanation For Stripping Ex-CIA Chief's Security Clearance The lawmaker's letter was one of several reactions to the decision. Also Thursday, a former special operations forces commander defended John Brennan and asked Trump to revoke his clearance too. Scott Horsley
Seattle FBI chief: We do not check immigration status The new head of Seattle’s FBI field office offered some perspective this week on the transition to a Donald Trump administration. Liz Jones
