President Donald Trump celebrated tech billionaires for their contributions to America on Thursday only hours after a company run by one of them, Microsoft, was accused by his vice president of abusing the visa system to bring in more foreign workers.
- Community leaders urge action as healthcare cuts threaten thousands of AANHPI, immigrants
- Seattle police surveillance program under the microscope
- Former Spic ‘n Span site set for demolition to make way for affordable housing and community space
- South Seattle residents tell city what they value in next police chief
- CID Night Market returns this weekend
- Pioneering Seattle City Councilmember and civil rights champion Dolores Sibonga passes away
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The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud
President Donald Trump’s administration announced Thursday it was suspending Microsoft and several other firms from a program allowing foreign workers to apply for green cards as it also lashed out at universities that bring international students to the U.S. on exchange programs.

CID machete attack
A 44-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday evening after police say he attacked two people with a machete at Hing Hay Park in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID).

“I have a strong reaction to” injustice: Renee Walls seeks to bring decades of professional, lived experience to the bench
Throughout her life, Renee Walls has witnessed how injustice can shape families and communities.

Debate between colleagues fail to show any difference
A debate between candidates took place on Saturday, Oct. 3 between Rebecca Saldana and Tohiko Grace Hasegawa as they vie for the Metropolitan King County Council District seat 2.

12th and Jackson among hot spots for felony drug cases in Seattle
A significant share of King County’s felony drug-dealing cases this year have been concentrated in a handful of Seattle neighborhoods, including a key area of the Chinatown-International District (CID).
Community
Filipino American Student Association provides ‘home away from home’ at UW: Community rooted in 109-year history
Japan honors six Seattle-area recipients
Community leaders urge action as healthcare cuts threaten thousands of AANHPI, immigrants
Ning Wan brings Puget Sound to a new Seattle library card
Filipino legislator behind bill making it illegal to impersonate ICE seeks to tackle affordability, further immigrant safety if elected
Ruo named Seattle Opera’s first Composer-in-Residence
Seattle police surveillance program under the microscope
Sports
The Layup Drill
South Korean golfers trying to win Asian Games to be free from military duty
Yuna Nishimura of Japan wins by 5 shots in Arkansas for her first LPGA victory
Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani first to top MLB jersey sales at end of 4 straight seasons
The Asian Games are bigger than the Summer Olympics, at least in athlete numbers
National News
California couple arrested on child abuse charges in horrifying surrogacy probe
Arizona welcomes new Taiwan representative office, rejecting warning from China
FBI arrests California woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader’s family for China
FBI Director Kash Patel gets engaged to longtime girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins
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