Hi, I'm Joshua McNichols.

And I'm Monica Nicholsberg.

We host KUOW's Economy Podcast, booming.

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On our latest episode, is our AI obsession good for small town America?

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Good afternoon from the KUOW Newsroom.

This is Seattle now, and it's another full day of news.

I'm Paige Browning with a roundup of today's top stories. It's Tuesday, February 25th.

We're home to one of the top stories in the nation today. Advocates for the United States Refugee Program had a victory in federal court in

Seattle. A judge temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order that was suspending

all refugee arrivals and funding. Attorney Deepa Allegation with the International Refugee

Assistance Project praised the judge's ruling. The harm being inflicted on refugees, the agencies that serve them, and the communities that welcome

them is irreparable. And the longer the Trump administration is allowed to act unlawfully,

the longer and more difficult it will be to undo these harms.

An attorney for Trump's Justice Department argued that

the president's order is well within his powers. But Judge Jamal Whitehead said, yeah, the president

has substantial discretion, but it's not limitless. Immigrant rights lawyers said their understanding

is that refugees can be processed once again immediately.

Well, the windstorm is over, but cleanup is far from it.

Tens of thousands of people spent today without power in Western Washington, including a majority of Bremerton and Kitsap County.

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