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Good afternoon. From the KUOW Newsroom, this is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning. Here's our roundup of today's top stories. It's Wednesday, April 23rd.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is directing employees to report if they see anti-Christian bias. An email from the VA secretary, which an employee shared with KUOW, provides an email address for staff to report any incidents. It says the efforts based on a Trump executive order to, quote, end the anti-Christian weaponization of government. The email includes examples of what are considered anti-Christian incidents, such as retaliation for

requesting a vaccine exemption or time off for a holiday. They told KUOW that the new directive

is largely symbolic and that workers already have ways to challenge religious discrimination.

The family of Aishinor Ege was in Olympia today to speak about the activist's legacy.

Ege, who was originally from Seattle and attended the U-Dub, was killed by an Israeli sniper in the occupied West Bank in September of 2024.

She was 26 when she died.

The family was attending as the Washington State House passed a resolution

recognizing Ege's life and activism today. The Trump administration is moving to slash the

Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women's health in the nation. One of the centers

of the initiative is Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

The Women's Health Initiative says it was notified Tuesday that the Department of Health and Human Services will end its contracts by September.

Democratic Senator Patty Murray calls it a devastating loss, acknowledging that the initiative is the most influential study on women's health and has reduced the rates of cancer.

She's demanding all senators to call on the Trump administration to reverse course.

Are you ready for Real ID?

The Federal Real ID Act goes into effect for domestic air travelers May 7th. As Ann Dornfeld

reports, that's led to long wait times at some Washington Department of Licensing offices.

The real ID law was delayed repeatedly for 20 years. It requires adults to show their citizenship

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