On the latest episode of sound politics, the vast majority of Americans say that money in politics is a threat to democracy.

Seattle came up with a novel solution.

Give everyone money to donate to candidates.

Now, is that working?

We'll talk about it ahead of the August 5th primary when voters will decide if the democracy voucher program

should stick around. That's on the latest sound politics, wherever you get your podcasts.

Good afternoon. From the KUOW Newsroom, this is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning with the roundup of today's top stories. It's Wednesday, June 4th.

Starting with the big citizenship case, Washington's involved in. Washington's challenge to President Trump on birthright citizenship is the first to make its way to a federal

appeals court. Amy Radle explains. In January, a federal judge in Seattle called Trump's order

limiting birthright citizenship blatantly unconstitutional and put it on hold nationwide. Wednesday, a

three-judge panel with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals considered the case.

Solicitor General Noah Purcell said denying citizenship to children whose parents are in the U.S. temporarily or unlawfully will cause chaos for states.

There's no way for them to do that without us having to rework our systems to check whether, you know, to...

Again, we don't know because the government was never given a chance to implement any of this.

That was Justice Patrick Bumetai responding. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a

decision by the end of this month on whether the injunction should apply nationwide or just in states

that sued. Amy Radle, K-U-O-W News. Federal authorities have linked a Kent man with the bombing of a California fertility clinic last a month. The FBI is accusing Daniel Park of mailing hundreds of pounds of chemicals to the man suspected of bombing a Palm Springs clinic. The suspected bomber, Guy Bartkiss, died in the

explosion, which also gutted the facility. Authorities arrested Daniel Park last night. Akeel Davis

is assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles office. In Seattle, Park was in possession of an

explosive recipe that was similar to the Oklahoma City bombing.

We believe that Park had knowledge of how to create an amphibomb, ammonium nitrate, fuel oil, bomb.

That audio is from PBS.

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