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I'm Ruby Deluna with a roundup of today's top stories. It's Wednesday,

June 18th. The Seattle City Attorney has joined other cities in suing the Trump administration

over frozen public safety grants. As Amy Radle reports, the city sought grants to prevent terrorist attacks, including

at next summer's FIFA World Cup in Seattle. Seattle's one of five cities suing the Department of Homeland

Security in U.S. District Court in Illinois. The cities say the department has a legally

yanked reimbursement for expenses it had already approved through the securing the city's program.

That program funds equipment and personnel to prevent nuclear and other terrorist attacks during high-profile events.

In Seattle, the pause on reimbursement affects training for police and firefighters to detect radioactive threats

and the planned purchase of 1,000 personal radiation detectors. The Department of Homeland

Security paused its reimbursements in February. The agency did not immediately respond to a request

for comment. Amy Radle, K-U-O-W News. Microsoft employees fear

another mass layoff as around the corner. Monica Nicholsberg has the latest. Microsoft is planning

to lay off thousands of additional workers next month. That's according to reporting from Bloomberg

and a longtime Microsoft employee who asked not

to be named. The latest cuts would be on top of 6,000 employees Microsoft laid off in May.

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