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Sources and methods. The crown jewels of the intelligence community.

Shorthand for, how do we know what's real?

Who told us?

If you have those answers, you're on the inside.

And NPR wants to bring you there.

From the Pentagon to the State Department to spy agencies,

listen to understand what's really happening and what it means for you.

Sources and Methods, the new National Security podcast from NPR.

Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle now.

There's a new slate of politicians entering Seattle City government.

In a minute, Axios reporter Melissa Santos will tell us why things went so badly for the incumbents

and what to watch with our new city leaders. But first, let's get you caught up.

If you're listening to this episode in the car right now, you probably already know Seattle drivers are spending more time in traffic.

A new report from Texas A&M shows the average driver in the Seattle area sat in traffic

for 87 hours last year.

That's up slightly from the year before and 10 hours longer than in 2019. The report finds Seattle is the ninth most congested

city among the country's 101 biggest metros. Embattled property developer Martin C-Lig has

sold off seven more Seattle properties in his

latest attempt to pay back more than $850 million in loans. The Seattle Times reports the

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