Louise Schiavone

Today in Utah, Tyler Robinson makes his first in-person court appearance in connection with the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, shot to death while speaking at the Utah Valley University campus September 10th.

Counts against the 22-year-old alleged gunman include aggravated murder.

A FIFA World Cup game is already sparking controversy.

Egypt and Iran are set to play in Seattle next June.

The date coincides with the city's annual Pride festivities.

and organizers had previously planned for the match to be part of the celebration.

NPR's Becky Sullivan reports.

More heavy rain and high winds are pounding the Pacific Northwest.

Governor Bob Ferguson of Washington State has declared a statewide emergency in Skagit County, a major agricultural region north of Seattle.

people within the Skagit River's floodplains have been ordered to evacuate across the state.

Flooding is near historic levels.

I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a defense forum at the Ronald Reagan Library last night that the Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug traffickers will continue.

He was asked at the forum about reports that in one recent strike, he ordered that everyone on a boat in the Caribbean be killed.

Hegseth says the strikes are part of a strategy to defend the Western Hemisphere.

Democrats have called the military strikes illegal and several have called for full video of the strikes to be released.

Senator Mark Warner is the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

He told NPR.

He says that Hegseth should resign.