Masked ICE agents snatched an asylum seeker in the Federal Building in Downtown Seattle following an immigration hearing Tuesday.  For a brief, terrifying period last spring, ICE used to lurk the halls of the Seattle Immigration Court to arrest people if a judge dismissed their deportation proceedings. But ICE stopped showing up after activists attempted to trap agents inside the building by blocking the garage exits with Lime bikes and scooters.  Tuesday marks the first time

Rent in Seattle has spiked  20% since 2021 , and landlords have found a clever way to raise the rent without raising the rent . In April 2025 Cornell & Associates switched tenants from paying a flat rate utility bill of $50 to up to $429 through Ratio Utility Billing System (RUBS). One year later, Metropolitan Management charged a single tenant  over $700 for the first RUBS bill . RUBS is more than a creepy acronym. RUBS is a price-setting tool that landlords use to drive up

The University of Washington removed Dr. Aria Fani  from his position as the director of the university’s Middle East Center  (MEC). While UW admin won’t publicly admit it, Fani believes he was removed because he offered critical analysis of the ongoing US-Israel attacks on Iran, analysis based on the research and expertise the university literally hired him to share with their students. The incident is just one of many cases of universities suppressing criticism of Israel, i