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Hey, it's Aisha Harris from Pop Culture Happy Hour. If you love NPR podcasts, you'll want the new NPR Plus podcast bundle. Enjoy an all-you-can-eat selection of NPR Plus podcasts with sponsor-free listening and bonus episodes. Plus, you'll be supporting public radio. Check it out at plus.npr.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to end temporary legal status for some 350,000 Venezuelans. The administration is trying to remove various protections for hundreds of thousands of migrants

who are currently shielded from deportation. The U.S. Attorney's Office in New Mexico says it's filed 82 criminal charges against people apprehended while crossing through a newly created military zone along the southern border. From member station KJZZ, Elisa Resnick has the story. Elisa Resnick, KJZZ Member A presidential memo transferred more than 170 miles of public land in New Mexico to the Department of Defense in April. Additional acreage was also transferred to the military by the Department of Interior. The moves essentially extend Arizona's Fort Wachuka across state lines and allow U.S. military personnel to participate in immigration

enforcement by temporarily detaining people. Those charged under the code face a maximum penalty of a year in prison. The federal government contends the military extension will help Border Patrol agents better control the border. While rights groups say it will erode constitutional protections against military activity on U.S. soil. For NPR News, I'm Alisa Resnick in Tucson. President Trump has signed an executive order to indirect and indirect federal funding of NPR and PBS, accusing the organizations of left-wing bias. Local public radio and TV stations and others use taxpayer funds

to support news organizations. NPR receives roughly 1% of its direct funding from the federal government. Its 267 members to institutions receive as much as 10% of their funds from the federally funded corporation for public broadcasting. Apple and Amazon are reporting solid earnings for the first three months of this year. But as NPR's John Rewich reports, concerns about tariffs loom large. The two tech titans' earnings beat expectations in the first quarter.

Apple's revenue was 5% higher than in the same period last year, hitting $95.4 billion, and Amazon's revenue leapt 9% to $155.7 billion. But the share prices fell after the announcements due to trade war worries and recession fears. Imports are critical to both companies and Trump administration tariffs on Chinese goods of 145% are of particular concern. Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company will continue to diversify its manufacturing away from China. He said a majority of iPhones sold in the U.S. will soon be coming from India, while nearly all other devices will be sourced from Vietnam.

Amazon meanwhile cited tariff and trade policies as a risk to its outlook. John Ruch, NPR News. The Trump administration has ended a tariff loophole that allowed certain goods valued at $800 or less to enter the U.S. duty-free. The move could increase prices for goods that Americans buy online. Until today, a growing number of companies were using the loophole to avoid tariffs

on products shipped directly to U.S. small businesses and to consumers. This is NPR. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement says it is investigating the death of a Haitian migrant in its custody. Forty-four-year-old Marie Blaise had been held at a transitional facility in Pompano Beach, Florida since her arrest in mid-February.

ICE officials say Blaise was initially detained at the International Airport in the U.S. Virgin Islands while attempting to board a flight to Charlotte. She was sent to Puerto Rico and then Louisiana before ending up in Florida where she died. A Ukrainian band is on its way to Switzerland for this year's Eurovision Song Contest. As NPR's Polina Litvinova reports from Kyiv, the musicians have another important goal in mind. Polina Litvinova, NPR's Polina Litvinova, NPR's Polina Litvinova, NPR's Polina Litvinova, NPR's At the Kyiv railway station, the Ukrainian band Cyferblad gives their very last comments before leaving for the Eurovision Song Contest while their song Bird of Prey is playing.

It's about freedom and the fight for it. The band hopes not only to win the contest, but to remind Europeans about the ongoing war. Some people are already on our side, says guitarist Valentin Leshchinsky. We just need to keep bringing up this topic. Ukraine has won Eurovision three times, most recently in 2022, at the very beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion. Polina Litvinova, NPR News.

US futures are flat and after hours trading on Wall Street. On Asia-Pacific, market shares are mostly higher but down a fraction in Shanghai and up 1 percent in Tokyo. This is NPR News. Tariffs, recessions, how Colombian drug cartels gave us blueberries all year long. That's the kind of thing the Planet Money podcast explains. I'm Sarah Gonzalez and on Planet Money, we help you understand the economy and how things all around you came to be the way they are.

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