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Does the idea of listening to political news freak you out? Well, don't sweat it. The NPR Politics Podcast makes politics a breeze. Every episode will break down the day's headlines into totally normal language and make sure that you walk away understanding what the day's news might mean for you. Take a deep breath and give politics another chance with the NPR Politics Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korova Coleman. President Trump has issued an executive order that attempts to end federal funding

for NPR and PBS, accusing the organizations of political bias. NPR's Ryland Barton reports it's the latest attack on public media by the Trump administration. Trump is ordering the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop sending money to NPR and PBS, and he's banning local public radio and TV stations from using taxpayer dollars to support the news organizations. The president says federal funding should not support what he calls biased and partisan

news coverage. CPB is the independent nonprofit that Congress funds to partially pay for public broadcasting. And currently NPR receives about 1% of its funding directly from CPB and PBS gets about 15%. Earlier this week Trump moved to fire three of CPB's board members they're suing, saying they're not a federal agency and don't serve at the pleasure of the president. Rylan Barton, NPR News. A federal judge has ruled that President Trump acted unlawfully when he used the Alien Enemies Act to deport certain Venezuelan migrants from South Texas. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is a Trump appointee.

He says although the migrants are alleged gang members and the gang's presence is harmful, their activities do not meet the legal standard to be viewed as a predatory incursion as it's understood by the law. The judge's decision only covers areas in the southern district of Texas, including Houston. In Colorado, immigration authorities are proposing what appears to be the largest find ever against three companies. From Colorado Public Radio, Ben Marcus has more. The proposed fines come after audits by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

More than $8 million in possible fines for employing unauthorized workers. That includes a more than $6 million fine against CCS Denver, which provides janitorial services. They refused to comment. The other two companies penalized by ICE could not be located, and a spokesperson for the agency did not respond to a request for comment. President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, has promised a 400% increase in workplace enforcement actions.

For NPR News, I'm Ben Marcus in Denver. The CEO of big tech company Apple says President Trump's global tariffs are going to cost his corporation. CEO Tim Cook spoke on an earnings call saying that Apple would face significant costs very soon. Assuming the current global tariff rates, policies and applications do not change for the balance of the quarter and no new tariffs are added, we estimate the impact to add $900 million to our costs. Cook says he expects that most of Apple's iPhones that are sold in the United States

will soon have India as their country of origin, not China. China is facing tariffs by President Trump of 145%. This is NPR. President Trump is moving national security advisor Mike Waltz out of his job. He'll be nominated to serve as US ambassador to the UN. This comes after Waltz took responsibility for accidentally adding a journalist to a chat where military strikes on Yemen were being discussed. Trump has tapped Secretary of State Marco Rubio to temporarily serve as national

security adviser along with his other roles. The western movie Rust, starring and co-produced by actor Alec Baldwin, is debuting in movie theaters today. It's been three years since the film's original cinematographer, Helena Hutchins, was killed on set. And Beers Mandelit Del Barco has more. Alec Baldwin plays the outlaw harlan rust in the fictional film set in the 1800s some things in this life you can't get back i reckon during production baldwin pointed the prop gun that went off killing helena hutchins the film's armorer is serving prison time but baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial was dismissed director joel suza who was shot in the shoulder, returned to finish Rust.

Joel Sousa, Director, NPR News Obviously, the human cost and the tragedy of it overshadows everything. I guess I just wonder if people will sort of see past that and engage with it as a film or if it will be a thing where people just can't ever separate the movie from what happened during its filming. LESLIE KENDRICK, NPR News After premiering at a film festival in Poland, Rust now has a limited theatrical release and is on demand. Mandolita Barco, NPR News. More than 100,000 power customers in Pennsylvania are still without electricity days after deadly storms swept through the state.

The outages are across central and western Pennsylvania. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.