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Congress is considering a rescissions package from the White House that would claw back more than $1 billion of public media funding. Federal funding for all of public media amounts to about $1.60 per person per year. That helps bring you the news and podcasts you rely on from NPR. Please take a stand for public media today at GoACPR.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. The Salvadoran national who was living in Maryland and mistakenly deported to El Salvador's toughest prison is back in the United States.

Federal charges against Kilmar Abrego-Garcia now include smuggling of undocumented migrants. NPR's Jimena Bustillo tells us Abrego Garcia is being held in a Tennessee County jail near Nashville awaiting arraignment next Friday. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a press conference yesterday that a grand jury in Tennessee had charged Abrego Garcia of federal crimes. The indictment has one count of alien smuggling and one count of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. She said that the grand jury found that over the past nine years, Abrego Garcia played

a significant role in an alien smuggling ring. The indictment alleges that he made over 100 trips transporting people without legal status between Texas and Maryland and other states. NPR has not independently confirmed the smuggling accusations. NPR's Hima Nibustia reporting. President Trump today told NBC News he is not prepared to talk to his former ally Elon Musk and assumes that their relationship is over. The online feud between the two men this week could have real-world implications for Musk's business empire. NPR's Stephen Fowler

explains. SpaceX is a big NASA contractor. Tesla's success comes in part from low-interest federal loans and Musk's businesses have received tens of billions in public funds from the federal government. After the billionaire criticized the president's so-called one big beautiful reconciliation bill, Trump floated canceling contracts with Musk's companies. But those entities play crucial roles in parts of the government's functions. For example, more than 80 percent of everything on Earth that went into space last year did it aboard a SpaceX rocket.

Stephen Fowler, NPR News. Ukrainian officials say at least three people died today in a large Russian drone and missile attack on Kharkiv. Meanwhile, lawmakers in the Baltic states are expressing support for Ukraine's path to membership in NATO and the European Union. Terry Schultz reports. The Foreign Affairs Committees of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania say their countries will support Kyiv until complete victory against Russia, including the liberation of all occupied territories and the punishment of war crime perpetrators. They call on NATO leaders to take concrete political steps toward Ukrainian membership

at their summit in The Hague later this month, saying this will strengthen peace in Europe. They also want Ukraine's ongoing negotiations to join the EU completed by 2030. The U.S. staunchly opposes Ukraine joining NATO for now, although a pledge for eventual membership was reiterated at the Alliance's last summit in Washington. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels. Today in Paris, Coco Goff triumphed at the French Open for the first time by defeating top-ranked Irina Sablenka. It's her second major trophy after the 2023 US Open. This is NPR News in Washington. A performance of the Broadway production of Good Night and Good Luck starring George Clooney

is to be live-streamed later today ahead of tomorrow's Tony Awards. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports on the upcoming CNN broadcast. Good Night and Good Luck has been nominated for five Tony Awards and is a huge commercial success. Based on the 2005 movie of the same title, which was co-written by Clooney and in which he also acted, it tells the story of broadcast journalist Edward Morrow's face-off against Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. Here's a snippet from the show's trailer. There's a story behind the story, if you're bold enough to search for it.

CNN will broadcast the production live from New York's Winter Garden Theatre at 7pm Eastern Time. It will also be available online at CNN.com and HBO Max. Although this is a first for network TV, the online streamer Broadway HD has been live streaming shows for nearly a decade. Good Night and Good Luck is scheduled to end its Broadway run tomorrow. Chloe Veltman, NPR News. A large egg recall announced yesterday by the August Egg Company is now linked to an outbreak of salmonella across seven states in the West and Midwest. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say 79 people have been identified with a strain of salmonella linked to the eggs. Twenty-one have been hospitalized. Close to 2 million brown, organic, and brown cage-free

egg varieties distributed to grocery stores were flagged for possible contamination. States affected include Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Washington, and Wyoming. I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.