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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korova Coleman. Federal and Utah state authorities are still searching for the suspect wanted in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Authorities have released video of the male suspect. Steve Futterman reports from Orem, Utah. The video shows a man dressed mostly in black running across the top of a building. Bill Mason of the Utah Department of Public Safety narrated the video, describing the suspect's actions when he reached the end of the building.

He's going to climb off the edge and then, dropped down to the ground. As he did that, he left some palm impressions. There's some smudges and some places we're looking to collect DNA. Authorities are offering a $100,000 reward for any information that leads to the killer's capture. Utah's governor Spencer Cox says law enforcement has received more than 7,000 tips, more than 200 interviews have been conducted, but no arrest has been made. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Orham, Utah. The federal government collected $30 billion in tariff revenue last month. NPR Scott Horsley reports that's a nearly four-fold increase from this time last year.

A monthly report from the Treasury Department says tariff revenue reached $30 billion last month up from $8 billion in August of 2024. Tariffs accounted for nearly 9% of all federal revenue last month, but they haven't done much to improve the government's financial health. With a month ago in the fiscal year, the federal government's running a deficit of nearly two trillion dollars, and it's had to pay out more than one trillion just to cover the interest on the growing federal debt. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington. Some 300 South Korean citizens are back home. They were detained last week in Georgia by

U.S. immigration authorities. The workers were at a Hyundai electric vehicle battery plant. From Ember Station WABE, Sam Greenglass reports the plant has been championed by top Georgia Republicans. Republicans in Georgia spent years building ties with companies. in South Korea, culminating in Hyundai, locating a multi-billion-dollar electric vehicle plant near Savannah. But the raid last week at the battery facility has put some Republicans like Governor Brian Kemp in a tricky position, says GOP strategist Brian Robinson.

He's got to, on the one hand, consider his politics in Georgia, but also he's got to make sure that the South Koreans feel appreciated and make sure that bridges don't get burned. The raid is highlighting some tension, between President Trump's immigration crackdown and his push to reinvigorate American manufacturing. For NPR news, I'm Sam Greenglass in Atlanta. The United Nations Security Council meets today. Members will discuss Russia's incursion into Polish airspace this week.

More than a dozen Russian attack drones flew into Poland. Some of these drones were shot down by Polish and NATO aircraft. On Wall Street and pre-market trading, Dow futures are lower. This is NPR. House Republicans have named five GOP members for a new January 6th Select Subcommittee to investigate the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. They'll join three Democrats. The new panel is intended to be a response to the original January 6th committee. Republicans have claimed the Democratic-led panel was biased against President Trump. The federally funded preschool program Head Start can keep enrolling migrant children who are illegally in the U.S.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from preventing the children from enrolling. That move is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to block migrants illegally in the U.S. from accessing social services. Pop star Sabrina Carpenter tops this week's Billboard charts, NPR Stephen Thompson reports. This week, the Billboard Albums chart features just one debut in the top 10, man's best friend by Sabrina Carpenter. The album Man's Best Friend debuts at number one, but Carpenter's success this week runs deeper than that. She also lands two songs in the top five, Manchild, which topped the chart earlier this summer, and her new single, Tears. Tears enters the Billboard singles chart at number three, but it's not alone. Thanks mostly to streaming all 12 songs from Man's Best Friend land in the top 40.

Stephen Thompson, NPR News. And I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News from Washington.