Up First from NPR • 2 May 2025

Public Media Cuts, Waltz Out As National Security Advisor, Alien Enemies Act Ruling

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A new executive order aims to cut federal subsidies to PBS and NPR. President Trump is nominating national security adviser Mike Waltz as his ambassador to the United Nations, and a federal judge ruled that the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan immigrants from the US is "unlawful."

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