A. Martinez

Guess what tomorrow is, A. Well, it's not my birthday, so it's just another Tuesday as far as I'm concerned.

That's right.

That's forgotten.

Right.

And everyone out there probably by now has heard that federal funding for public media was eliminated as of October 1st.

That means NPR is now operating without federal support for the first time in our history.

That's more than 50 years.

It's a big change, also a big challenge, but one that we definitely can overcome together.

She called me eloquent.

Thank you so much, Rika, and thank you for listening, and thank you for your support.

The White House is tightening legal immigration pathways after last week's shooting of two National Guard members.

I'm A. Martinez, that's Leila Fadl, and this is Up First from NPR News.

U.S.

strikes in the Caribbean are under bipartisan scrutiny, and now some lawmakers say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may have violated international law when he reportedly gave an order to kill everyone aboard one of the alleged drug boats.

This rises to the level of a war crime, if it's true.

We'll hear how the Trump administration is responding.

The suspect is Afghan National Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who's been charged with first-degree murder.

He was granted asylum earlier this year after coming to the U.S.

under a Biden-era program that facilitated temporary legal status for people who worked with the U.S.

military in Afghanistan.