Ayesha Roscoe

President Trump's former national security advisor, Mike Waltz, lasted barely 100 days in his post.

He's been replaced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who will now add the title of national security advisor to his growing roster of roles.

He's been replaced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who will now add the title of national security advisor to his growing roster of roles.

He's been replaced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who will now add the title of national security advisor to his growing roster of roles.

And that's up first for Saturday, May 3rd, 2025. I'm Ayesha Roscoe.

And that's up first for Saturday, May 3rd, 2025. I'm Ayesha Roscoe.

And that's up first for Saturday, May 3rd, 2025. I'm Ayesha Roscoe.

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I'm Ayesha Roscoe, and this is the Sunday Story from Up First. And today, we've got a big one. Recently, NPR reporter Jenna McLaughlin broke open a huge story about a whistleblower from inside the federal government. His name is Daniel Barulis, and for him, it all started on a Friday at the end of February.

I'm Ayesha Roscoe, and this is the Sunday Story from Up First. And today, we've got a big one. Recently, NPR reporter Jenna McLaughlin broke open a huge story about a whistleblower from inside the federal government. His name is Daniel Barulis, and for him, it all started on a Friday at the end of February.

I'm Ayesha Roscoe, and this is the Sunday Story from Up First. And today, we've got a big one. Recently, NPR reporter Jenna McLaughlin broke open a huge story about a whistleblower from inside the federal government. His name is Daniel Barulis, and for him, it all started on a Friday at the end of February.

On Monday, he sees a black SUV with a police escort pull into the parking garage at their office in D.C. Daniel didn't speak to anyone in the SUV, but he assumes it was members of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOJ. He'd been hearing about DOJ showing up with police escorts around town, and based on that call with his boss, he was expecting them to arrive that day.

On Monday, he sees a black SUV with a police escort pull into the parking garage at their office in D.C. Daniel didn't speak to anyone in the SUV, but he assumes it was members of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOJ. He'd been hearing about DOJ showing up with police escorts around town, and based on that call with his boss, he was expecting them to arrive that day.

On Monday, he sees a black SUV with a police escort pull into the parking garage at their office in D.C. Daniel didn't speak to anyone in the SUV, but he assumes it was members of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOJ. He'd been hearing about DOJ showing up with police escorts around town, and based on that call with his boss, he was expecting them to arrive that day.

and access to the cloud they got. This is Berulis' whole job, to guard the sensitive data in the cloud of his agency. He works at the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, which is a small, independent federal agency that enforces the law to protect people from unfair labor practices, like when a corporation wants to illegally punish workers for organizing a union.