David Folkenflik

NPR and PBS say they will challenge President Trump's executive order that directs a Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board to stop federal funding for the major public broadcasters. NPR's David Fokkenflik reports it's not clear that the president has the authority to do that under the law.

NPR and PBS say they will challenge President Trump's executive order that directs a Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board to stop federal funding for the major public broadcasters. NPR's David Fokkenflik reports it's not clear that the president has the authority to do that under the law.

No government official can dictate what public broadcasters spend their money on once they've received it. So when President Trump says, you know, he puts out an edict in this executive order saying CBB must cease funding NPR and PBS and basically tell any public broadcasters on the local level that receive their funds that they can't send money back to the big networks.

No government official can dictate what public broadcasters spend their money on once they've received it. So when President Trump says, you know, he puts out an edict in this executive order saying CBB must cease funding NPR and PBS and basically tell any public broadcasters on the local level that receive their funds that they can't send money back to the big networks.

That would seem to be in violation of congressional law.

That would seem to be in violation of congressional law.

NPR's David Fokin flicked the order, also instructs the Federal Communications Commission and other agencies to investigate, quote, whether NPR and PBS have engaged in unlawful discrimination, referring to the network's DEI policies. Rights groups say a drone has struck a ship carrying aid to Gaza today off the coast of Malta. NPR's Hadil Al-Shalchi has the latest.

NPR's David Fokin flicked the order, also instructs the Federal Communications Commission and other agencies to investigate, quote, whether NPR and PBS have engaged in unlawful discrimination, referring to the network's DEI policies. Rights groups say a drone has struck a ship carrying aid to Gaza today off the coast of Malta. NPR's Hadil Al-Shalchi has the latest.

The government's latest big jobs report shows a cooling but resilient market against the backdrop of trade wars and government-wide cuts. The Labor Department says the U.S. economy gained 177,000 jobs in April. That's fewer than the downwardly revised 185,000 jobs created the month before. The unemployment rate in April held steady at 4.2%. U.S. stocks are trading higher this hour.

The government's latest big jobs report shows a cooling but resilient market against the backdrop of trade wars and government-wide cuts. The Labor Department says the U.S. economy gained 177,000 jobs in April. That's fewer than the downwardly revised 185,000 jobs created the month before. The unemployment rate in April held steady at 4.2%. U.S. stocks are trading higher this hour.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 534 points, or 1.3%, at 41,287. The S&P is up 82 points, 1.5%. And the Nasdaq has risen 1.5%, or 272 points. From Washington, this is NPR News. Redwood, a new musical conceived by and starring Tony winner Idina Menzel, announced it was closing early.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 534 points, or 1.3%, at 41,287. The S&P is up 82 points, 1.5%. And the Nasdaq has risen 1.5%, or 272 points. From Washington, this is NPR News. Redwood, a new musical conceived by and starring Tony winner Idina Menzel, announced it was closing early.

Scheduled to run through August, the show is now closing in mid-May after it did not receive any Tony nominations. More from Jeff Lunden.

Scheduled to run through August, the show is now closing in mid-May after it did not receive any Tony nominations. More from Jeff Lunden.

A federal judge in Texas ruled that President Trump's use of an 18th century wartime law to deport certain Venezuelan immigrants is unlawful. The judge who was appointed by Trump found that the administration overstepped its authority. Haley's Comet comes around every 75 years, but every year its debris makes for major meteor showers. Experts say the Ada Aquard shower is peaking.

A federal judge in Texas ruled that President Trump's use of an 18th century wartime law to deport certain Venezuelan immigrants is unlawful. The judge who was appointed by Trump found that the administration overstepped its authority. Haley's Comet comes around every 75 years, but every year its debris makes for major meteor showers. Experts say the Ada Aquard shower is peaking.

They're telling sky gazers they could see 10 to 15 meteors per hour on Monday and Tuesday. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News.

They're telling sky gazers they could see 10 to 15 meteors per hour on Monday and Tuesday. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News.

Palin filed the suit more than seven years ago after The Times published an editorial against heated rhetoric. It linked her political action committee's online ad to a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that gravely wounded then-Representative Gabby Giffords. No proof was ever found that the shooter was motivated by or even knew about the ad.

Palin filed the suit more than seven years ago after The Times published an editorial against heated rhetoric. It linked her political action committee's online ad to a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that gravely wounded then-Representative Gabby Giffords. No proof was ever found that the shooter was motivated by or even knew about the ad.