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Two fatal shootings by immigration and customs enforcement officers this month. The administration said ICE agents would stop conducting traffic stops, but then backtracked. I'm Ayesha Rasco. And I'm Scott Simon, and this is Up First from NPR News. The latest into the investigations of the fatal shootings by federal immigration agents in Texas and Maine. And an unprecedented mission is underway to save a valuable space telescope that's falling into Earth. And finally, a world champion in soccer will be crowned tomorrow in New Jersey. Will it be Argentina or Spain? Well, we don't know, but stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your weekend. One year after Congress eliminated federal funding for public media, NPR remains committed to informing the public. But a free press doesn't just happen, it's something we must protect. Without federal funding, we're relying on your support now. Please make your gift today at donate.npr.org. On the latest NPR Politics podcast, we separate fact from fiction in president Trump's prime time address on election security. Two things can be true at the same time. We have ignored vulnerabilities in our voting systems for a long time, and there is no evidence the election was rigged in 2020. The truth and the politics behind president Trump's claims about voter fraud on the latest episode of the NPR Politics podcast. Everyone wants to know if AI is conscious, but consciousness is really hard to define. It's the experience we're having right now. What it is like to eat chocolate or to look at the blue sky? So how do we know who or what is conscious? Check out the new ways scientists are finding to measure the elusive phenomenon on Shortwave. Listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Earlier this week, an immigration and customs enforcement officer shot and killed a man in Maine. It was the second deadly shooting by ICE officers this month. Both of them started as traffic stops. NPR Sergio Martinez Beltran has been covering both incidents and joins us now from Texas. Thanks for being with us. Glad to be with you, Scott. There's so many questions about what led the immigration officers to take out their guns and kill these two men who were in their vehicles driving to work. But you bring us a new concern today. Yes. The latest is that NPR has learned that the ICE officer who allegedly shot Joanne Duran Guerrero in Maine had a long history of violent behavior and struggles with serious mental health problems. That officer's name is David Brulette. NPR has reported he's an army veteran and former police officer. My colleague Vanessa Romo talked to Brulette's ex wife, Ashley Brulette. She said for years, she tried to warn the army and others that her former husband is troubled and abusive. He'd hit me, choke me, and there was an incident where we had been fighting. And I walked away, and I got …