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Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Rejecting Trump's Proposed Limits
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright
citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order
declaring that children born to people who are in the United States
illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
The justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th
Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, and more recent federal laws in
ruling that anyone born in the country, with very limited exceptions,
is a citizen.
The Republican president's restrictions had been blocked by several lower courts and had not taken effect anywhere in the U.S.
Supreme Court strikes down Trump birthright citizenship order in blow to president
The Supreme Court smacked down President Trump’s executive order
denying birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants and
tourists Tuesday, quashing a marquee policy of his for the second time
in under five months.
Trump’s day one order had been in limbo amid a legal battle over
whether it violated the 14th Amendment, which states: “All persons born
or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein
they reside.”
In a 5-4 ruling, the court found that even those “born in the United
States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present” are covered by the
equal protection amendment, meaning a change to the Constitution would
be required to change their status — the worst-case scenario for the
White House.
Pape Says Trump in 'Wicked Escalation Trap,' Iran Keeps Strait Control
University of Chicago political scientist Robert Pape, one
of America's best-known scholars on air power, coercion, and military
strategy, is warning that President Donald Trump has entered what he
calls a "wicked escalation trap" with Iran — one in which Tehran,
rather than Washington, now holds the strategic advantage through its
control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Speaking in an extended interview with journalist Rachel Blevins on her
YouTube program, Pape argued that despite four months of conflict and a
U.S.-led bombing campaign, the balance of power has shifted in Iran's
favor rather than America's.
Pape is no stranger to military strategy. A professor of political
science at the University of Chicago, he has spent decades studying
coercive air campaigns and authored the influential book "Bombing to
Win."
NPR erroneously reports Samuel Alito is retiring, minutes after Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling
NPR retracted a story Tuesday announcing the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
The public radio outlet posted the conservative justice’s retirement
shortly after the Supreme Court finished its term, announcing a key
birthright citizenship ruling. However, the story was incorrect, and
Alito did not make any such announcement.
The associate justice joined the high court in 2005 as an appointee of
former President George W. Bush to fill a vacancy left by Justice
Sandra Day O’Connor.
Israeli defense chief blames Trump for halting all-out Hezbollah push in Lebanon
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz blamed President Trump on Monday
for stopping the Jewish state from eliminating all of Hezbollah in
Lebanon.
Explaining to reporters that having a “partnership” with the US “has
certain constraints,” Katz said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu “stood bravely” against Trump’s demands that Israel Defense
Forces leave Lebanon through four phone calls.
”Iran constantly pressured the United States to pressure Israel, in
order to stop this,” he said, according to a translated transcript of
the briefing obtained by The Post. “At that time, we were attacking all
of Lebanon, I remind you.”
China urging US-Iran peace talks: 'Talking better than fighting; dialog better than confrontation'
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi called Tuesday for continued
diplomatic momentum between the U.S. and Iran, emphasizing that
negotiations remain the best path to easing tensions in the Middle East.
“Talking is better than fighting, and dialog is better than
confrontation,” Wang warned, speaking in Beijing during a meeting with
his Saudi counterpart.
The current ceasefire remains fragile but he maintains that dialogue
offers a better alternative to renewed conflict, according to China’s
state-run Xinhua news agency.
Probe into 'subversive' anti-AI Singham network is 'enormous,' former Treasury advisor says
New report links Singham-backed activists to campaigns that stalled $23.6B in AI and data center investment across 14 states
Former Treasury senior advisor and chief speechwriter Sam Lyman says
the Southern District of New York's investigation into the finances
behind the activist network tied to American Marxist businessman
Neville Roy Singham marks one of the most significant developments yet
in the federal government's scrutiny of the organization and far-left
protests in the U.S.
"It's an enormous development because it's one of the first legal
actions that's taking a deeper look into this network, which is among
the most subversive political networks here in the United States,
period," Lyman told Fox News Digital.
Lyman was reacting to Fox News Digital's exclusive report that U.S.
Attorney Jay Clayton from the Southern District of New York has opened
a grand jury investigation into the finances behind Singham's sprawling
activist network.
Shock poll: Talarico ties Paxton in Texas Senate race, threatening GOP stronghold
Paxton, Talarico, deadlocked in new poll in crucial 2026 midterm election Senate race
It's been nearly four decades since a Democrat won a U.S. Senate election in reliably red Texas.
But a new poll suggests that Democrats have a good shot this year of breaking their long losing streak.
Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico and Republican nominee Ken
Paxton, the longtime state attorney general, are tied at 47% support
among likely voters in Texas, according to a New York Times/Siena
survey released on Tuesday.
Dem senator faces DOJ probe after allegations of spending campaign funds on luxury lifestyle
The Arizona Democrat allegedly spent funds on trips to Disney World and the 2023 Super Bowl, plus $18,000 for childcare
An embattled Democrat Senator from Arizona is facing a Department of
Justice (DOJ) investigation after allegedly using campaign donations to
fund lavish vacations with his family.
A source familiar with the investigation confirmed to Fox News Digital
that Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is subject to the probe for potential
violations of campaign finance laws.
A week ago, Politico reported that Gallego used campaign money on
family trips to Miami, Saint Barthélemy, Disneyland, Disney World and
Chicago. He also used funds to attend the 2023 Super Bowl in Arizona,
but the senator insisted that the tickets were a legitimate campaign
fundraising expense.
Trump's 'Freedom Trucks' Celebrate US 250th Anniversary
Inside President Donald Trump's six "Freedom Trucks" that will drive
across the country to celebrate America's 250th birthday, an
AI-generated George Washington greets visitors and proclaims: "Thy
rights are a gift from God," beneath a ceiling emblazoned with the
words, "In God We Trust."
On the eve of the holiday observing the July 4, 1776 Declaration of
Independence, the tricked-out "Freedom 250" mobile museum trucks have
fanned out, from Washington State on the West Coast to North Carolina
on the East Coast. The trucks offer what backers call a year-long
patriotic salute to the American Revolution and the nation it birthed.
Freedom 250 spokesperson Rachel Reisner said the organization "is
sparking a unifying movement across all 50 states that celebrates the
American spirit and showcases our nation at its best."
Hunter Biden-style sleaze is just as slimy when the Trump boys do it
By Post Editorial Board
It was bad when the Bidens did it, and it’s just as bad when the Trumps do it.
Insider deals, finders’ fees and backdoor introductions to family
members are business-as-usual in Third World banana republics, but
these slimy practices have now been normalized in the White House, to
the shame of the nation.
The New York Times reports that Eric and Donald Trump Jr., sons of
President Trump, and Kyle and Brandon Lutnick, sons of Commerce
Secretary Howard Lutnick, are tied to a billion-dollar tungsten mining
deal that the US government is financing in Kazakhstan.
The prez himself actually called in to a meeting between Secretary
Lutnick and Kazakhstan’s president as the deal was being finalized.
Senator Susan Collins and the nation’s national defense
Collins and a handful of senior GOP senators have to break with regular order to protect the United States
By Hugh Hewitt
Extraordinarily gifted legislators in the United States Senate are
rare. As preconditions to their effectiveness, they must accumulate
both significant seniority in the body of 100, and the respect of their
ever-changing 99 colleagues. It’s a small club — the United States
Senate — and everyone knows who has got the ability and the respect to
guide big lifts through the (intentionally) complicated process.
Maine Sen. Susan Collins is one of the handful of senators who command
the respect of her Republican Conference colleagues and most of the
Democratic senators who actually care about making the country run
well. That is why Collins is the chair of the powerful Senate
Appropriations Committee and is also one of the 17 senators on the
critical Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. (Collins is also a
member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.)
As chair of the Appropriations Committee, Collins has a unique power to
guide the country’s spending. In partnership with the Chairman of the
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.,
Collins’ greatest responsibility as a legislator is to ensure the
American military is fully funded to the level necessary to "provide
for the common defense," as the preamble of the Constitution succinctly
puts it.
