Supreme court ruled in June against president’s earlier order to change citizenship rules for babies born in US A federal judge has temporarily blocked Donald Trump ’s latest attempt to restrict birthright citizenship – the longstanding principle that all babies born in the US are guaranteed American citizenship. The decision came nearly a month after the president tried for a second time to limit via executive orde…
NYTimes – US Maryland judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s executive order targeting what he termed ‘birth tourism’ The White House is pressuring American space companies, including billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to decline French president Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to a space summit in Paris next week, according to a Politico report. In a private call, a White House official told companies – including SpaceX…
Maryland judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s executive order targeting what he termed ‘birth tourism’ The White House is pressuring American space companies, including billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to decline French president Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to a space summit in Paris next week, according to a Politico report. In a private call, a White House official told companies – including SpaceX…
NYTimes – US The justices have been asked to weigh in again on the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict mail voting — this time on whether the plans violate the Constitution.
The ruling is the second time Trump’s ambitious plans of abolishing a constitutional right were shot down by federal courts. The US Supreme Court earlier blocked an executive attempt at abolishing the right to children born to parents who do not hold legal residence status.
NYTimes – US The ruling raised concerns that babies already defined as citizens by the Supreme Court could have their citizenship revoked under an order the president signed in August.
NYTimes – US Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C. home of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, with sources saying the investigation centers on immigration documents filed by her late father when she was a child. Omar called the search a weaponization of federal law enforcement and said she would not be silenced. Democrats condemned it as a rogue abuse of power three weeks before the midterm election. President Donald Trump said he did not order the search, though he had previously announced a Justice Department investigation into Omar.
NYTimes – US Kimberly Guilfoyle has resigned as US ambassador to Greece following allegations that she sought payment from a Trump donor in exchange for access to administration officials. President Trump said a day earlier that he was "looking at" firing her. Guilfoyle denies the allegations and says she will "vigorously defend" herself.
NYTimes – US Newly released 911 recordings reveal confusion and delay after Tennessee prison officials called for emergency help during Christa Pike's botched lethal injection. The first call came at 8:40 p.m., but it took about 30 minutes for responders to verify the request was legitimate. Pike survived two doses and was ultimately taken to hospital.
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