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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Civil rights groups warn that the decision involving birthright citizenship will create chaos.  —  In a major victory for President Trump, the court restricted the ability of federal judges to block his executive orders.  The decision may reshape the way U.S. citizenship is granted, even temporarily.
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Tim Sullivan / Associated Press:
Live updates: Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but leaves fate of birthright citizenship unclear  —  Watch live as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a press briefing at the White House.  —  A divided Supreme Court ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions …
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship order  —  The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines on Friday sided with the Trump administration's request to limit universal injunctions issued by federal courts.  The opinion in the birthright citizenship case was highly anticipated.
Reuters:
Supreme Court, in birthright citizenship case, limits judges' power to block Trump's policies nationwide  —  While a partial Trump win on nationwide injunctions, challenges can continue.  —  Supreme Court Police officers stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 27, 2025.
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's birthright citizenship decision isn't as devastating as you think  —  On Friday, the Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in Trump v. CASA, a case challenging President Donald Trump's attempt to strip many Americans of citizenship.
Washington Post:
Supreme Court ends terms with decisions on birthright citizenship, the ACA and more  —  The Supreme Court on Friday limited the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions blocking President Donald Trump's executive order to ban birthright citizenship, a decision that will have major implications for judicial power.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Sotomayor joined by Jackson, Kagan in fiery birthright citizenship dissents
Eric Katz / GovExec.com:   Mass layoffs likely to remain blocked, for now, thanks to a Supreme Court footnote
Ruth Marcus / New Yorker:   The Supreme Court Sides with Trump Against the Judiciary
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court limits nationwide orders that have blocked Trump's birthright citizenship ban
Discussion: NPR, USA Today and CBS News
NBC News:
Supreme Court birthright citizenship ruling sparks new round of legal fights
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court curbs injunctions that blocked Trump's birthright citizenship plan
Cate Martel / The Hill:
Supreme Court's blockbuster day
New York Times:
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration  —  The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school.  —  The University of Virginia's president, James E. Ryan …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
UVA president resigns under pressure from Trump administration
Discussion: Bloomberg and Newsweek
Daily Progress:
UVa President Jim Ryan resigns
Discussion: MSNBC
Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Newsom Sues Fox News for Saying He Lied About Call With Trump  —  The lawsuit, which seeks at least $787 million in damages, comes as the California governor adopts an increasingly combative style with the president and his allies.  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom of California sued Fox News on Friday …
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Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787M in defamation case over Trump call  —  The amount is nearly identical to Dominion Voting's 2023 defamation settlement with Fox News.  —  Gavin Newsom is taking a page right out of Donald Trump's media playbook.  —  The California governor accused Fox News …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court backs parents seeking to opt their kids out of LGBTQ books in elementary schools  —  Parents sued Montgomery County, Maryland, schools after it said they couldn't opt their children out of exposure to LGBTQ books in the classroom.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
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Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court requires opt-out for LGBTQ-themed lessons in schools
Jordan Rubin / MSNBC:
Supreme Court sided with parents seeking to keep their kids from LGBTQ books instruction
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New York Times:
Major Unions Are Dropping Cuomo to Back Mamdani in N.Y.C. Mayor's Race  —  The powerful hotel workers union and Local 32BJ are switching their endorsements to Zohran Mamdani, a sign that Democratic power brokers are coalescing behind him.  —  Two powerful New York City labor unions …
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Politico:   Two major NYC unions back Mamdani's general election bid for mayor
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Cuomo Doesn't Blame Himself for Losing the Primary. Others Do.
Discussion: Politico and Vanity Fair
William Thornton / al.com:
Tuberville says ‘inner city rats’ live off the American taxpayers: Trump should send them ‘back home’  —  Alabama U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville says President Donald Trump should defund major American cities where leadership is “godawful.”  —  Tuberville appeared on The Benny Show with Benny Johnson …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
On Iran, a reminder that party trumps values  —  Last week, I wrote in my weekly chart article “The myth of Republican isolationism” that the GOP is not in fact the party of isolationism, despite the conventional wisdom about Donald Trump and his coalition.  I pointed out that support …
Discussion: Axios
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump to host Rwanda and Congo foreign minsters at the White House following peace deal signing  —  Trump will host foreign ministers from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Oval Office today.  —  Earlier in the afternoon at the State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Public Is Resisting Trump.  The Elites Aren't.  —  Back in April, the White House took a sledgehammer to America's trading relationships with the rest of the world, pledging that a shiny new trade regime would be in place within three months: “90 deals in 90 days.”
Discussion: Jonathan Cohn and Newsweek
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Terminates Haiti TPS, Encourages Haitians to Obtain Lawful Status  —  WASHINGTON - Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti.  The TPS designation for the country expires on Aug. 3, 2025, and the termination will be effective on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court upholds phone and internet subsidy program for underserved areas  —  The Federal Communications Commission policy requires telecommunications companies to spend billions of dollars to subsidize service in poor and rural areas.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected …
The Chronicle:
Stalled funding, canceled grants: How the NIH crisis is affecting Duke  —  Duke has lost hundreds of millions in federal research funding this year as the courts and President Donald Trump clash over the future of the National Institutes of Health.  —  Duke receives around $1.2 billion …
CNN:
US did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran's nuclear sites, top general tells lawmakers, citing depth of the target  —  The US military did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran's largest nuclear sites last weekend because the site is so deep that the bombs likely would not have been effective …
Discussion: The Economist, Politico and Newsweek
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
N.Y. Senator ‘Misspoke’ When She Falsely Claimed Zohran Mamdani Condoned ‘Global Jihad’  —  Kirsten Gillibrand said her constituents are “alarmed” by the New York mayoral nominee's past statements, including a big one he didn't make  —  During a radio interview Thursday …
Jack Rakove / Washington Monthly:
It's Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era.  It's Constitutional Failure  —  The idea that the United States awaits some dread constitutional crisis has become commonplace.  For lawyers, such a crisis would likely involve Donald Trump's administration defying the Supreme Court on some critical ruling.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Group suing over Trump's birthright order seeks to convert case to a class action lawsuit  —  An organization representing immigrants fighting President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order wasted little time seeking to recalibrate its legal strategy to block the president's policy despite …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court endorses Obamacare panel that requires free preventive care  —  The case grew out of a conservative religious challenge to the approval of HIV prevention treatments that insurers are required to provide at no cost to patients.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected …
Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening  —  Madonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, was taken by plainclothes officers from her home in New Orleans  —  A 64-year-old Iranian woman, who has lived in the US for 47 years, was detained by immigration agents …
Discussion: The Indian Express
 
 
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