Birthright citizenship heads to court. And, more roadblocks to Trump's 'big' bill

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Today, the Supreme Court hears historical arguments arsenic the Trump medication tries to situation the law provision that guarantees automatic citizenship to each babies calved successful the U.S. The Constitution's 14th Amendment says, successful part, that each persons calved successful the United States are citizens of the country. On time 1 of President Trump's 2nd term, helium issued an enforcement bid barring citizenship for children calved successful the U.S. whose parents were either not present legally oregon who were present legally but connected a impermanent basis.

The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments connected May 15 successful a lawsuit challenging an enforcement bid President Trump signed successful January to bounds who is entitled to birthright citizenship. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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• 🎧 The Justice Department, knowing it is apt to suffer its assertion that the 14th Amendment doesn't mean what it says, has asked the tribunal to absorption connected a much method question, NPR's Nina Totenberg tells Up First. Immigrant rights groups and 22 states challenged Trump's bid successful court. Three judges ruled that the president's bid is blatantly unconstitutional, and 3 appeals courts person refused to unblock the orders portion appeals are happening. The medication is focused connected whether national territory tribunal judges person the powerfulness to regularisation against them and barroom enforcement of Trump's enforcement bid nationwide.
• ➡️ A bulk of Americans oppose ending birthright citizenship, according to a caller NPR/Ipsos poll.

House Republicans are moving to beforehand Trump's "big beauteous bill" this week arsenic committees proceed to marque adjustments to conscionable a Memorial Day deadline. For months, Trump has said the measure volition execute overmuch of his home argumentation agenda, including migration and taxation policy. Yesterday, 3 committees voted to finalize their portions of the bill, which impact extending the 2017 taxation cuts, nary taxes connected tips and overtime, and cuts to Medicaid and the nutrient assistance programme SNAP. However, House Speaker Mike Johnson volition person to easiness tensions wrong his ain enactment to get the constrictive bulk needed to walk the bill. Meanwhile, galore Senate Republicans are dismissing the authorities before it is adjacent finished successful the House.

• 🎧 Tomorrow, the fund committee volition conscionable to harvester each the idiosyncratic approved bills, and the House enactment volition ballot connected it adjacent week, NPR's Barbara Sprunt says. The Freedom Caucus has pushed back, saying the bills won't effect successful significant capable shortage reductions and that proposals to adhd enactment requirements to Medicaid won't footwear successful soon enough. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that astatine slightest 8.6 cardinal radical enrolled successful Medicaid could suffer sum owed to changes successful the House bill.

Trump's announcement that helium would assistance sanctions against Syria has caused a spot of confusion for the country's neighbor, Israel. For decades, Israel was Syria's enemy. Syria's caller leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has said for months that helium wants nary occupation with Israel. Trump is successful Qatar for the 3rd time of his Middle East trip.

• 🎧 NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi spoke with Damascus Governor Maher Marwan, who said Syria wants peace and it cannot beryllium an hostile to Israel oregon anyone else. Marwan besides stated helium wanted the U.S. to facilitate those relations. Israel was stunned by the quality of Trump's announcements astir the sanctions, and its country's media stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Trump not to assistance them. Israel has expressed that Sharaa and his radical are terrorists and they must support themselves against them.

Deep dive

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: The office of the Department of Education are shown March 12, 2025 successful Washington, DC. The Department of Education announced yesterday that it volition trim its unit by astir 50 percent, leaving the section with 2,183 workers, a simplification from 4,133 erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump took bureau for his 2nd term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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Congressional Republicans are pursuing 1 of the astir important changes to the national pupil indebtedness programme successful history. This overhaul, which would interaction millions of borrowers, is included successful the Republicans' reconciliation package. If passed, the bundle would besides widen the taxation cuts implemented during Trump's medication successful 2017. A key facet of the projected overhaul is the volition to destruct astir existing pupil indebtedness repayment plans and supply a azygous repayment enactment for aboriginal borrowers.

• 💰 The caller program would necessitate caller borrowers to hold to a repayment play of 10 to 25 years, based connected their indebtedness size. The full magnitude owed, including interest, would beryllium divided into adjacent monthly payments.
• 💰 Borrowers presently holding loans volition not suffice for the caller program but tin entree immoderate older options, including modular repayment plans with durations ranging from 10 to 30 years.
• 💰 Republicans are creating their Repayment Assistance Plan for aboriginal and existent borrowers, which would let payments based connected their full adjusted gross income.
• 💰 The assistance program would besides waive immoderate involvement near aft a borrower makes their payment, which means borrowers would nary longer spot their loans grow.

Read much details connected repayment options based connected income brackets here.

Life advice

Maintaining big friendships aft children travel into the premix tin beryllium complicated. Parents mightiness presume their child-free friends aren't funny successful your caller life. Those without children mightiness presume their genitor friends are excessively bushed oregon engaged to bent out. Life Kit has an illustrated usher to assistance you grow your relationships adjacent stronger successful caller beingness stages.

• 👶Pay attraction to the equilibrium of topics discussed astatine gatherings that see parents and child-free friends. You don't privation idiosyncratic to consciousness near retired by a speech they mightiness not beryllium capable to subordinate to.
• 👶 Be flexible. Gatherings mightiness look different, but retrieve the extremity is to walk clip together. Consider activities children tin beryllium contiguous for, similar doing chores oregon moving errands.
• 👶 Don't hesitate to person hard conversations astir your feelings during this caller signifier of life. Open connection tin either fortify your narration oregon uncover that you are increasing apart.

For much guidance connected however to nurture friendships aft kids travel into the picture, listen to this occurrence of NPR's Life Kit. Subscribe to the Life Kit newsletter for adept proposal connected love, money, relationships and more.

3 things to cognize earlier you go

This metallic container containing astir $10,000 of gold, currency, and historical San Francisco artifacts was recovered precocious connected May 13 connected West Ridge Trail successful Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve, San Francisco. TJ Lee hide caption

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1. A viral Reddit station led hundreds connected a quest Tuesday successful San Francisco to find retired if the clues led to a bounty. Spoiler alert: The prize was astir $10,000 of gold, currency and historical artifacts.
2. A fewer years ago, "A" experienced psychosis and believed helium was a sleeper cause for the U.S. authorities with a ngo connected the moon. His brag visited him aft helium told her that helium needed to discontinue his occupation and ended up successful jailhouse for driving nether the power during a psychotic episode. She became his unsung leader erstwhile she noticed the signs of what was happening and got him the psychiatric attraction helium needed.
3. A caller survey reveals that nearly 19 cardinal children successful the U.S. unrecorded successful households with astatine slightest 1 genitor who has a substance usage disorder.

This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.