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Korva Coleman
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm KORVA COLEMAN. The U.S. supreme Court hears arguments this hour in a case about birthright citizenship. President Trump has signed an executive order attempting to end the constitutional right. He is now at the Supreme Court to hear the arguments. NPR's Adrian Florido has more on the lead plaintiff in the case, titled Trump v. Barbara.
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Adrian Florido
Barbara is not her real name. The aclu, which filed the case used a pseudonym out of fear of retaliation from the Trump administration. Barbara came to the US from Honduras in 2024 and requested asylum. She's living in New Hampshire while her asylum case moves forward. She had a baby last year. If it hadn't been temporarily blocked by lower courts, President Trump's executive order would have denied the baby US Citizenship. The order says at least one parent must be a citizen or legal permanent resident for their baby to be a citizen. The 14th Amendment has long guaranteed citizenship to babies born in the U.S. researchers estimate that if the Supreme Court upholds President's order, 250,000 babies born in the country each year will be denied citizenship. Adrienne Florido, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
The White House says President Trump will address the nation later this evening about the war in Iran. Trump said yesterday the US could end the war in two or three weeks. He also said that control of the Strait of Hormuz was not a US Problem. He said that was an issue for other countries, such as France. However, this morning, Trump wrote online that Iran's new regime leader has asked the US For a ceasefire. He wrote the US Would only consider that when the Hormuz Strait was open again. Trump then said, quote, we are blasting Iran into oblivion. Meanwhile, Trump is reiterating complaints about NATO. In an interview with the British newspaper the Telegraph, Trump says he's strongly considering pulling out of the military alliance. That's because allies have not supported the US War against Iran. Stocks opened higher this morning as the Commerce Department reported a bigger than expected jump in retail sales. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 310 points in early trading.
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Scott Horsley
Retail spending grew by 0.6% in the month leading up to the war with Iran. Spending at gas stations rose nearly 1% in February. Spending on gasoline likely jumped even more in March as the war sent gas prices soaring about $4 a gallon. Spending at restaurants was also up in February, while spending at grocery stores was down. Hopes for an early end of the war triggered a big rally in the stock market on Tuesday, but that didn't erase big wartime losses earlier in the month. Happy birthday to Apple. It was on April Fool's Day, 50 years ago that a couple guys named Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched the Apple Computer Company. Five decades on Apple's worth just under $4 trillion. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
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Korva Coleman
You're listening to NPR News. NASA is proceeding with a countdown for tonight's launch of its Artemis 2 mission. A crew of four is set to launch from Florida for a 10 day trip. Their goal is to fly around the moon before returning to Earth. For a long time, students have continued their education because of the promise of better pay or a boost in their career. But as NPR's Janaki Mehta reports, a new study says not all advanced degrees are worth the cost.
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Janaki Mehta
Graduate degrees in medicine, law, pharmacy and certain engineering degrees tend to have a high return on investment. That's according to a new report from the Post Secondary Education and Economics Research center at American University. But the same cannot be said of clinical psychology or social work degrees. For example, when you factor in the entire cost of those relatively popular degrees, they could have zero or even negative returns on investment. But the researchers say students shouldn't just look at earning potential when deciding whether to pursue a grad degree. It's also important to look at other factors, like cost of the specific program or if it would be possible to work and earn while in school. Janaki Mehta and Pierre NEWS the field
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Korva Coleman
of teams is complete for this year's Men's World cup soccer tournament. Iraq was the last team to qualify. Also going is Democratic Republic of the Congo. The DRC has not appeared in the World cup In more than 50 years, when the country was then called Zaire. But one historic team is not going. Italy has failed to qualify for the third time. The Italian men have won the World cup four times previously. You're listening to npr.
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