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Windsor Johnston
In Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Supreme Court is wrapping up its current term today. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports. The justices are expected to issue a number of decisions, including one on birthright citizenship.
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Nina Totenberg
The birthright citizenship case is the headliner today, but it's something of a bait and switch. Despite the Constitution's provision guaranteeing citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. president Trump issued an executive order allowing citizenship only for certain individuals. The order was promptly struck down by three separate federal judges, Republican and Democratic appointees alike. The Justice Department appealed to the Supreme Court, but perhaps sensing an almost certain loss on the main question, it has asked the court to stop judges from issuing decisions that apply nationwide like this one. If the administration prevails, it will make litigating many of Trump's executive orders far more difficult. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.
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Windsor Johnston
Even if everyone in the country who was eligible to vote did so in the 2024 election, President Trump still would have won. NPR's Domenico Montanaro has more on a study conducted by the Pew Research Cent enter after the election.
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Domenico Montanaro
Historically, higher turnout was thought to be better for Democrats because younger voters and non white voters lean left and they traditionally vote at lower rates. But of the thousands of people that Pew interviewed who didn't vote in the 2024 presidential election, 44% said they preferred Trump, while 40% said they would have rather seen Democrat Kamala Harris in the White House. So even if everyone who could have voted did, Trump's overall very narrow popular vote win would have expanded from 1.5 percentage points to 3. That's a reversal from the last two presidential election when non voters said they preferred the Democratic candidates. The finding was part of an almost 9,000-person Pew survey conducted in the weeks after the presidential election. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
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Windsor Johnston
Despite a slight increase in oil today, the apparent end Israel's war with Iran has seen a significant drop in global oil prices over the past week. Villa Marx reports the risks of a.
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Willem Marks
Major new Middle east conflict and its consequences for oil supplies in the Persian Gulf have almost evaporated after the short, sharp exchange of RO rockets and airstrikes ended in a ceasefire several days ago. The price for oil has fallen significantly in line with the reduced threat to supply from around $80 a barrel in the middle of June after Israel first began targeting Iranian nuclear facilities to around $67 after President Trump announced that ceasefire. The latest weekly price drop of around 12% is the largest fall in more than two years. As crude oil from Iran and other major producers in the Gulf region have continued to flow unimpeded. Concerns about an Iranian blockade of a major shipping route, the Straits of Hormuz, have proven to be unfounded. For NPR News, I'm Willem Marks.
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Windsor Johnston
This is NPR News in Washington. Closing arguments are underway in New York in the trial of Sean Diddy Combs. Prosecutors have spent weeks presenting evidence that the hip hop mogul is guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports.
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Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Prosecutor Kristi Slavik spent hours connecting the dots between all of the victims crimes and evidence presented to the court for the last month and a half. Slavik explained to the jury that in order to convict Combs of sex trafficking, they need to believe he sexually coerced each alleged victim once. She detailed numerous times Combs ex girlfriends testified that they felt pressured by Combs to participate in encounters with male sex workers. Slavik also listed off examples of eight crimes that fall under racketeering conspiracy. They include arson, kidnapping and bribery. Jurors need to believe Combs and his employees agreed to commit two of those crimes to convict him. Isabela Gomez Sarmiento, NPR News.
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Windsor Johnston
NASA says that a mysterious fireball that was spotted across several southern states on Thursday was a meteor. The agency says that it entered Earth's atmosphere, streaking across the skies at nearly 30,000 miles per hour before exploding over Georgia. The flash and loud boom were reported in at least six states, including Alabama, the Carolinas and parts of Florida. Experts are looking for fragments and hoping to learn about more where it came from. Stocks across Asia close mix today on Wall Street. Dow futures are trading higher at this hour. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News, in Washington.
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