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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. On his first day of his second term, President Trump tried to bar citizenship for babies born in the US if their parents entered the country illegally or were only living here temporarily. The Supreme Court ruled against him today. But NPR's Mara Liasson says Trump succeeded in making birthright citizenship a political issue.
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Trump has really succeeded in pushing the Overton window, in other words, changing the parameters of the debate. Before this, birthright citizenship was outside the parameters. It was a settled inside. And even though the Supreme Court reaffirmed the executive's control over immigration policy, in other cases, they drew the line at birthright citizenship. And in a weird way, that's a that could be a political boon for him because if they had ruled for him, he there would have been a tremendous amount of chaos to sort out which babies were citizens and which were not. And now he can just keep the message without the headaches of implementation.
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NPR's Mara Liasson reports. Last week, 146 Venezuelans were deported from the U.S. to Caracas the day two devastating earthquakes struck. Today we're learning dozens of them are among the nearly 2,000 people killed by the quakes. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran reports.
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That group included men, women and children. They were in a guarded hotel in La Guayra where they were being processed by Venezuelan authorities when the powerful twin earthquakes struck. The building pancaked. Now, it's unclear how many people inside survived. Reports range from a dozen to dozens. But what we do know is that many have died and others remain missing. Angelo mejia Melendez was 27. He was among those killed. He had promised his friends and family to celebrate with them upon his return. Victor Guanipatollo is 32 years old. He is missing. His brother is hoping for a miracle to find him under the rubble. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News.
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Americans who lack a trusted healthcare provider or who often turn to social media or AI for health information are more likely to believe vaccine myths. Those are among the findings of a new poll from the Nonpartisan research group KFF. NPR's Maria Godoy has more.
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At a time when vaccination rates are sliding in the US and measles cases are rising, the poll found that several common vaccine myths remain pervasive. For example, at least three in 10 parents said the false claim that the MMR or measles mumps and rubella vaccine causes autism is probably or likely true. Liz Hamill of KFF says that belief was strongest among parents who skipped or delayed vaccines for their kids. So there's a big correlation there between the decisions people are making and their views on some of these vaccine myths. Overall, the poll found at least half of American adults were not sure what to believe when it comes to vaccine myths. Maria Godoy, NPR News.
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Americans attitudes toward these the economy improved slightly this month as gas prices declined, but their outlook is still mostly negative by historical standards. This is npr. Thousands of immigrants are leaving South Africa because of a rise in anti migration anger. Attacks have coincided with a series of protests and marches by anti immigration groups. Those groups set a deadline of today for the government to take action against unauthorized immigrants. They haven't specified what will happen when it passes, but authorities have been on high alert. Black bears are running into people more often. In Tennessee, state wildlife officials have reported a higher volume of incidents of bears breaking car and house windows. Caroline Eggers from member station WPLN reports from Gatlinburg.
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The Great Smoky Mountains national park has been in some level of drought since November. It's one factor affected by the warming climate that scientists say pushes bears towards human sources of food. This year, Tennessee wildlife biologist Janelle Musser says the state has received more than 800 calls about bears.
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I think we have seen really high levels, especially this year, of some extreme human bear conflict, stuff that we really honestly haven't even seen in the past.
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What's really unusual is how often these bears have broken car windows or opened cabin doors. For NPR News, I'm Caroline eggers and
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Gatlinburg LeBron James will not be back with the Los Angeles Lakers and plans to play a record extending 24th NBA season. Elsewhere, the Lakers released a statement thanking James for his eight seasons with the club. James said it was an honor to wear the purple and gold. The league's free agent period began today at 6pm Eastern. He will not be able to sign with a new team until July 6th. I'm Ryland Barton and this is NPR News from Washington. Support for NPR and the following message come from the Andrew Carnegie Corporation, formerly Carnegie Corporation of New York, working to reduce political polarization through support for education, democracy and peace. More information@carnegie.org.