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What are President Trump's new executive orders on birthright citizenship and birth tourism?

Sue Guzman 0:02
A new tact taken. I'm Sue Guzman, Fox News. President Trump signing two executive orders Thursday dealing with birthright citizenship. Now these two orders.
Unknown 0:12
Were signed. One expands restrictions to birthright citizenship, denying it for children born to members of specific groups like terrorists. The other, though, banning birth tourism. That's when people who are pregnant come to America, typically on a tourism visa, but really it's to give birth so that their baby is a US citizen. Data shows this makes up less than 1% of births in the US each year, but the president is.
Sue Guzman 0:42
Supreme Court struck down an earlier executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.
Steve Harrigan 0:53
The agreement would give Iran control over ships entering the strait and Oman control over departing ships. The U.S.

How is the U.S. responding to Iran's proposed maritime agreement and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea?

Steve Harrigan 1:00
is expected to reject any demands from Iran for transit fees. And in the Red Sea, Iranian backed Houthi terrorists launched fresh attacks against Saudi Arabia, firing missiles at two oil tankers. The Houthi attacks have slowed exports through the Red Sea and in the past have caused spikes in oil. prices. They also risk creating a wider war with the threat of retaliation by Saudi Arabia. The Houthis also attacked military camps in Yemen, killing at least thirty-eight soldiers.
Sue Guzman 1:30
A Gulf official says there's a 50-50 chance Ed Iran reaches a deal with the U.S. Friday. Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell's been discharged from a rehabilitation center. The Senator says he'll continue his recovery at home. He's been absent from the Senate since June, where he is hospitalized after a fall. And a student opens fire at a high school outside Bangkok, Thailand, killing six and wounding several others.

What are the latest developments in the U.S. Senate, including the Graham Russian Sanctions Bill and upcoming confirmations?

Sue Guzman 1:53
The shooter hospitalized. Лисини то Фокснюс.
Steve Harrigan 1:59
Yeah.
Sue Guzman 2:02
With a summer recess closing in, the Senate is in session today. It is expected to consider final passage of the Graham Russian Sanctions Bill, along with a continuing resolution that would fund the government through December eleventh. And a confirmation vote is also planned for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn has won the Republican primary in the race to succeed Tennessee Governor Bill Lee.
Unknown 2:25
going to do a Tennessee doge to make certain we do not waste one
Sue Guzman 2:32
Dime of your taxpayer money. She faces Democrat Jerry Green in November. Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher defeated U.S.

What do the latest jobs report and unemployment figures indicate about the U.S. economy and Fed policy?

Sue Guzman 2:41
Representative and Trump backed Andy Ogles in the Republican primary in a newly redrawn congressional district.
Hilary Barsky 2:52
Rolls are expected to increase by a modest 80,000 for the month, which would be an improvement from 57,000 in June, which was far less than expected. The unemployment rate is forecast to hold steady at 4.2% after falling unexpectedly to that level in June. The report takes on added importance after the Fed left rates unchanged last week, and Chair Kevin Warsh emphasized that officials will be led by incoming data as stronger than expected. Expected report could revive the case for a Fed rate hike while further cooling would give policy makers more reason to stay on hold, even in the face of still elevated inflation.
Sue Guzman 3:27
Hilary Barsky, Fox News. A British sociologist who became famous as the youngest black professor ever at the University of Cambridge has resigned this after the university opened an investigation into his academic qualifications. Last month, the Times of London published an analysis of Jason R.

Why did the youngest Black professor at Cambridge resign amid an investigation into his academic work?

Sue Guzman 3:45
Day's PhD, his thesis highlighting what they said were multiple passages that were identical to a paper written by by another researcher. I'm Sue Guzman. This is Fox News.

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