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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The U.S.
Chapter 2: What recent Supreme Court case challenges President Trump's birthright citizenship argument?
Supreme Court casts doubt on President Trump's argument for limiting birthright citizenship. Trump's executive order says children born in the U.S. to parents in the country illegally, temporarily or even with a long-term visa are not automatically eligible. The ACLU argues that order violates a constitutional provision under the 14th Amendment.
Chapter 3: How is the ACLU responding to Trump's executive order on citizenship?
Here's NPR's Carrie Johnson.
A number of the justices at the center of the court, from the Chief Justice John Roberts to Neil Gorsuch, another Trump appointee, to Elena Kagan, an Obama appointee, raised some questions about the Trump administration's case. Roberts said their arguments in some ways were quirky and idiosyncratic.
Chapter 4: What are the implications of Trump's mail-in ballot executive order?
Kagan called them esoteric. Gorsuch talked about how the Solicitor General John Sauer was reaching to sources in Roman law to make his argument that the 14th Amendment didn't mean what it says.
Now, Trump was the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court. NPR's Nina Totenberg, who has covered the high court for decades, noted the White House imposed a new restriction on how journalists covered proceedings.
Before the proceedings started, the guards told us to sit down and I very clearly said, you know, this is our job is to look and see what's going on in this courtroom, at least before. The proceedings began and they said, well, I'm sorry, this isn't our decision. This is a new rule that the White House imposed on us. So I didn't see anything.
Chapter 5: What is the current situation regarding the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran?
Election officials say they will challenge President Trump's decision to have the federal government play a role in mail-in ballots. NPR's Ashley Lopez reports.
President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that seeks to create a list of U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in each state. The order also instructs the U.S. Postal Service to administer and track mail-in ballots nationwide, which is currently done by local officials. Legal experts and state election officials are calling this effort an overreach
In the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, Israeli medics say a child has been critically wounded in an Iranian strike. NPR's Daniel Estrin has more from Tel Aviv.
Medical officials say the young girl and several others were wounded when Iran fired a cluster munition, a missile that opened up into smaller warheads. Israeli media is reporting Israeli defense officials anticipate increased Iranian missile fire as Jews in Israel prepare to celebrate Passover this evening.
In a televised speech, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed the biblical Passover story of the 10 plagues in ancient Egypt. He said Israel had dealt 10 plagues upon Iran and other enemies in the last few years of war. Israel is not believed to be playing a role in U.S. efforts toward Iran's ceasefire negotiations.
Netanyahu's foreign policy advisor, Ophir Falk, told NPR, We're negotiating with bombs. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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Chapter 6: How is FIFA managing ticket sales for the Men's Soccer World Cup?
Final ticket sales for the Men's Soccer World Cup kick off tomorrow. Here's NPR's Rafael Nam.
The sales window for the tournament opens on Wednesday on FIFA's website. Unlike previous sales, this one is first-come, first-served, and tickets will continue to be sold through the tournament. Realistically, though, popular games such as the final will sell quickly. FIFA continues to face criticism about its high ticket prices and the adoption of a dynamic pricing.
FIFA has not disclosed what prices it will be charging this time around, or how many tickets it will be selling. FIFA has defended its sales, saying it's adapting its pricing to the North American market, and that its goal is to ensure fair access to tickets.
Chapter 7: What cultural impact has Apple Inc. had over the past five decades?
Rafael Nam, NPR News.
Few multinational corporations have inspired as much mythologizing as Apple Inc. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports a tech giant has played an active role in projecting a countercultural image since its founding five decades ago.
Apple's 1997 Think Different ad campaign presents an idealized image of its place at the center of not just the technological revolution, but the cultural one, too.
Here's to the crazy ones. the misfits, the rebels.
Today, Apple is one of the world's most profitable corporations and in some ways has strayed from its roots. The company has been criticised lately, such as when its CEO, Tim Cook, donated a million dollars to the president's second inauguration. Cook recently told Good Morning America he's not political. He also resurfaced the think different catchphrase in his statement celebrating Apple's 50th.
Chloe Veltman, NPR News.
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