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What are President Trump's new executive orders on birthright citizenship?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump has signed two new executive orders targeting birthright citizenship. The signing comes a month after the Supreme Court rejected Trump's earlier order aimed at ending the practice, as NPR's Franco Ordonez reports.
Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court rejected President Trump's previous attempts to stop birthright citizenship. Ruling the executive order ran afoul of the 14th Amendment, which has long been interpreted to give birthright citizenship to almost anyone born in the U.S. In signing the orders, Trump charged that the high court's decision hurt the country.
We had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright. It was close, but a very, very unfortunate decision. So we're... making adjustments.
One order takes aim at what he calls birth tourism, which is a form of visa fraud that's already illegal. And like the previous effort, these new executive actions are expected to be challenged in the courts on similar grounds. Franco. Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
Now to Kentucky, where Senator Mitch McConnell was discharged from a rehab facility today.
How is Senator Mitch McConnell's health and Senate attendance being reported?
His office says he will continue recovery from home following a 53-day absence from Congress. From Kentucky Public Radio, Sylvia Goodman reports.
In a short statement, McConnell says he will continue a, quote, intensive regimen of physical therapy from home on the advice of his doctors. Speculation and conspiracy theories about the 84-year-old senator's health have crowded social media. Public officials, including Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, have repeatedly called on him to be more transparent about his fitness to serve. McConnell has not made any public appearances since his June hospitalization and has missed more than 50 Senate roll call votes. He said he was hospitalized after falling and developed a mild case of pneumonia in the hospital. For NPR News, I'm Sylvia Goodman in Louisville, Kentucky.
Patients with alcohol and drug-related illnesses are struggling to get medical care in the U.S. Bias among health workers a major hurdle, as NPR's Brian Mann reports.
Addiction is one of the most common treatable illnesses in the U.S., but federal data shows more than 80 percent of people with substance use disorders never get treatment. NPR interviewed more than a dozen medical experts and reviewed research and found that many doctors and nurses are uncomfortable treating these patients. Dr. Judy Chertok studies addiction care at the University of Pennsylvania.
It's so jarring that that is accepted by so many.
Federal data shows roughly 250,000 U.S.
Why are patients with substance use disorders facing bias in U.S. healthcare?
deaths every year are linked to alcohol and street drugs. Prescription medications proven to help reduce substance use are available. Research shows the vast majority of U.S. clinicians never offer patients those treatments.
Brian Mann, NPR News. California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in Calaveras County. A wildfire there has destroyed several structures, including a home where authorities say a dead body was found. A 65-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fire. Authorities believe it was accidentally started by sparks from a chainsaw. And Spokane, Washington crews reporting progress fighting flames from three major fires. The Justice Department says it's reviewing a contempt referral against Dr. Anthony Fauci. A Senate committee voted Thursday to hold Fauci in contempt over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The vote was along party lines.
Slime may be useful, according to new research about how snails mix the same ingredients in different proportions to produce a range of mucus. Here's NPR's Ari Daniel reporting.
What caused the Calaveras County wildfire and how are authorities responding?
The brown-lipped snail produces a lubricant mucus, adhesive mucus, and more. Researchers analyzed samples of each type to determine their composition and found they all contain similar proteins, but the concentrations vary. Plus, distinct amounts of calcium, along with differences in how the slimes were secreted, give rise to each of the mucus types.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are President Trump's new executive orders on birthright citizenship?
0:00–1:12
2
How is Senator Mitch McConnell's health and Senate attendance being reported?
1:12–2:37
3
Why are patients with substance use disorders facing bias in U.S. healthcare?
2:37–3:53
4
What caused the Calaveras County wildfire and how are authorities responding?
3:53–4:37
5
How might snail slime be used for medical applications like wound sealing?
4:37–5:00
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What upcoming news cycles should listeners prepare for before the midterms?
5:00–5:04