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Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Herbst. The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will hear a lawsuit against President Trump's efforts to restrict birthright citizenship that people born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens. Trump wants to limit that to babies who have at least one parent who is a citizen or a legal permanent resident. NPR's Ron Elving reports the Supreme Court has shown deference to the president's policies so far.
Should those babies automatically become citizens even if their parents aren't? The longstanding answer has been yes, but there has also been a body of opinion opposed to that. We had anti-immigration surges in the mid-1800s and in the 1920s, and Trump's broad-scale assault on immigration has in effect closed the southern border and unleashed aggressive deportation efforts. But this birthright citizenship case, seeking to change the way we have long understood the Constitution, would be his biggest trophy yet.
NPR's Ron Elving reporting. Some U.S. military veterans say the Trump administration's freeze on Afghan refugee claims is putting American allies in danger. NPR's Brian Mann reports many Afghans who fought alongside the U.S. against the Taliban are still in Afghanistan.
Thomas Kaza's Green Beret unit worked with Afghan partners removing landmines in 2019 and 2020, a partnership he says saved American lives.
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Now he fears Afghan allies left behind in Afghanistan will be executed if identified by the Taliban.
For the guys who are detected, the risk is catastrophically higher.
Casa is part of a community of American veterans who say President Trump is leaving thousands of Afghan allies vulnerable. Trump halted the asylum process after one Afghan national allegedly attacked two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., killing one and injuring the other. U.S. veterans who support bringing more Afghans to the U.S. say the vast majority are peaceful and productive. Brian Mann, NPR News.
No hurricanes hit the U.S. during the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, but as NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports, it wasn't a quiet season in other ways.
The U.S. got lucky, hurricane experts say. There were storms, 13 of them, and some of them were very powerful. Lindsay Long is a meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
We had three Category 5 hurricanes this year, which is the second most in a single season.
And climate change is making seasons like this one more likely. A hotter planet means hotter ocean water. which is fuel for hurricanes. Although the total number of storms isn't increasing, the number of big, powerful storms is going up. And forecasters warn there's no guarantee that the U.S. will be this lucky in the future. Rebecca Herscher, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. At the White House today, President Trump handed out awards to the winners of the Kennedy Center Honors.
And I'm delighted to welcome to the Oval Office, the world famous, most famous office in the world, most powerful office in the world, our truly exceptional 2025 Kennedy Center honorees.
This year's recipients are actor Sylvester Stallone, singers Gloria Gaynor and George Strait, the rock band Kiss, and actor-singer Michael Crawford. The glitzy Kennedy Center honors ceremony is set to be taped tomorrow night for broadcast later this month. Trump says he'll host the show, predicting it will have its highest ratings ever. A survey of 100-year-olds by UnitedHealthcare finds people who make it to the century mark are more socially engaged and physically active. NPR's Alison Aubrey has more.
There are about 100,000 centenarians in the U.S. That's expected to quadruple by mid-century. Dr. Rhonda Randall of UnitedHealthcare says about four in five report frequent get-togethers with friends and family, and many also prioritize movement. 46%.
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