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United States Moves to Restrict Birthright Citizenship Through Executive Orders

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at stopping birth tourism and restricting automatic citizenship for certain children born to foreign nationals, in a direct administrative challenge to constitutional birthright protections reaffirmed by the Supreme Court.
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Ukraine Tells Senate Republicans Its Drone War Offers a Blueprint for America
Weight-Loss Drug Boom Tests the Limits of Prescription Advertising Rules
Trump Keeps Hegseth at Pentagon While Leaving Door Open for DeSantis
UK Clears Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery Deal, but US Trial Looms
UK Prosecutors Add 38 Charges Against Andrew and Tristan Tate
Taiwan’s President Joins Wartime Command Drill as China Pressure Grows
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Mutual-Defence Pact
Trump Administration Considers Removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in Test of Presidential Power
Federal Reserve Reassesses Rate Outlook After Weak July Jobs Report
United States and Iran Explore Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz to Commercial Shipping
Trump Imposes Fifteen Percent Tariff on Polysilicon Imports to Protect U.S. Solar and Semiconductor Supply Chains
Federal Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Four Hundred Million Dollar White House Ballroom Project
Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and Birth Tourism
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Trump Administration Denies Rift With Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Over US Weapons Stockpiles
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Trump Administration Tightens Birthright Citizenship Rules in Renewed Challenge to Constitutional Protections
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