NPR News: 04-01-2026 5PM EDT
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. |
| 0:04.0 | A majority of Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical about the Trump administration's effort to limit birthright citizenship, including some nominated by President Trump, but the outcome remains far from certain. |
| 0:16.0 | NPR's Kerry Johnson reports on the landmark arguments. |
| 0:18.9 | President Trump issued an executive order on day one that |
| 0:21.7 | would end citizenship to babies born to people who are in the country illegally or here to work |
| 0:26.5 | or visit on a temporary basis. If the Supreme Court agrees, that order could affect 250,000 babies |
| 0:32.8 | born in the U.S. each year, and potentially be used to help revoke the citizenship of many others born |
| 0:38.4 | earlier. Trump attended for the Solicitor General's arguments but left as Attorney Cecilia Wong made |
| 0:44.2 | her case for people challenging his order. Wong told the justices to agree with the president |
| 0:49.5 | would radically rewrite the Constitution and upend more than 150 years of settled law. |
| 0:55.7 | A decision is expected near the end of the Supreme Court term this summer. |
| 0:59.5 | Carrie Johnson, NPR News. |
| 1:01.3 | Republican leaders in Congress say they have a plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security |
| 1:05.6 | after a month-long funding lapse, but it's not immediately clear what comes next. |
| 1:10.2 | NPR's Eric McDaniel has more. |
| 1:12.1 | House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune jointly announced their funding |
| 1:16.1 | plan. They say it includes customs and border protection and immigration and customs enforcement, |
| 1:21.1 | also known as CBP and ICE. Democrats have been blocking funding for immigration enforcement |
| 1:26.3 | in a push for reform, such as body-borneorn cameras and a ban on masks, after federal officers killed two American citizens in Minnesota. |
| 1:33.5 | The GOP leaders say they'll use a budget process known as reconciliation to avoid the need for Democratic support in the Senate, which typically has a 60-vote threshold to pass this kind of legislation. |
| 1:43.5 | If successful, their plan |
| 1:44.7 | would fund DHS for three years past the end of Trump's time in the White House. |
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