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working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web of the law since the day he took office to start his second term.

This includes signing an executive order to end birthright citizenship,

terminating or freezing billions of dollars in federal funding,

and enacting sweeping tariffs on foreign goods without

congressional approval. But these actions have not been met with silence. Over the last eight months,

hundreds of lawsuits have been filed by state attorneys, physicians, media organizations,

international students, and others to challenge the Trump administration's policies.

Now, it's difficult to keep track of it all, but today we're going to try.

After the break, we check in on major lawsuits against the administration.

Where do these lawsuits stand now?

And what do they mean for our country's system of checks and balances?

I'm Jen White.

You're listening to the 1A podcast.

We'll meet our panel and jump right in in just a moment. Stay with us.

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Hey, it's Rachel Martin.

I'm the host of Wildcard from NPR.

For a lot of my years as a radio host, silence sort of made me nervous.

That pause before an answer, because you don't know what's going on on the other side of the mic.

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