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Supreme Court's current term, and major rulings are expected.Two key cases involve bans on transgender athletes.
The court's possibly most anticipated ruling focuses on birthright citizenship.The case questions whether the U.S.
should automatically grant citizenship to children born here, particularly in light of President Trump's executive order to deny citizenship to children whose parents entered the U.S.illegally or are on temporary visas.
At the heart of the issue is the 14th Amendment, which states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."The United States and Iran have sent delegations to Qatar, after exchanging attacks in recent days.The White House said that Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff were on their way there for talks about a long-term peace agreement.
Iranian officials have made it clear that they will not meet with them.For Iran, this meeting appears to be more focused on discussing with Qatari officials the release of approximately $6 billion in frozen assets.
The release of this money, which is about half of the assets frozen in Qatar, was included in a memorandum of understanding signed by the U.S.and Iran.Last week, the U.S.
deported 146 Venezuelans from Texas to Caracas.Passengers on that plane, which included women and children, were being processed in a guarded hotel when two powerful earthquakes struck, according to family members.
The hotel was reduced to rubble, and there are conflicting accounts of how many of the 146 deportees survived.It's unclear if the Trump administration will continue to deport Venezuelans post-earthquakes.
The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a reque...