Live Updates: Judge Calls Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’

"Here’s the latest:
Birthright citizenship: A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order that aims to restrict automatic citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” The order Mr. Trump signed on Monday would reverse decades of precedent and affect children born to undocumented or temporary immigrants. Read more ›
Hegseth’s nomination: Pete Hegseth, Mr. Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, survived a crucial procedural vote that advanced his bid to the full Senate. Fifty-one Republicans supported advancing his nomination; Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joined Democrats in opposition. Read more ›
Intelligence developments: John Ratcliffe was confirmed as C.I.A. director. Kash Patel, whose confirmation hearing for F.B.I. director is expected next week, has repeatedly undercut the agency by making false statements about investigations into Mr. Trump. The Trump administration has revoked the security protection for Mr. Trump’s former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and two others.
Also happening: The president pardoned 23 people arrested while protesting outside abortion clinics and signed more executive orders, including one to support the growth of cryptocurrencies and one about declassifying records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Mr. Trump threatened across-the-board tariffs on European countries in remarks to the World Economic Forum. | Mr. Trump said he was “open” to meeting with the Jan. 6 rioters he gave clemency to."
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