Nina Totenberg

2 months ago | wfdd.org | Nina Totenberg |Steve Inskeep |A Martínez

Supreme Court trump birthright citizenship 0:00/3:12 There was an error loading the media player. The Trump administration is taking its fight to nullify birthright citizenship to the U.S. Supreme Court. To date, every court to have considered Trump's executive order, issued on day one of his administration, has blocked it. But he is persisting.

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A sharply divided Supreme Court limited the Trump Administration's sweeping efforts to eliminate foreign aid. That ruling said the government must pay foreign aid contractors for work they've done. Copyright 2025 NPR

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2 months ago | wunc.org | Nina Totenberg

Updated February 25, 2025 at 16:57 PM ET The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has maintained his innocence for more than a quarter century, and who came so close to execution that he three times ate what was supposed to be his "last meal." Glossip has been tried and convicted twice and lost multiple appeals, including one at the Supreme Court, where Justice Samuel Alito dismissed his claim as nothing but a...

2 months ago | kuaf.com | Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court on Friday kicked the proverbial can down the road regarding the Trump administration's ability to fire the head of a key federal agency. The court said it would not interfere with a lower court decision, which temporarily blocked the firing, until Feb. 26, which is when the lower court's ruling is set to expire. Because of the short timing, the high court said it would hold the matter in abeyance, or suspension, for now.