Vue lecture

Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and ‘Birth Tourism’

The orders come after the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that President Trump’s previous efforts to end birthright citizenship were unconstitutional.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

President Trump with the advisers Will Scharf and Stephen Miller, at left, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, right. The president spoke to the news media after he signed an executive order to limit birthright citizenship on Thursday.
  •  

What Is Fauci Being Accused of and Why Is He Being Held in Contempt?

The case is unique, legal scholars say, because of the tension between the Fifth Amendment and the reach of a presidential pardon. The potential consequences could be grave.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing last week.
  •  
❌