NPR News: 07-01-2026 1AM EDT

Giles Snyder· Host0:00

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump did not get what he wanted when it comes to birthright citizenship. The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday rejected his day one executive order that sought to deny citizenship to children born to undocumented or temporary residents. NPR's Carrie Johnson says the court relied on a long-settled understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Carrie Johnson0:25

Not a complete surprise given the way the oral argument went in this case. Remember, Chief Justice John Roberts actually said to the Solicitor General John Sauer, um, uh, "It may be a different world with respect to, uh, people being able to travel to the United States way more easily than they did in the 1890s, but it's the same Constitution, the same Fourteenth Amendment."

Giles Snyder· Host0:45

The court did give Trump something to celebrate. The justices allowed states to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports at publicly funded schools. Transgender advocates are calling that ruling a narrow loss, as NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports.

Selena Simmons-Duffin1:02

Two transgender student-athletes, Lindsey Hecox of Idaho and Becky Pepper-Jackson of West Virginia, challenged their states' bans on transgender participation in sports. The Supreme Court justices rejected their arguments and said that the states can set the rules around girls' sports to exclude trans students.

Joshua Block· Soundbite1:20

This was a loss, but it was a narrow loss.

Selena Simmons-Duffin1:25

Even though the decision was six to three, Joshua Block of the ACLU told reporters