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  • The Supreme Court just lifted a key check on presidential power

    The Supreme Court just lifted a key check on presidential power
    Jun 27 2025
    Three different federal judges have issued nationwide blocks to President Trump's executive order to deny U.S. citizenship to some babies born to immigrants in the U.S.

    These court orders are called universal injunctions.

    But when the case reached the Supreme Court, the administration didn't focus on the constitutional right to birthright citizenship.

    Instead, government lawyers put most of their energy into arguing that universal injunctions themselves are unconstitutional.

    And on Friday, in a 6-3 decision on ideological lines, the Supreme Court agreed — limiting the power of lower courts and lifting a key restraint on the Trump administration.

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    11 mins
  • Autism rates have exploded. Could the definition be partly to blame?

    Autism rates have exploded. Could the definition be partly to blame?
    Jun 26 2025
    Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has spent years spreading doubt about the safety of vaccines and linking them to autism.

    Dozens of studies have debunked the theory, but it has nevertheless persisted for years. Part of the reason why may be that autism diagnoses have soared over the last few decades.

    Dr. Allen Frances is psychiatrist who led the task force that created the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which expanded the definition of Autism. Frances says that expanded definition played a role in the increase.

    Rates of autism have exploded in recent decades. Could the clinical definition of autism itself be partly to blame?

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    8 mins
  • We're not built for this heat

    We're not built for this heat
    Jun 25 2025
    Tens of millions of people across the US are currently under a heat advisory. And the extreme heat isn't just affecting people.

    You may have seen videos online of the heat causing asphalt roads to buckle. It is impacting rail travel too. Amtrak has been running some trains more slowly, as have the public transit systems of Washington and Philadelphia.

    Mikhail Chester, an engineering professor at Arizona State University, talks through the intersection of extreme heat and transportation.

    And NPR's Julia Simon shares advice on how people can keep themselves cool.

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    12 mins

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