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The Supreme Court upheld the right of children born on U.S. soil to automatic American citizenship. In so doing, the court rejected President Trump's most aggressive attempt to limit immigration.

Racist mob violence in Northern Ireland earlier this month has drawn keen interest from extremist groups and figures in the U.S.

In a 6-to-3 vote — along ideological lines — the court overturned limits on how much political parties can raise and spend in coordination with candidates.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Brooke Migdon of The 19th about the Supreme Court upholding bans on transgender athletes participating in women and girls' sports.

The New Jersey Republican was missing for months with no explanation for his constituents. He explained in a House floor speech that after his diagnosis, there was no timeline for recovery.

On Nov. 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected. Historian Douglas Brinkley says it's the most important presidential election in U.S. history.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kim Wehle {WAIL-ee}, professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, about the Supreme Court's final decisions this term.

Author Isaac Butler explains how the religious right embraced culture wars, starting in the 1970s with school book bans, and continuing now with the Trump administration's efforts to defund the NEA.

NPR's Steve Inskeep and Michel Martin discuss the final decisions of the Supreme Court's term with justice correspondents Carrie Johnson and Nina Totenberg and political correspondent Mara Liasson.

The decision firmly rejected the executive order that Trump issued on the first day of his second term.