NPR News: 04-01-2026 1PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The US Supreme Court cast doubt on President Trump's argument for limiting birthright citizenship. Trump's executive order says children born in the US to parents in the country illegally, temporarily, or even with a long-term visa are not automatically eligible. The ACLU argues that order violates a constitutional provision under the 14th Amendment. The number of the justices at the center of the court from the Chief Justice John Roberts, to Neil Gorsuch, another Trump appointee to Alana Kagan, an Obama appointee, raised some questions about the Trump administration's case. Roberts said their arguments in some ways were quirky and idiosyncratic. Kagan called them esoteric. Gorsuch talked about how the solicitor General John Sauer was reaching to sources in Roman law to make his argument that the 14th Amendment didn't mean what it says.

1:01Now, Trump was the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court. NPR Znina Tottenberg, who has covered the high court for decades, noted the White House, imposed a new restriction on how journalists covered proceedings. Before the proceedings started, the guards told us to sit down and I very clearly said, you know, this is our job is to look and see what's going on in this courtroom, at least before the proceedings begin. And they said, well, I'm sorry, this isn't our decision. This is a new rule that the White House imposed on us. So I didn't see anything. Election officials say they will challenge President Trump's decision to have the federal government play a role in mail-in ballots. NPR Znina Tottenberg is actually Lopez reports. President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that seeks to create a list of U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in each state. The order also instructs the U.S. Postal Service to administer and track mail-in ballots nationwide, which is currently done by local officials. Legal experts and state election officials are calling this effort an overreach

2:01in the U.S.-Israel war against Iran. Israeli medics say a child has been critically wounded in an Iranian strike. NPR Znina Lesterin has more from Tel Aviv. Medical officials say the young girl and several others were wounded when Iran fired a cluster munition, a missile that opened up into smaller warheads. Israeli media is reporting Israeli defense officials anticipate increased Iranian missile fire as Jews in Israel prepare to celebrate Passover this evening. In a televised speech Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed the biblical Passover story of the 10 plagues in ancient Egypt. He said Israel had dealt 10 plagues upon Iran and other enemies in the last few years of war. Israel is not believed to be playing a role in U.S. efforts toward Iran's ceasefire negotiations. Netanyahu's foreign policy advisor Ophir Falk told NPR We're negotiating with bombs. Daniel Astrin NPR news Tel Aviv. This is NPR News. Final ticket sales for the men's soccer world cup kick off two maraud.

3:05Here's NPR Israel's Raphael Nom. The sales window for the tournament opens on Wednesday on FIFA's website. And like previous sales, this one is first come, first serve. And tickets will continue to be sold through the tournament. Realistically, though, popular games such as the final will sell quickly. FIFA continues to face criticism about its high ticket prices and the adoption of a dynamic pricing. FIFA has not disclosed what prices it will be charging this time around or how many tickets it will be selling. FIFA has defended its sale, saying it's adapting its pricing to the North American market and that its goal is to ensure fair access to tickets. Raphael Nom in PR News. Few multinational corporations have inspired as much mythologizing as Apple Inc. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports a tech giant has played an active role in projecting a counter-cultural image since it's founding five decades ago. Apple's 1997 Think Different ad campaign presents an idealized image of its place at the center of not just the technological revolution but the cultural one too.

4:07Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. Today, Apple is one of the world's most profitable corporations. And in some ways, it's strayed from its roots. The company has been criticized lately, such as when its CEO Tim Cook donated a million dollars to the president's second inauguration. Cook recently told Good Morning America he's not political. He also resurfaced the Think Different catchphrase in his statement celebrating Apple's 50th. Chloe Veltman, NPR News. This is NPR. Listen to this podcast sponsor free on Amazon Music with a prime membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.