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The U.S. Supreme Court is debating birthright citizenship.

President Trump is challenging the constitutional provision that has long been interpreted to

guarantee U.S. citizenship to every child born on U.S. soil.

On his first day back in office, he issued an executive order, barring automatic citizenship

for any baby whose parents entered the country illegally.

The order also applied to parents on a long-term visa.

Solicitor General John Sauer is arguing for the administration.

Unrestricted birthright citizenship contradicts the practice of the overwhelming majority

of modern nations.

It demeans the priceless and profound gift of American citizenship.

It operates as a powerful pull factor for illegal immigration and rewards illegal aliens

who not only violate the immigration laws but also jump in front of those who follow the

rules.

Cecilia Wang National Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union says, repealing

birthright citizenship will have profound consequences for generations.

Swaths of American laws would be rendered senseless.

Thousands of American babies will immediately lose their citizenship.

And if you credit the government's theory, the citizenship of millions of Americans past

present and future could be called into question.

All of this tells us the government's theory is wrong.

Your President Trump watched arguments from the gallery.

It was the first sitting President to do so.

President Trump says Iran's asking for a ceasefire.

The Iranian government says that claim is false and baseless.

But Trump posted on Truth Social this morning to Iran's asking for truth and that the U.S.

would consider it if the Strait of Hormuz were open again.

Iran's blockade has choked off oil shipments sending oil prices rising in many drivers

in the U.S. struggling to afford gas prices that have shot up since the U.S. and Israel

started a war with Iran last month.

White House Secretary Caroline Levit says the President will give the country an important

update on Iran in his speech tonight at 9 Eastern.

Here's NPR's moral icing.

The televised address comes a day after Trump reversed himself, dropping his demand that

Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

He had threatened to, quote, completely obliterate Iran's civilian electric plants, oil wells,

and desalination plants if Iran didn't open the Strait shortly.

But now he says the U.S. will be leaving Iran very soon.

And if other countries want to get oil through the Strait, they can, quote, fend for themselves.

Trump says we're not going to have anything to do with it.

With gas prices in the U.S. breaking $4 a gallon, the President seems eager to find a way

to end the war, even if many of his political objectives, including unconditional surrender,

have not been met.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 442 points or nearly 1%.

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It's launch day at NASA.

Four astronauts are slated to orbit the moon on the first lunar mission in more than

50 years.

Here's NPR's Nell Greenfield Boys.

NASA Test Director Jeff Spalding told reporters that launch preparations have been going

well at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Someone asked him about the fact that it's April Fool's Day, because there's a long

history of astronauts playing practical jokes.

So I am not aware of any, any pranks that anybody intends to pull on a flight crew or

in the launch team itself.

So I think I'll just leave it at that.

He said he hoped everyone would stay focused on the launch.

It will happen no earlier than 6.24 p.m. Eastern time.

If bad weather or a technical glitch forces a delay, there should be additional launch opportunities

through April 6th.

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Some bars and restaurants are telling customers ditch the phone.

WFA East.

Nick Delicano explains a new cocktail bar in Charlotte, North Carolina has opened with

a strict no phone policy to get inside.

Researchers have to lock their devices in a pouch, says co-owner Mike Salzerouva.

The idea is catching on.

They're attracting people like social media manager Lauren Bernard.

Honestly it's fantastic, life needs to be more like this.

Experts say it may reflect a broader backlash to smartphones and social media.

For NPR News, I'm Nick Delicano in Charlotte.

After market indices are up roughly 1%, it's NPR News.