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The Rest of the World Report | Tuesday, June 30, 2026 — Evening Edition
The Supreme Court's final day. Birthright citizenship survives. Transgender girls are banned from girls' sports in 27 states. And 146 people the US deported to Venezuela arrived hours before the earthquakes.
Birthright citizenship upheld, 6-3. Roberts: "Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights." Trump is already asking Congress to end it by statute.
Two combined cases, one ruling: states can ban transgender girls from girls' sports. 27 states. 122,000 transgender teenagers. Kavanaugh wrote it. Sotomayor dissented.
Watergate-era limits on party campaign spending — gone.
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