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of the term Tuesday. Decisions are expected on President Trump's restrictions on birthright

citizenship, state laws banning transgender athletes from competing on girls and women's

sports teams, and a Republican campaign finance challenge. On Monday, the Court's conservative supermajority struck down almost all of the limits at Congress, and the Court had established to protect the independence of regulatory

agencies that comprise roughly a third of the federal government."

MPR's need to totalone birth reports on the 6-3 vote. "Riding for the conservative majority, Chief Justice John Roberts reversed a nearly century-old precedent that since the 1930s protected multi-member and term-limited agency heads from being fired, except for misconduct. The decision potentially opens the door as well to allowing presidents to fire at will,

not just agency leaders, but lower-level government experts, among them nuclear power specialists, weather predictors, scientific and health experts, and even social security caseworkers and secretaries. The decision marks the greatest expansion of presidential power since the Court just two

years ago ruled that even former presidents are broadly immune from prosecution for their

official acts," Nina Tottenberg and PR News Washington. "White House press secretary Caroline Levitt says top-trump administration non-boys will be heading to the Middle East this week." Iran has requested a meeting this week, so special envoy Whitkoff and Jared Kushner will be flying to Doha for high-level meetings this week, as we continue to discuss

the memorandum of understanding on the sidelines of those high-level talks will be the technical talks. While Levitt speaking to Fox News on Monday after President Trump said Iran had requested a meeting set for Tuesday, however talks are uncertain Iran's foreign ministry says its delegation is heading to Qatar, but denied a meeting have been scheduled.

The announcement Monday came after weekend attacks in the Persian Gulf after four days of trading strikes both sides appear to have paused their attacks. Washington D.C. leaders warning a record high temperatures for this year's independent stay celebrations.

Alex Koma of Memorization W.A.M.U. has more.

D.C. officials are preparing for up to 150,000 people to attend the flyover's and fireworks displays on the national mall. Clint Osborne, the head of D.C.'s Homeland Security Agency, says the city will be taking extra precautions to keep attendees cool, especially since the fireworks aren't set to start until 10 30 p.m. this year.

Officials say temperatures could rise past 100 degrees on Saturday. For NPR News, I'm Alex Koma in Washington, D.C. And this is NPR News. Aftershocks complicating the rescue effort in Venezuela, the country was rocked by back-to-back earthquakes last week.

Officials have confirmed more than 17 hundred deaths and nearly 5,000 injured. The government says 200 buildings were flattened in several hundred severely damaged. South Africa, bracing for a day of anti-immigrant protest Tuesday for the government said a June 30th deadline for foreigners to leave the country. NPR's Cape Bartlett has more from Johannesburg.

Thousands of Malawians are camped out in the coastal city of Durban waiting for buses to repatriate them while thousands of Symbolians are streaming to the border while the anti-immigrant populist groups have no authority to enforce the arbitrary deadline. Many migrants aren't taking any chances. There have been flare-ups of xenophobic violence in the past with dozens killed.

About 4% of South Africa's population is made up of immigrants. Many are economic migrants from poorer African countries. The anti-immigrant groups blame other African nationals for taking jobs amid an unemployment crisis in South Africa.

The government has warned against violence on Tuesday and spent around $35 million on beefing

up security. Kate Bartlett, in Pianneuse, Johannesburg. At the World Cup, Morocco is through to the round of 16 beating the Netherlands a short time ago in a penalty shootout. Meanwhile, Paraguay's president has declared Tuesday a national holiday after what's being called

the biggest upset of this summer's World Cup, Paraguay knocked out Germany out of the tournament for a goal as to three in a penalty shootout. I'm trial Snyder and PR news. This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery.

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