Monday, March 30, 2026
Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/30/trump-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-case/
The administration builds its arguments on an 1800s campaign, led in part by a Confederate officer, that scholars say was steeped in anti-Black and anti-Chinese racism.
The Trump administration argues the 14th Amendment does not apply to people in the country illegally or on temporary visas. If the high court agrees, and reverses the long-held interpretation, it could render hundreds of thousands of children born to immigrant parents stateless.
Trump administration attorneys cite Morse in their Supreme Court brief to argue the disputed idea that commentators in the 19th century widely agreed that the Constitution “exclude[s] the children of foreigners transiently within the United States” from qualifying for citizenship.
Salyer said the challenge of mounting a credible argument against birthright citizenship — which has long been accepted as legal bedrock — may explain why the administration relies so heavily on Morse, Wharton and Collins.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Invoking faith in wartime, Pete Hegseth breaks norms and worries critics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/03/29/pege-hegseth-christianity/
The defense secretary is upending decades-old norms, current and former leaders say, with some cautioning that his proselytizing violates the Constitution and undermines troop cohesion.
Every month at the Pentagon, Hegseth hosts evangelical worship services that legal experts say are unprecedented. His social media profile and public comments routinely espouse his understanding of Christianity, which is one that would dominate American life and cast those who disagree with him as God’s enemies. He has brought clergy from his small Christian denomination to preach at the Pentagon, including a prominent pastor who says women shouldn’t have the right to vote.
On Wednesday at the Pentagon, Hegseth prayed for U.S. troops to inflict “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy … We ask these things with bold confidence in the mighty and powerful name of Jesus Christ.” Later that day, his department announced military chaplains would no longer wear their rank on their uniform and instead would wear religious insignia.
BBC interviews Chabad author as book becomes national bestseller
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/424752
“Letters for Life," exploring the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s guidance on emotional wellbeing, entered Argentina’s top 10 bestseller list, gaining traction in stores nationwide and drawing attention from global media, including a BBC interview with the author.
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Trump ‘I like people that like to listen to my success’
President Trump on Friday evening joked that he surrounds himself “with losers” because he “like[s] people who listen to my success” in public remarks at a Saudi-backed investment conference.
Trump was responding to a question at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) summit in Miami about leadership skills he believes are missing in the world.
“Well, it’s winning, you’ve got to win,” the president told the crowd, before adding that there are “mostly losers, fortunately.”
“I always like to hang around losers actually because it makes me feel better,” he continued. “I hate guys that are very, very successful and you have to listen to their success stories. I like people that like to listen to my success.”
Trump added later that he was “only kidding, I want to say that — eh, sort of.”
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G-d weakens Nature to Make Miracles
Rabbeinu Bachya (Shemos 17:13) “Joshua weakened, etc.” The word “he weakened,” is testimony that G’d does not totally destroy and make ineffective the forces of the horoscope, and that He does not force nature not to pursue its assigned tasks unless there is an overwhelming and urgent need for this. The reason that He does not destroy the system is simply that he Himself created it. Why should G’d uproot His own handiwork? Nonetheless, G’d from time to time “outwits” the system in order to save someone whom He wants to save; He continues to operate His system of reward and punishment without destroying the system of the laws of nature in the process.
Trump Floats Renaming the Strait of Hormuz After Himself
President Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico and applauded efforts to add his name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Could a Middle East waterway be next?
During a speech here Friday, the president said Iranian leaders “have to open up the Strait of Trump,” a reference to the partially closed Strait of Hormuz.
“Excuse me, I’m so sorry. Such a terrible mistake,” he added, jokingly. The media, he said, would report the comment as a verbal slip. “There’s no accidents with me,” he said.
Trump suggests renaming Hormuz - 'Strait of Trump' during speech confirming negotiations with Iran
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-891446
US President Donald Trump on Friday said that the US is negotiating with Iran over the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.
During a speech at the FII Priority Summit in Miami, Trump said that the US is "negotiating now, and it would be great if we could do something, but they have to open it up."
He then proceeded to joke about renaming the waterway "Strait of Trump" as a condition to end the war.
Israel Is Rationing Its Best Interceptors—and Iran’s Missiles Are Getting Through
Israel has begun rationing its use of high-end missile interceptors, hoping to preserve stocks of its most capable defensive weapons in the face of daily Iranian barrages that haven’t let up through four weeks of war.
A pair of Iranian ballistic missiles recently scored direct hits on the towns of Dimona and Arad after Israel tried and failed to intercept them with modified versions of less advanced munitions.
Iran-backed Houthis enter war with missile strike against Israel
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/28/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump