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He Won Birthright Citizenship for All. His Own Family Never Knew.

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Amy Qin
Wong Kim Ark brought his case to the Supreme Court in 1898. But some of his descendants didn’t even know his name until about 15 years ago.

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Sandra and Norman Wong, the grandchildren of Wong Kim Ark, whose victory in the 1898 Supreme Court case affirmed automatic citizenship for nearly all children born in the United States.

U.S. Plans Military Expansion in Greenland

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Jeffrey Gettleman， Maya Tekeli and Eric Schmitt
The Pentagon is in talks with Denmark for access to three more areas on the Arctic island. Several Greenlanders said they didn’t like the idea.

© Pool photo by Jim Watson

Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, meeting with members of the U.S. military at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland last year. The missile defense installation is the only active American base on the island.

A ‘Traffic Jam’ of Trials Poses Headache for Mangione’s Lawyers

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Benjamin Weiser and Hurubie Meko
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers could be in and out of court in Manhattan through the end of the year. A judge could decide as early as Wednesday on whether to delay his federal case.

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Lawyers for Luigi Mangione have argued that his two trials, one in federal court and the other in state, should be delayed so he can prepare for the cases.

The Sailors Stranded in the Persian Gulf

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Aie Balagtas See
Thousands of civilian sailors have been stranded for more than a month in waters surrounded by a conflict zone because of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

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Almost 20,000 seafarers are stranded in the Persian Gulf, according to the International Maritime Organization, as Iran has effectively blocked the exit through the Strait of Hormuz.
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