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Why this matters:

• In June, the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s previous efforts to declare that children born to people in the U.S. illegally or temporarily aren’t American citizens, and upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship. It was not immediately clear how successful the president’s most recent attempt to restrict birthright citizenship would be. Trump said he thought his latest actions would be constitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union predicted that Trump’s second attempt would also be rejected.

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Trump boasts about the economy, but there’s more to the story

President Donald Trump has been extolling his economic accomplishments on social media and at events. Some of the claims are clearly true, some exaggerated, some unclear. Read our team’s full analysis.

Why this matters:

• Voters are frustrated with the economy and the high cost of living. Only 32% of U.S. adults approved of Trump’s handling of the economy in an AP-NORC poll conducted in late July. The same poll found that 69% of Americans characterized the economy as “poor.” Many said the cost of everyday essentials like groceries and gas was a “major” source of stress in their lives.

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POLITICS

Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions

A Senate committee voted along party lines Thursday, setting up a referral to the Justice Department for potential investigation over whether the country's longtime top infectious disease official properly exercised his constitutional rights. Read more.

Why this matters:

• The vote came a week after Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times. Fauci, in a statement last week, said he had good reason to fear the possibility of criminal charges. 
  
  

• Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, the committee chairman who pressed for the contempt finding, said that constitutional protection did not apply because Fauci last year received a pardon from Democratic President Joe Biden and thus did not have to worry about the threat of prosecution.