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Hannah Liu, 26, of Washington, holds up a sign in support of birthright citizenship on May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court weighs whether to let Trump's birthright citizenship restrictions take effect

The justices heard arguments Thursday in the Trump administration’s emergency appeals over lower court orders that have kept the citizenship restrictions on hold across the country.

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Staff greets students at the rebuilt Red Rock Elementary School on Aug. 12, 2024. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)

As Trump dismantles the Department of Education, Nevada education leaders 'very nervous'

Nevada education advocates are bracing for impact. Between staffing cuts, the Trump administration’s efforts to cancel federally appropriated spending and congressional Republicans’ budget blueprint — which calls for $330 billion in cuts to education and workforce spending over 10 years — federal education funding in the state could be in jeopardy.

Trump likely won't be able to change Nevada's federal judiciary makeup. Here's why.

The impressive nominating pace of both presidencies means that in his second term, Trump is unlikely to have much influence on the federal judiciary in Nevada. But his first-term impact on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where he appointed 10 of the court’s 29 judges, means that Nevada could be subject to more conservative judicial rulings in future cases. 

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