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Live from NPR, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Birthright! Citizenship! Always! Protests [抗议] today outside the U.S. Supreme Court [最高法院], which is now weighing [考量] arguments over whether every baby born in the U.S. is automatically [自动] a citizen [公民]. President Donald Trump, who made the unprecedented [史无前例的] decision to personally attend part of the proceeding [出席庭审], says no. The American Civil Liberties Union says his executive order [行政命令] violates [违反] the Fourteenth Amendment [修正案] to the United States Constitution. NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports a majority [多数] of justices [大法官] seem to cast doubt [表示怀疑] on the administration's arguments [论点]. You had a majority of the Supreme Court's justices peppering [不停追问] the Solicitor General [总检察长] D. John Sauer with really skeptical [怀疑的] questions about the Trump administration's position [立场] about birthright citizenship [出生公民权]. I mean, I'm going to be watching some of these justices for what they think specifically, you know, what their interpretation [解释] winds up being specifically on things like bloodline [血统] versus born-in-the-country soil [出生地原则].
President Trump is expected to address [发表演讲] the nation tonight, 9 Eastern [东部时间], with an update on the Iran war. NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports a U.S.-Israel war with Iran is in its fifth week. A White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity [匿名] says the president will talk about the military's success in achieving the administration's goals [目标] in Iran. But those goals seem to be shifting [变化], and Trump has provided mixed messages [矛盾信息] for weeks. He's flip-flopped [反复改变立场] on a number of things, including his stated goal of removing Iran's uranium stockpiles [铀储备]. He's also been unclear on the use of U.S. troops [美军] to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which is critical [至关重要的] for oil transport [石油运输]. And even the timeline [时间表] on when the war will end is unclear. The president has said the U.S. is two weeks ahead of schedule [提前进度] on operations [行动] that were expected to last six weeks. But now he's expected to say the war will last another two to three weeks.
The crew of NASA's Artemis [月亮女神，阿忒弥斯] II is suited up for a historic [历史性的] mission around the moon and back. NASA TV caught the moment they were about to make their way to the launch pad [发射台] at Kennedy Space Center. And here they are, NASA's Artemis II crew, Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen taking their first steps outside for their historic test flight. Central Florida Public Media's Brendan Byrne is there. It's been a smooth countdown [倒计时] so far. NASA's massive Space Launch System rocket was fueled up with super-cold liquid hydrogen [液氢] and oxygen [氧气] earlier today without any issues. The team continues to monitor [监测] the rocket, the Orion [猎户座] spacecraft, and weather at Kennedy Space Center. Once launched, this mission will take the crew of four to Earth orbit [地球轨道] before heading on a flight path [飞行轨道] that will take them around the moon and back. It's the first time the Orion spacecraft was carrying a crew [乘员], and the first time humans will return to the moon in more than 50 years. The nearly 10-day mission will end with a splashdown [溅落] in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. stocks end the day higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing up 223 points.
Mike Johnson and John Thune say Republicans in their respective chambers [各自议院] will vote on legislation [立法] in the coming days to fund the Department of Homeland Security [国土安全部]. The DHS has been largely shut down [停摆] for weeks. Today, Johnson and Thune said they were using two parallel tracks [双轨推进]. They say one would follow the regular appropriations process [拨款程序]. The other would use a reconciliation bill [预算协调法案]. They're likely to still face heavy Democratic opposition [反对].
Never mind that it is April Fools' Day. April 1st also kicks off trout fishing season [鳟鱼垂钓季] in New York. This morning, anglers [钓鱼者] and fly fishing enthusiasts [飞蝇钓爱好者] in a small town in the Catskills known as Trout Town, USA, gathered to celebrate opening day [开幕日]. Kimberly Izar with member station WJFF has that story. Okay, we're ready to go. Manny Zenger reels back [回转] his rod's fishing line [鱼线] at Junction Pool in Roscoe, New York, where he's just made the first cast [第一次抛竿] of trout fishing season. Roscoe is often considered the birthplace [发源地] of U.S. dry fly fishing [干式飞蝇钓]. Zenger, who is a renowned [知名的] fly fisher, stands quietly along the waters, waiting for the perfect moment to catch a fish. And hopefully later on during the day, you see a fly hatch [昆虫羽化]. And when that occurs, it's lightning [极佳时机]. The state's New York State Department of Environmental Conservation stocks waters with 1.7 million trout from mid-March until early June.
The NASDAQ Composite has closed up more than 1 percent. The S&P 500 was up roughly three-quarters of a percent. The Dow up roughly half a percent or 224 points. It's NPR.
