The Latest: New Hampshire judge pauses Trump’s birthright citizenship order

A federal judge in New Hampshire announced he ll certify a class action lawsuit including all children who ll be affected by President Donald Trump s executive order ending birthright citizenship and issue a preliminary injunction blocking it Judge Joseph LaPlante informed his decision Thursday after an hour-long hearing and mentioned a written order will follow The order will include a seven-day stay to allow for appeal he explained The class is slightly narrower than that sought by the plaintiffs who originally included parents as plaintiffs Here s the latest New Hampshire judge to pause Trump s birthright citizenship order The federal judge in New Hampshire noted Thursday he ll certify a class action lawsuit including all children who will be affected by President Trump s executive order ending birthright citizenship and issue a preliminary injunction blocking it Judge Joseph LaPlante revealed his decision after an hour-long hearing and declared a written order will follow The order will include a seven-day stay to allow for appeal he commented The class is slightly narrower than that sought by the plaintiffs who originally included parents as plaintiffs Read more about Trump s executive order on birthright citizenship Civil rights probe targets DEI at George Mason University The Trump administration is analyzing the school over diversity practices the leadership says amount to illegal discrimination The Instruction Department publicized the review Thursday in response to a complaint from multiple professors at Virginia s largest general university It represents an expansion of the administration s campaign against diversity equity and inclusion programs which has focused more on K- schools and elite private universities The complaint accuses George Mason of adopting DEI policies that favor underrepresented groups and advance anti-racism starting in the year the university s president Gregory Washington took office It accuses Washington of renaming the campus DEI office without changing hiring practices Similar complaints were leveled against University of Virginia President Jim Ryan who resigned in June amid a Justice Department inspection into DEI practices Last week the Guidance Department opened a separate assessment into accusations of antisemitism at George Mason Rubio says he expects other would-be scammers will use AI to try to impersonate him That s after several such instances were discovered last month It s just the reality of this AI mechanism that s going on and it s a real threat Rubio informed reporters in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Rubio disclosed he identified about the attempted impersonation which targeted at least three foreign ministers one member of Congress and a governor from the senator who got a suspicious message purporting to be from him Did you call and just try to reach me and he literally sent me a voice recording Rubio disclosed It doesn t really sound like me if you fell for that call you know But maybe there was a better one that I didn t see because it was on Signal This is just the reality of the st century with AI and fake stuff that s going on he commented Generally I communicate with my counterparts around the world through official channels for a reason and that s to avoid this State Department move to sanction independent UN investigator on Gaza gets mixed response Outside groups who d been criticizing Francesca Albanese celebrated what they called a long-awaited move while advocates for the end of the war in Gaza condemned the action Hillel Neuer executive director of the nongovernmental watchdog UN Watch had been pushing for years for Albanese to be removed from her post accusing her of antisemitism and anti-Israel bias He called it a bold and courageous move by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that was unprecedented Then again no UN official has ever been condemned for Holocaust distortion and antisemitism by France Germany Canada and both Democratic and Republican US administrations he explained in a comment But Muslim and human rights organizations blasted the effort as an attack on free speech and against an independent investigator These sanctions reflect a dangerous attempt to silence international accountability for human rights abuses and war crimes This is a blatant attempt to intimidate human rights functionaries who dare to speak the truth about Israel s ongoing genocide in Gaza the Council on American-Islamic Relations commented in a comment Rubio says pause in Ukraine weapons deliveries has been mischaracterized U S Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a brief pause in certain weapons deliveries to Ukraine was part of a temporary pending review of certain munitions left in America s stockpiles Speaking to reporters after a Southeast Asian regional safeguard conference in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Rubio disclosed the pause was mischaracterized as a withdrawal of U S assistance for Ukraine That decision unfortunately was mischaracterized he explained It was a pause pending review on a handful of specific type munitions that frankly is something that is logical that you would do especially after an extended engagement that we saw both in defense of Israel and in defense of our own bases Trump has no citizens events at present The only event on his White House schedule is an intelligence briefing at p m ET Rubio says the US and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks It comes after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia on Thursday I think it s a new and a different approach Rubio communicated reporters after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov I wouldn t characterize it as something that guarantees a peace but it s a concept that you know that I ll take back to the president He didn t elaborate Rubio explained President Trump has been disappointed and frustrated that there s not been more flexibility from Russia to end the conflict We hope that can change and we re going to continue to stay involved where we see opportunities to make a difference he mentioned US Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds talks with Russia s Lavrov as Ukraine tensions soar They met Thursday in Malaysia as tensions between the countries rise over Moscow s increasing attacks on Ukraine and whether Russia s leader is serious about a peace deal Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks in Kuala Lumpur on the sidelines of the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum which brings together ASEAN members and their most of key diplomatic partners including Russia China Japan South Korea European nations and the U S The meeting lasted around minutes Rubio was seen winking at Lavrov afterward as reporters shouted questions which they both ignored The meeting was their second encounter since Rubio took office although they ve spoken by phone several times Read more about Rubio at the ASEAN forum US weapons deliveries to Ukraine will not stall peace talks Kremlin says The Kremlin insisted Thursday that the resumption of weapons deliveries between the United States and Ukraine and harsher rhetoric from Trump would not stall peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv We are still waiting for a signal from Kyiv s representatives as to their desire or unwillingness to enter into a third round of direct negotiations Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described journalists We have perpetually mentioned that we would prefer to use peaceful political and diplomatic means But until this happens the military operation continues Peskov noted using the Kremlin s euphemism for the invasion of Ukraine Source