SCOTUS Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Colorado Primary Results, World Cup Heats Up

The Supreme Court closed out its term with a major loss for President Trump, upholding birthright citizenship, though the justices handed him plenty of power elsewhere over the course of the year.
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros pulled off a stunning upset in Colorado's primary, unseating a 15-term congresswoman in the third such win for the left in a week, while an anti-Washington mood also cost longtime Senator Michael Bennet his bid for governor.
And the World Cup enters its knockout rounds as a brutal heat wave grips the East, putting more than 100 million people under extreme heat warnings and setting up some of the biggest games to be played in dangerous conditions.

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(0:00) Introduction
(02:07) SCOTUS Upholds Birthright Citizenship
(05:54) Colorado Primary Results
(09:35) World Cup Heats Up

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