00:01President Trump says the war in Iran could be over in weeks, but even as he talks exit, the United
00:07States is surging forces into the region.
00:09Plus, a major case on birthright citizenship, and Trump says he may show up.
00:14Why this morning's Supreme Court hearing could break precedent before it even starts.
00:19And back to the moon tonight, NASA sets out for its first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years.
00:28The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world.
00:34These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow News.
00:40Might the war in Iran be nearing an end?
00:44President Trump says it could, and soon.
00:47Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli.
00:48Ahead of a prime-time address tonight, Trump said Tuesday the United States could wrap up its offensive in Iran
00:55within two to three weeks.
00:57He also said reopening the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil routes, is, quote, not for
01:03us.
01:04I think we're two or three weeks.
01:06We'll leave.
01:07There's no reason for us to do this.
01:09Look, the problem with the Strait, a guy can take a mine, drop it in the water, and say, oh,
01:14it's unsafe.
01:15It's not like you're taking out an army, or you're taking out a country, or you can drop it.
01:20Or you can take a machine gun from the shore and shoot a little few bullets on a ship.
01:24Or maybe an over-the-shoulder missile, small missiles.
01:30That's not for us.
01:32That'll be for France.
01:33That'll be for whoever's using the Strait.
01:36But I think when we leave, probably that's all cleared up.
01:39Even as he talks about exiting, the U.S. is ramping up its military presence.
01:43Thousands of additional troops are heading to the region.
01:46The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush deployed Tuesday, along with three destroyers,
01:52part of a strike group of more than 6,000 sailors.
01:56Trump's April 6th deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait or face strikes on power plants still stands this morning.
02:04Iran's foreign minister fired back, saying Tehran will keep fighting and rejects U.S. threats.
02:10And as Trump tells allies struggling with oil supplies that the U.S. won't step in,
02:16saying they were, quote, not there for us, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says
02:20the U.K. will host an international conference this week to address the Strait.
02:25Starmer says 35 countries have signed on.
02:28Back in Washington, President Trump says he will do something completely unprecedented today.
02:34The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could redefine birthright citizenship.
02:39And Trump says he plans to be in the room.
02:42The justices will consider his executive order limiting automatic citizenship to people with
02:47at least one parent who is an American citizen or legal permanent resident.
02:52Critics say the order conflicts with the 14th Amendment, which states that all persons born
02:57in the United States are citizens.
02:59Trump argues that amendment was written after the Civil War to grant citizenship to formerly
03:05enslaved people, not to the children of temporary or undocumented immigrants.
03:10He has said before he would attend Supreme Court arguments, but backed off saying he didn't
03:15want to distract from the case.
03:17If he shows up today, he would be the first sitting president ever to attend oral arguments.
03:22The yank is barely dry, and President Trump is already facing pushback over a new executive
03:29order on voting.
03:30Trump signed the order Tuesday, directing Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen to build
03:35a national list of American citizens eligible to vote using Social Security data.
03:41The order also limits mail-in ballots, requiring the Postal Service to send them only to voters
03:47on state lists that align with the federal database.
03:49The move follows Trump's push for tighter election rules after Congress failed to pass his Save
03:56America Act.
03:57Cheating on mail-in voting is legendary.
03:59It's horrible what's going on.
04:01And it's very clearly covered, very, very clearly.
04:06So I think this will help a lot with elections.
04:10We'd like to have voter ID.
04:11We'd like to have proof of citizenship.
04:13And that'll be another subject for another time.
04:16We're working on that.
04:17The reaction was immediate.
04:19Election lawyer Mark Elias posted on X, if Trump signs an unconstitutional executive order
04:26to take over voting, we will sue.
04:28Arizona's Secretary of State Adrian Fontes called the plan, quote, a push to weaponize sensitive
04:34voter data and said his office will challenge it in court.
04:37A White House official tells CBS News states that do not comply could lose federal funding.
04:43To a different controversy now.
04:46Just hours after the Army suspended the crews involved in a helicopter flyby near Kid Rock's
04:52home, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stepped in and reversed the decision.
04:57Two Apache helicopters from Fort Campbell were seen hovering outside Kid Rock's Nashville
05:02home on Saturday as the singer waved, saluted and pumped his fist.
05:08On Tuesday, an Army spokesperson said the crews had been suspended from flight duties while
05:13officials reviewed what happened.
05:15The questions, why were they near the property?
05:18And why were they also flying close to a no kings rally while on a training mission?
05:23Each helicopter carries a two person crew, a pilot and a co-pilot known as a gunner.
05:28But within hours, Hegseth stepped in.
05:30In a post on X, he wrote, thank you, Kid Rock, U.S. Army pilot suspension lifted.
05:36No punishment, no investigation.
05:39Carry on, patriots.
05:40Kid Rock told a Nashville TV station he didn't expect the flyby but said he's had interactions
05:46with military pilots before and called it pretty cool.
05:49He also referred to President Trump as my buddy, the commander in chief.
05:53A federal judge has ordered a halt to President Trump's plan to build a massive new ballroom
05:59at the White House.
06:00The ruling came down Tuesday, stopping any further work on the project.
06:04It would be a 90,000-square-foot gathering space on the site of the demolished East Wing.
06:10Judge Richard Leon said the president does not have the authority to move forward without
06:14congressional approval.
06:16The project, estimated at $400 billion, would be significantly larger than the actual White
06:22House itself.
06:23Trump has been personally involved in the design, calling it the greatest ballroom anywhere
06:27in the world.
06:28In his 35-page opinion, Judge Leon wrote, the President of the United States is the steward
06:34of the White House for future generations of first families.
06:37He is not, however, the owner.
06:40Unless and until Congress blesses this project through statutory authorization, construction has
06:46to stop.
06:47The judge said federal law allows maintenance and alterations, not the demolition and rebuilding
06:53of entire structures.
06:55He is giving the administration two weeks to appeal.
06:57The Trump administration says it will challenge the ruling.
07:01Trump responded on Truth Social, calling the group that sued a radical left group of lunatics
07:06and defending the project as under budget and privately funded.
07:10The judge said Congress can still approve the project, but until then, construction remains
07:15on hold.
07:16Finally this morning, NASA is set to send a crew back toward the moon for the first time
07:22in more than 50 years.
07:23The window for Artemis II's liftoff opens at 624 tonight from Cape Canaveral.
07:29Four astronauts will climb aboard the Orion spacecraft for a 10-day mission around the moon, traveling
07:35farther into deep space than any humans have gone before.
07:39They won't land.
07:40This is actually a test flight.
07:42But it's a critical step toward putting people back on the lunar surface later this decade.
07:48Artemis is building on an already solid legacy.
07:52If we look backwards in time just a little bit, right now our crews are on the International
07:56Space Station learning how to truly work off of the planet.
08:00How does the human body perform?
08:02How do we resupply this International Space Station?
08:04These are lessons that will be critical on the moon as we look forward.
08:08The crew brings decades of experience, including spacewalks, long missions on the International
08:14Space Station, and military flight operations.
08:16The mission also includes the first non-American astronaut to travel beyond Earth's orbit, and
08:23the first female astronaut to do so.
08:26When the president of the Cain Space Agency called me and officially proclaimed to me that I would
08:32be flying on Artemis 2, and then sharing that with my wife and three kids was also a very
08:38special moment for me, watching their excitement as I pursue a dream of mine.
08:44The journey will take them about 244,000 miles from Earth, swinging around the far side of
08:50the moon before Artemis 2 heads back home.
08:53NASA says conditions look good with about an 80% chance of favorable weather at launch.
08:59If all goes as planned, it's a big step for the space program going back to the moon and
09:05the start of what NASA hopes is a much longer stay next time.
09:09That is awesome.
09:10Did you know that in 2027 we might have astronauts walking on the moon again?
09:16That's fascinating.
09:17With a long-range goal of space exploration of Mars, that is amazing.
09:23Wow.
09:24All right, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today.
09:26At 10 this morning, the Supreme Court takes up the case on birthright citizenship.
09:31We'll see if the president attends.
09:32At 1230, Trump hosts an Easter lunch with faith leaders at the White House.
09:37Of course, we'll be watching beginning at 624 tonight as NASA targets liftoff for Artemis
09:422.
09:42And at 9, the president delivers an address to the nation from the Oval Office.
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09:59Those are unbiased updates for this Wednesday.
10:01We'll see you back here tomorrow.
10:02For all of us at Straight Arrow News, I'm Craig DiGrelli.
10:04Have a great day.
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