Politics

On Monday, the Senate released its version of the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill.” If passed, it would not only end Medicaid payments for “gender transition procedures” for people of all ages, but, like the House’s proposed legislation, will introduce some narrowly rigid definitions of “sex,” “female,” and “male.” The Senate …

Texas is poised to make it easier for residents in the state to own short-barreled shotguns and rifles, rolling back yet another firearm regulation in a state that has experienced some of the deadliest mass shootings in the country in the last decade. Texas Senate Bill 1596 would decriminalize short-barreled …

The “No Kings” protests were historic. Millions of American activists turned out to protest President Donald Trump’s authoritarian impulses, on his birthday, Saturday, June 14, when the president threw himself a massively expensive, poorly attended military parade in Washington, D.C., replete with tanks and helicopters. (The parade was ostensibly also …

Texas is poised to make it easier for residents in the state to own short-barreled shotguns and rifles, rolling back yet another firearm regulation in a state that has experienced some of the deadliest mass shootings in the country in the last decade. Texas Senate Bill 1596 would decriminalize short-barreled …

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to uphold a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors. The ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti dictates that state laws prohibiting gender-affirming hormone therapies and puberty-pausing medications for transgender youth are constitutional. Notably, the Tennessee law doesn’t allow best-practice transition-related medical care for …

As President Donald Trump weighs sending U.S. forces to help Israel bomb Iran — and potentially plunge the nation into a new war — his decision is being influenced by bellicose on-air content at Fox News. The favored network of the president has put forth a parade of hosts, guests, …

Among the weighty roles and responsibilities placed on the American president’s shoulders, the least controversial is the practice of calling other politicians, in the face of personal or public tragedy, to make sure that they have everything they need. If a president wants to go above and beyond that lowest …

The Trump administration released three executive orders on nuclear energy on the Friday afternoon before the Memorial Day weekend — a time often used to dump bad news. And these orders were as disastrous as they come. With these orders, President Donald Trump has embraced a dangerous strategy to promote …

Among the weighty roles and responsibilities placed on the American president’s shoulders, the least controversial is the practice of calling other politicians, in the face of personal or public tragedy, to make sure that they have everything they need. If a president wants to go above and beyond that lowest …

Masked federal agents handcuffed and detained yet another Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday, this time in New York City. Brad Lander, a mayoral candidate and New York City’s current comptroller, was arrested by federal agents, many of them masked, while accompanying another individual out of an immigration hearing at a courtroom …