New York AG Tells Hospitals to Keep Transgender Procedures for Minors

Attorney General Letitia James said the state’s anti-discrimination laws require that the procedures remain available. New York Attorney General Letitia James warned hospitals Monday that discontinuing transgender procedures for minors in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting federal funding for such services would violate state law. In a Feb. 3 letter to health

New York AG Urges Hospitals to Retain Transgender Procedures for Minors

Attorney General Letitia James said the state’s anti-discrimination laws require that the procedures remain available. New York Attorney General Letitia James warned hospitals on Feb. 3 that discontinuing transgender procedures for minors in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting federal funding for such services would violate state law. In a Feb. 3 letter

Democratic Senator Says He’ll Put a Hold on Trump’s State Department Nominations

The Hawaiian lawmaker is acting in protest of recent talk about potentially dismantling USAID, he says. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Monday that he will place a hold on President Donald Trump’s State Department nominees following a recent flurry of activity in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Schatz, who sits on the Senate

Trump and Musk are upending USAID. Here’s what to know about its work.

Washington — President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have set their sights on the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, overseeing a disruption of the more than 60-year-old organization that provides humanitarian aid to more than 100 countries. The Trump administration’s targeting of USAID comes as the president has vowed to cut the size

US to Withdraw Again From UN Human Rights Council, End Funding to UNRWA

The Biden administration reversed both moves in 2021. WASHINGTON—The United States will withdraw again from the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and end funding to the U.N. agency dealing with Palestinian refugees, a White House official told The Epoch Times. The United States withdrew from the UNHRC and ended funding to UNRWA, or the U.N.