Supreme Court to confront gender-affirming care for transgender minors

Washington — The Supreme Court is set to convene Wednesday to hear arguments in a landmark case involving access to gender-affirming care like puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors experiencing gender dysphoria. The case concerns the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that bans this medical care for transgender adolescents. Half the states have measures

Senate Democrats hold leadership elections with GOP set to take control

Washington — Senate Democrats are meeting Tuesday morning to elect their leadership for the next two years, after Republicans flipped the chamber in the 2024 elections.  Though the party warded off a handful of challenges and held onto key seats in the upper chamber, Senate Democrats faced a particularly difficult map this cycle, and Republican

House Oversight Report Supports Chinese Lab-Leak Theory for COVID-19 Origin

The report stated that several researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell sick with a COVID-19-like virus months before the first case emerged. A Republican-led oversight subcommittee has concluded that the COVID-19 virus likely originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, following a two-year investigation into the pandemic. The House Oversight Select Subcommittee on