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

Trump to Attend Notre Dame Cathedral Reopening

This will be his first trip abroad since he won the Nov. 5 presidential election. President-elect Donald Trump said he will attend the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which has undergone extensive restorations following a devastating fire in 2019. This will be Trump’s first trip abroad since he won the Nov. 5 presidential

Things to Know About Trump’s DEA Chief Nominee Chad Chronister

‘Chad has fought on the frontlines of the opioid crisis,’ said Florida’s Attorney General Ashley Moody. President-elect Donald Trump has picked another Floridian to serve in the new administration. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister was nominated to become the next administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) within the U.S. Department of Justice on Nov.

What to Know About Trump’s DEA Chief Nominee Chad Chronister

‘Chad has fought on the frontlines of the opioid crisis,’ said Florida’s Attorney General Ashley Moody. President-elect Donald Trump has picked another Floridian to serve in the new administration. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister was nominated to become the next administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) within the U.S. Department of Justice on Nov.