Former Columbia Prez Armstrong Set To Return to Campus. Plus, GOP Senators Draw a Nuclear Red Line.

Back so soon? Columbia University announced last month that former president Katrina Armstrong would be taking a sabbatical following a disastrous deposition before the White House’s anti-Semitism task force. She was to “spend more time with her family.” But she’s apparently had enough: Armstrong is set to resume her role as CEO of Columbia’s medical

Department of Defense Orders Halt to Gender Transition Medicine, Procedures

The military will refer patients seeking the procedures to the private sector. The U.S. Department of Defense said in a new memorandum that it is halting medical treatments and procedures for troops who identify as transgender and other personnel with gender dysphoria (GD). “Within the direct care component, meaning at military medical treatment facilities …

What to Know About the Legal Cases Challenging Trump’s Transgender Executive Orders

The high court’s direction could depend on justices’ regard for a 2020 ruling that gender identity is covered by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. President Donald Trump’s executive orders on gender in the military, along with similar orders affecting prisons, pronouns on government documents, and pediatric medicine have spawned a host of

Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” faces major test as House panels iron out details

Washington — Three key House committees that have jurisdiction over the most contentious parts of a major budget package aimed at addressing President Trump’s defense, energy and tax priorities plan to meet Tuesday to move forward on their portions of the bill, as Republican leaders push to have it on the floor by next week. 

What’s Inside the GOP Tax Bill

The tax cuts, while a cost estimate has not yet been assessed, could be at least $4 trillion—a goal of congressional Republicans. The House Ways and Means Committee on May 12 released the tax policy portion of the GOP megabill to implement President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda. The committee, which deals with taxes and other

What to Know About Trump’s Plan to Slash Drug Prices

The ’most favored nation’ policy aims to have drugmakers respond to incentives and equalize drug prices between the United States and other countries. President Donald Trump aims to lower prescription drug costs for all Americans with the aid of two carrots and a stick. The positive and negative inducements are intended to get pharmaceutical manufacturers