Oregon Poised To Force Health Insurers To Cover Trans Genital Surgeries for Children—or Risk Losing Their Licenses

Oregon officials are set to require health insurers, both public and private, to cover procedures like sex-change surgeries and cross-sex hormones for all ages. Those that fail to do so risk losing their state licenses. The proposed rule from Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services relies on the latest standards of care developed by

Biden-Harris Admin Races To Dish Out $25 Billion for Green Energy Before Trump Takes Office, Sparking Fraud Fears

The Biden administration is in a hurry to finalize more than a dozen green energy loans worth more than $25 billion before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in mid-January—a frantic effort that lawmakers and industry officials are warning could lead to fraud and abuse of taxpayer money. Through the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office,

‘Lacking the Votes’: Schumer Abandons Embattled Biden Judicial Nominee Adeel Mangi

Mangi faced Democratic opposition for his ties to anti-police groups Adeel Mangi (Graeme Sloan/Wikimedia Commons) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has abandoned hopes of confirming Third Circuit Appeals Court nominee Adeel Mangi, whom some Senate Democrats opposed over links to anti-police groups uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon. Schumer struck a deal Thursday with Republicans

Iran, Facing Scrutiny From International Watchdog, Publicly Ramps Up Nuclear Program

Tehran announces installation of new advanced centrifuges used to quickly enrich uranium for an atomic bomb (Vahid Reza Alaei/AFP via Getty Images) Iran publicly accelerated its contested nuclear work on Friday, installing advanced centrifuges to more quickly enrich the uranium needed to fuel an atomic bomb. Tehran announced its latest escalation after the International Atomic

Gaetz Says He Will Not Return to Congress After Withdrawing AG Bid

Former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz (R.), who withdrew his nomination as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general on Thursday, announced on Friday he will not be returning to Congress next year. “I’m still going to be in the fight, but it’s going to be from a new perch. I do not intend to join the 119th

Toilet-to-Tap: Singapore’s Sewage Beer Delights UN Climate Change Conference

One attendee enjoyed ‘a cold one made from recycled sewage water’ so much that he returned for more the next day, the New York Times reports Toilet (Philippe Gerber/Grabien), NEWBrew (brewerkz.org), tap (SolStock/Grabien) A beer brewed from recycled toilet water has become a hit among attendees at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. “At