Politics Jan 16 Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson drops out of 2024 presidential race after Iowa primary Hutchinson's exit came a day after he finished sixth in Iowa's leadoff caucuses, well behind Trump and other top rivals.
Politics Jan 11 Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted Advocates for transgender rights say most of the states inclined to pass gender-affirming care bans have done so. They now expect those states to build upon those restrictions and expand them to adults.
Nation Nov 21 Uncertainty clouds classrooms as new pronoun restrictions raise concerns Indiana is among at least 10 states that have enacted laws prohibiting or restricting students from using pronouns or names that don't match their sex assigned at birth, a restriction that opponents say further marginalizes transgender and nonbinary students.
Politics Aug 31 Judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental approval for minors to create social media accounts U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction requested by NetChoice, a tech industry trade group whose members include X, formerly known as Twitter, and Facebook parent Meta.
Health Aug 24 Transgender seniors worry about retirement, old age amid wave of anti-trans legislation A battle over transgender people's rights in the United States has focused attention mostly on youth, but for many transgender seniors, it's brought new fears to their plans for retirement and old age.
Politics Jul 07 U.S. destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating back to World War I Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Friday said workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky eliminated the last of thousands of rockets filled with sarin nerve gas that have been stored there since the 1940s.
Nation Jun 19 Post-pandemic purge of rolls sees 1 million people dropped from Medicaid About 1.5 million people have lost Medicaid coverage in more than two dozen states as a post-coronavirus pandemic purge of the rolls gets underway.
Politics May 26 Republican 2024 hopeful Ron DeSantis is ‘blazing a trail’ on school book bans Florida last year became the first in a wave of red states to enact laws making it easier for parents to challenge books in school libraries they deem to be pornographic, deal improperly with racial issues or in other ways…
Politics May 19 Here are the restrictions on transgender people that are moving through U.S. statehouses Hundreds of measures targeting transgender people have been proposed in statehouses this year, and several have moved forward this week.
Politics Apr 26 WATCH: Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces 2024 presidential run Asa Hutchinson has formally launched his Republican campaign for president in his hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas.