• How life is changing for trans Americans under the Trump administration

    How life is changing for trans Americans under the Trump administration

    Nov 24, 2025 11:30 PM EST

    ... to identity markers on passports. William Brangham has an update on these actions, the legal challenges to them, and what may come next. William Brangham: LGBTQ+ advocates say that many of President Trump's policies present a critical threat to the roughly 1 percent of Americans, that is some 2 ...

  • U.S. Catholic bishops select conservative culture warrior to lead them during Trump’s 2nd term

    U.S. Catholic bishops select conservative culture warrior to lead them during Trump’s 2nd term

    Nov 11, 2025 07:26 PM EST

    ... style than substance. Most U.S. Catholic bishops are reliably conservative on social issues, but some — like Coakley — place more emphasis on opposing abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. The slate reflects “the dynamics of the American hierarchy in that it’s split down the middle,” said David Gibson, director of Fordham ...

  • WATCH: Nancy Pelosi announces she won't seek reelection, urges Americans to fight for ideals

    WATCH: Nancy Pelosi announces she won't seek reelection, urges Americans to fight for ideals

    Nov 06, 2025 02:05 PM EST

    ... Frank financial reforms in the aftermath of the Great Recession and a repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy against LGBTQ service members. With President Barack Obama in the White House and Democratic Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada leading the Senate, the 2009-10 session ...

  • Democrats cruise to victory, and other takeaways from Election Day 2025

    Democrats cruise to victory, and other takeaways from Election Day 2025

    Nov 05, 2025 03:26 AM EST

    ... health care, which Trump has struggled to control. In addition to tacking to the middle on economic issues, Spanberger and Sherrill downplayed their support for progressive priorities, including LGBTQ rights and resistance against Trump's attack on American institutions. Spanberger rarely even mentioned Trump's name on the campaign trail.

  • Here's what to watch for on the first major Election Day of Trump's 2nd term

    Here's what to watch for on the first major Election Day of Trump's 2nd term

    Nov 04, 2025 03:32 PM EST

    ... last year. Tuesday could be a key indicator of whether they're right. Both Sherrill and Spanberger have downplayed their support for progressive priorities, including LGBTQ rights and resistance against Trump's attack on American institutions. Spanberger rarely even mentions Trump's name on the campaign trail. Both also have ...

  • King Charles prays with Pope Leo in historic visit to the Vatican

    King Charles prays with Pope Leo in historic visit to the Vatican

    Oct 23, 2025 06:32 PM EST

    ... Gafcon, says it’s forming a new structure, although it claims it represents the historic Anglican Communion in a “reordered” form. Its statement denounced the LGBTQ-affirming stances of some parts of the Anglican Communion as precipitating the break, a reference to positions taken by the Church of England and ...

  • Japan's parliament elects ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as nation's first female prime minister

    Japan's parliament elects ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as nation's first female prime minister

    Oct 21, 2025 03:20 PM EST

    ... Japan's first female prime minister is epoch-making, but (Takaichi) casts a dark cloud over gender equality and sexual minority rights," Soshi Matsuoka, a LGBTQ+ rights activist, said. "Prime Minister Takaichi's views on gender and sexuality are extremely conservative and could be a serious setback for the rights ...

  • Former Justice Anthony Kennedy on political division and the state of the Supreme Court

    Former Justice Anthony Kennedy on political division and the state of the Supreme Court

    Oct 14, 2025 10:25 PM EST

    ... t swing. And so that was one of the things explained in the book. Geoff Bennett: You were the pivotal voice in cases that expanded LGBTQ rights, that preserved abortion rights at the time, but also a ruling that struck down campaign finance restrictions. How do you reconcile or explain ...

  • Dallin Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, named as new leader of Mormon church

    Dallin Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, named as new leader of Mormon church

    Oct 14, 2025 09:01 PM EST

    ... driving force in the church against same-sex marriage and in upholding a teaching that homosexuality is a sin — a position that causes uneasiness among LGBTQ+ members and their allies. He said in 2022 that social and legal pressure would not influence the church to change its posture on same ...

  • News Wrap: Texas National Guard troops arrive at training center near Chicago

    News Wrap: Texas National Guard troops arrive at training center near Chicago

    Oct 07, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... tester. Saul Zabar was 97 years old.Still to come on the "NewsHour": the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the controversial practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth; soybean farmers feel the financial pain of tariffs on China; and a new book on the growing distrust of science.