• The notable lives we lost in 2025

    The notable lives we lost in 2025

    Dec 29, 2025 07:46 PM EDT

    ... 20. James Dobson, 89. Founder of the conservative Christian ministry Focus on the Family, the child psychologist was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. Aug. 21. Ron Turcotte, 84. The Hall of Fame jockey rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973. Aug. 22. Angela Mortimer Barrett ...

  • Tracking how much of Project 2025 the Trump administration achieved this year

    Tracking how much of Project 2025 the Trump administration achieved this year

    Dec 24, 2025 11:47 PM EDT

    ... Hegseth, the military has moved quickly to align itself with Project 2025’s objectives, with an emphasis on reducing health care access for women and LGBTQ+ service members and an effort to overturn policies tied to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). These changes have the potential to influence civilian policies ...

  • Bishop Ronald Hicks named new archbishop of New York

    Bishop Ronald Hicks named new archbishop of New York

    Dec 18, 2025 05:10 PM EDT

    ... The Democrats Abandon Catholics.” Yet in 2023, he also wrote a letter of welcome to a conference at Fordham University celebrating outreach programs aimed at LGBTQ+ Catholics, and he welcomed LGBTQ+ participation in the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. Dolan has ties to the current Republican administration ...

  • Rob Reiner’s son Nick appears in court, faces 2 counts of murder in killing of his parents

    Rob Reiner’s son Nick appears in court, faces 2 counts of murder in killing of his parents

    Dec 17, 2025 07:06 PM EDT

    ... Met Sally...” and “The Princess Bride.” He was an outspoken liberal activist for decades. Michele Singer Reiner was a photographer, movie producer and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. They had been married for 36 years. Several of those closest to them, including actors Billy Crystal, Albert Brooks, Martin Short and Larry ...

  • WATCH: Prosecutors charging Nick Reiner with first-degree murder for parents' killing

    WATCH: Prosecutors charging Nick Reiner with first-degree murder for parents' killing

    Dec 16, 2025 09:37 PM EDT

    Rob Reiner was the Emmy-winning star of the sitcom “All in the Family” who went on to direct films including “When Harry Met Sally...” and “The Princess Bride.” He was an outspoken liberal activist for decades. Michele Singer Reiner was a photographer, movie producer and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights ...

  • Prosecutors weigh charges against Rob and Michele Singer Reiner's son over killings that stunned Hollywood

    Prosecutors weigh charges against Rob and Michele Singer Reiner's son over killings that stunned Hollywood

    Dec 16, 2025 05:54 PM EDT

    ... Met Sally..." and "The Princess Bride." He was an outspoken liberal activist for decades. Michele Singer Reiner was a photographer, movie producer and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. They had been married for 36 years. Representatives for the Reiner family did not respond to requests for comment, and it wasn't ...

  • 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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.