• New U.S. counterterror strategy focuses on drug cartels but omits right-wing extremism

    New U.S. counterterror strategy focuses on drug cartels but omits right-wing extremism

    May 08, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... who is believed to have authored this report. But the third on that list was this inclusion, as I mentioned, of left-wing radicals, pro-transgender activists. Is there any view that those groups or individuals are a substantive threat to America? Colin Clarke: Look, I do think we have ...

  • News Wrap: Senate GOP requests $1 billion in funding for Trump’s ballroom

    News Wrap: Senate GOP requests $1 billion in funding for Trump’s ballroom

    May 05, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    ... rejects the allegations and is vowing to defend itself vigorously. Meantime, the Trump administration is investigating whether Smith College violated anti-discrimination laws by allowing transgender students to enroll. The inquiry by the Education Department's Civil Rights Office accuses the all-women's college of -- quote -- "admitting biological men ...

  • Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops U.S. Senate bid before Democratic primary

    Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops U.S. Senate bid before Democratic primary

    Apr 30, 2026 01:17 PM EDT

    ... the president she would see him in court, a reference to Maine officials' lawsuit against the Trump administration over federal funding and a dispute over transgender athletes in sports.Age also became an issue in the race, as some Democrats want younger candidates to lead the party going forward. Mills ...

  • Dave Chappelle on investing in his Ohio town and backing its local public radio station

    Dave Chappelle on investing in his Ohio town and backing its local public radio station

    Apr 16, 2026 10:20 PM EDT

    ... as organized as the gays. (Laughter) Amna Nawaz: That independence could include reporting on Chappelle himself, no stranger to generating headlines, from jokes about the transgender community to his decision to perform at a comedy festival in Saudi Arabia last year. You told an audience in Saudi Arabia last year ...

  • Trump administration agrees to return Pride flag to Stonewall National Monument in New York

    Trump administration agrees to return Pride flag to Stonewall National Monument in New York

    Apr 13, 2026 07:06 PM EDT

    ... modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. After Trump, a Republican, returned to office last year, he took aim at diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and protections for transgender people. In one outcome of his policies, many references to transgender people were excised from the monument’s website and materials. Trump’s administration ...

  • Trump signs order aimed at stabilizing college sports with threats to federal funding

    Trump signs order aimed at stabilizing college sports with threats to federal funding

    Apr 04, 2026 12:17 AM EDT

    ... federal grants and funding — a similar approach his administration has taken to force universities around the country to alter policies involving diversity, equity and inclusion, transgender rights and even the kinds of classes they offer. In some ways, forcing those changes might seem like child’s play once college sports ...

  • 'No Kings' rallies draw crowds across U.S. and Europe as Springsteen headlines Minnesota demonstration

    'No Kings' rallies draw crowds across U.S. and Europe as Springsteen headlines Minnesota demonstration

    Mar 28, 2026 09:27 PM EDT

    Protesters have a long list of causes Trump's immigration enforcement push, particularly in Minnesota, was just one item on a long list of protester grievances that also included the war in Iran and the rollback of transgender rights. Speakers at the Minnesota rally decried billionaires' economic power. In Washington ...

  • News Wrap: Thune gives Democrats 'last and final' offer to end DHS shutdown

    News Wrap: Thune gives Democrats 'last and final' offer to end DHS shutdown

    Mar 26, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... charges. President Trump said today that the Justice Department will bring other cases against Maduro, but did not elaborate. The International Olympic Committee has banned transgender women from competing beginning with the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. This aligns the IOC with President Trump's executive order barring transgender ...

  • Pete Hegseth's Christian rhetoric reignites scrutiny after the U.S. goes to war with Iran

    Pete Hegseth's Christian rhetoric reignites scrutiny after the U.S. goes to war with Iran

    Mar 20, 2026 03:16 PM EDT

    ... for the Iran war As head of the armed forces, Hegseth has overseen changes that are in line with his conservative Christian worldview, including banning transgender troops, curtailing diversity initiatives and reviewing women in combat roles.Youssef Chouhoud, a political scientist at Christopher Newport University, said, "The intrusion of Christian ...

  • Live Results: Illinois midterm primary elections

    Live Results: Illinois midterm primary elections

    Mar 17, 2026 06:24 PM EDT

    Shana Sumers, 36, said she voted for Kelly to support marginalized communities, such as transgender people. She also described the Iran war as “a big distraction.” “We really need to be able to afford housing, afford health care, afford to go to the grocery store,” Sumers said. Candidates have touted ...