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... new PBS News poll as Americans worry about affordability. Some House Republicans buck party leadership, forcing a vote to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies. Plus, we catch up with a transgender teen and her parents, who left Texas because of the state's ban on transgender health care for minors.
Pete Hegseth, U.S. Defense Secretary: Expressing a false gender identity divergent from an individual's sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service. Donald Trump: The war on women's sports is over. (Cheering) William Brangham: The administration threatened to withhold funding from states where transgender girls ...
... voters narrowly favored Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris in the last presidential election.As the county executive, Blakeman has pushed through a policy that bans transgender athletes from using county sports facilities, created a volunteer law enforcement unit that his critics have labeled a militia and directed county detectives to ...
... Maurice Sendak; "It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health" by Robie H. Harris; and "Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen" by Jazz Jennings. Other titles include "Larry the Farting Leprechaun" by Jane Bexley and "My Butt is So Noisy!" by Dawn McMillan. A ...
... according to Jeremy Lewin and Brad Smith, two State Department officials involved in the negotiations. They said the agreement would not discriminate against gay and transgender people or sex workers. A number of other African countries are expected to sign similar agreements with the U.S. by the end of ...
... saliency with the electorate. William Brangham: The Supreme Court, as you know, is about to take up a case next year about the participation of transgender athletes in sports. Again, over half of Americans believe that transgender athletes should not be playing in sports. What do you think is at ...
... we heard from other faith leaders this week saying -- from Episcopalian faith, from Presbyterians, Reform Jews saying they feel their faiths compel them to treat transgender, intersex and nonbinary people with respect, love and equal rights. They're reading from the same holy text here, right, so why the divide ...
... there is no question about the top issue for her constituents: affordability. She also played down her party's focus on conservative cultural priorities, including transgender athletes, which was a top Republican focus in the recent Virginia governor’s race. “Certainly I support women and girls sports and protecting them ...
... in fines, but assurances that UCLA will not admit foreign students who are likely to be -- quote -- "anti-Western," allow an outside monitor and ban transgender students from women's sports. Jayha Buhs Jackson: UCLA needs to have -- retain their backbone and not settle at all. Stephanie Sy: For history ...
... who had been hired to advise the BBC on standards and guidelines. As well as the Trump edit, it criticized the BBC’s coverage of transgender issues and raised concerns of anti-Israel bias in the BBC’s Arabic service. The BBC faces greater scrutiny than other broadcasters — and criticism ...
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