• How the Virginia governor's race became a microcosm of national issues

    How the Virginia governor's race became a microcosm of national issues

    Oct 30, 2025 10:20 PM EST

    ... the governor's office. Liz Landers: The Williams Institute estimates that, in Virginia, 18,200 youths age 13 to 17, or 3 percent, identify as transgender. Michael Brown, Spanberger Supporter: I don't really agree with boys in the showers with girls and all that kind of stuff. Liz Landers ...

  • New Trump rule bars student loan relief for public workers tied to 'illegal' activity

    New Trump rule bars student loan relief for public workers tied to 'illegal' activity

    Oct 30, 2025 03:58 PM EST

    ... program into a tool of political retribution. Set to take effect in July, the policy is aimed primarily at organizations that work with immigrants and transgender youth. It grants the education secretary power to exclude groups from the program if they engage in activities including the trafficking or “chemical castration ...

  • Trump's favorability has fallen among Hispanics since January, a new AP-NORC poll finds

    Trump's favorability has fallen among Hispanics since January, a new AP-NORC poll finds

    Oct 24, 2025 04:45 PM EST

    ... Haven, Florida, is a behavioral specialist who identifies as a Democrat but sometimes votes for Republican candidates. He said he appreciates Trump's views on transgender issues, including restroom access for transgender women. But he's concerned that Trump's immigration policies leave many people living in fear, with negative ...

  • WATCH: White House defends ballroom project price tag rising to $300 million

    WATCH: White House defends ballroom project price tag rising to $300 million

    Oct 23, 2025 04:38 PM EST

    ... in a common area of the West Wing in July 2023 during the Biden presidency. The Trump White House also added Biden’s designation of “Transgender Day of Visibility” in 2024, which fell on the same day as Easter Sunday that year, as well as references to former President Bill ...

  • Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger spar over abortion in Virginia

    Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger spar over abortion in Virginia

    Oct 20, 2025 08:56 PM EST

    ... as an outlier on abortion. But they’re also focusing on other matters, like Spanberger’s emphasis on the economy and Earle-Sears’ opposition to transgender people’s rights. Pickett, who works for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, specifically went to the homes of voters who hadn't yet cast ...

  • How the Trump administration is dramatically reshaping education in America

    How the Trump administration is dramatically reshaping education in America

    Oct 19, 2025 09:40 PM EST

    ... have advanced several bills that you might have heard of as anti-DEI bills or anti-CRT bills. A number of states have passed anti transgender bathroom bills. So some of these, you know, reforms have been tested individual states and have been upheld by courts so far in many ...

  • WATCH: Trump awards Charlie Kirk posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom

    WATCH: Trump awards Charlie Kirk posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Oct 14, 2025 05:52 PM EST

    ... him as one of the key reasons he was reelected last year. But Kirk's politics were also often divisive. He sharply criticized gay and transgender rights while inflaming racial tensions. Kirk also repeated Trump's false claims that former Vice President Kamala Harris was responsible for policies that encouraged ...

  • Maine Democratic Gov. Mills plans to confront President Trump again with her campaign for Senate

    Maine Democratic Gov. Mills plans to confront President Trump again with her campaign for Senate

    Oct 14, 2025 03:37 PM EST

    ... who he said is "getting one of America's most liberal, unpopular Governors to join a race where moderates have had historic success." Mills promotes transgender fight with Trump But Mills' campaign sees the fight over transgender rights as a strength. Speaking to a group of governors in the State ...

  • Candidates in Virginia governor's debate clash over government shutdown, violent rhetoric

    Candidates in Virginia governor's debate clash over government shutdown, violent rhetoric

    Oct 10, 2025 11:30 PM EST

    ... Spanberger on what she would say if her own children were forced to undress in a bathroom with biological males. The Republican also implied that transgender students are a safety threat when asked. “We know that biological men are larger in strength than women,” she said. “This is biology.” Spanberger ...

  • North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming care for youth upheld by judge

    North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming care for youth upheld by judge

    Oct 09, 2025 06:25 PM EST

    ... their children after the state's ban took effect in April 2023 will need to do so out of state. “This ruling is devastating for transgender youth and their families in North Dakota. The evidence in this case was overwhelming: this law inflicts real harm, strips families of their constitutional ...