• Sites tied to equality movements join list of America’s most endangered historic places

    Sites tied to equality movements join list of America’s most endangered historic places

    May 20, 2026 10:29 PM EDT

    ... block the flag's removal at the Manhattan site.After Trump returned to office, he ended diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and many references to transgender people were excised from the Stonewall monument’s website and materials. The Republican administration similarly has put national parks, museums and landmarks under a ...

  • WATCH: Vance speaks about efforts to combat fraud in Bangor, Maine

    WATCH: Vance speaks about efforts to combat fraud in Bangor, Maine

    May 14, 2026 04:19 PM EDT

    ... Democratic Rep. Jared Golden. He compared LePage to the current governor, Democrat Janet Mills, who has sparred with the Trump administration over the issue of transgender athletes in high school sports. Mills is prevented by term limit laws from running again and recently dropped out of a heated Democratic primary ...

  • Nebraska Democrats face off in House primary for the state's 'blue dot' district

    Nebraska Democrats face off in House primary for the state's 'blue dot' district

    May 12, 2026 06:14 PM EDT

    ... the Legislature. That move, they say, could give state Republicans enough votes to enact a conservative wish list that includes stricter limitations on abortion and transgender rights. It could also empower Republicans to enact midcycle redistricting or change the state's unusual system of splitting presidential electoral votes, some Democrats ...

  • 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 ...