• 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 ...

  • What to watch for as Virginia's gubernatorial candidates Spanberger and Earle-Sears debate

    What to watch for as Virginia's gubernatorial candidates Spanberger and Earle-Sears debate

    Oct 09, 2025 03:43 PM EST

    ... bill. Culture wars vs. wallets One key to the debate will be what the candidates hope to be talking about. Earle-Sears wants to keep transgender youths out of high school sports and bathrooms. Spanberger would rather talk about keeping Virginia affordable. Earle-Sears has campaigned heavily for stronger laws ...

  • A look at Colorado’s conversion therapy ban as it faces a Supreme Court challenge

    A look at Colorado’s conversion therapy ban as it faces a Supreme Court challenge

    Oct 06, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    Stephanie Sy: Julia Sadusky is a clinical psychologist in suburban Denver. A Catholic, she often works with Christian youth and adults who struggle with their sexuality or gender. She too wrote a brief for the Supreme Court case. If a gay patient comes in or a transgender patient comes in ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on Colorado’s conversion therapy ban

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on Colorado’s conversion therapy ban

    Oct 06, 2025 07:44 PM EST

    ... harm from her approach is lacking. Chiles says Colorado is discriminating because it allows counselors to affirm minors coming out as gay or identifying as transgender but bans counseling like hers for young patients who may want to change their behavior or feelings. “We're not saying this counseling should ...