William Brangham: For the "PBS News Hour," I'm William Brangham. Geoff Bennett: Police said the assailant had purchased multiple weapons recently and legally and is believed to have acted alone. FBI Director Kash Patel also said the shooter identified as transgender. For more, we're joined now by Minneapolis ...
... old Robin Westman, did not have an extensive known criminal history, acted alone and legally purchased the weapons recently. Federal officials referred to Westman as transgender, and the mayor decried hatred being directed at “our transgender community.” Westman’s gender identity is not clear. In 2020 a judge approved a ...
Federal officials referred to Westman as transgender, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey decried hatred being directed at “our transgender community.” Westman’s gender identity wasn’t clear. In 2020, a judge approved a petition, signed by Westman’s mother, asking for a name change from Robert to Robin, saying the ...
... are a political winner Despite the backlash to his crackdown in D.C., Trump insisted his approach is popular. He compared it to debates over transgender athletes, another divisive issue he harnessed during last year’s election.“This is another ‘men in women’s sports’ things,” he said. “I think ...
Another challenge at public hospitals and clinics is discrimination, especially for sex workers and transgender people. “In hospital, they said they only give PrEP to people who are in a relationship with someone who’s HIV-positive and trying to have a baby,” one transgender woman said. She decided to ...
... lawsuits challenging former President Joe Biden's administration on an array of policies, including immigration actions, student loan forgiveness, environmental rules, gun safety initiatives and transgender rights measures. He also threatened legal action against private gyms over bathroom policies, demanded that public schools ban drag shows and sued New York ...
... that Maryland parents with religious objections can pull their children from public school lessons using LGBTQ+ storybooks; that Tennessee can ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors; and that states can block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid money. All three were decided by the same 6-3 margin, with Trump ...
Also present were Olympic champion gymnast Nastia Liukin and Brad Snyder, a swimmer who competed at the 2012 Paralympic Games. Trump praised Gene Sykes, chair of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee board of directors, for the USOPC’s move to effectively bar transgender women from competing in women ...
... a planned exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery after officials raised concerns over her painting “Trans Forming Liberty, 2024,” in which she depicts a nonbinary transgender person posing as the Statue of Liberty. Sherald is best known for her painting of then-first lady Michelle Obama, which was commissioned by ...
... the coronavirus pandemic, Hurricanes Helene and Florence and a law that became an early flashpoint in the culture wars over access to public restrooms by transgender people. That “bathroom bill” was rolled back early in Cooper's first term, and the state’s economy soared during Cooper’s tenure. While ...
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