• WATCH: Trump delivers commencement speech to West Point graduating class of 2025

    WATCH: Trump delivers commencement speech to West Point graduating class of 2025

    May 24, 2025 05:03 PM EST

    ... s football quarterback, Bryson Daily, to the lectern, praising his “steel”-like shoulder. He later used Daily as an example to make a case against transgender women participating in women's athletics. In a nod to presidential tradition, Trump also pardoned about half a dozen cadets who had faced disciplinary ...

  • News Wrap: Deadly storms rip through Kentucky and Missouri

    News Wrap: Deadly storms rip through Kentucky and Missouri

    May 17, 2025 09:45 PM EST

    ... LGBTQ community. On the National Mall, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups unveiled a massive collection of quilts. The panels were handmade by transgender people and their families.Previous World Pride events have been a boon for the host nation's tourism, but this year several countries, including ...

  • What would help families have more babies? Here's what readers said

    What would help families have more babies? Here's what readers said

    May 16, 2025 08:53 PM EST

    ... is the world I am bringing kids into?” she said. Binta Wold, 31, who identifies as nonbinary, fears that if they had a nonbinary or transgender child, they would be targeted by rising anti-transgender rhetoric, legislation and violence. They say “it’s scary” to think about their child not ...

  • Trans troops facing removal from U.S. military wrestle with uncertain future

    Trans troops facing removal from U.S. military wrestle with uncertain future

    May 14, 2025 08:11 PM EST

    ... just an open expression of animosity,” Minter said. “It’s all over the face of the policy itself and Hegseth is openly voicing hostility towards transgender people at every opportunity.” In the Supreme Court order that allowed the ban to move forward, the three liberal justices signaled they would have ...

  • Pentagon orders military to pull library books about diversity, anti-racism, gender issues

    Pentagon orders military to pull library books about diversity, anti-racism, gender issues

    May 09, 2025 09:37 PM EST

    ... books to be pulled and reviewed. The search terms include: affirmative action, anti-racism, critical race theory, discrimination, diversity, gender dysphoria, gender identity and transition, transgender, transsexual and white privilege. Early last month the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, removed nearly 400 books from its library after being ...

  • WATCH: 'Judicial independence is crucial,' Chief Justice Roberts says

    WATCH: 'Judicial independence is crucial,' Chief Justice Roberts says

    May 08, 2025 02:16 PM EST

    ... president has a mixed record in front of the justices so far. On Tuesday, the court’s conservative majority revived the administration’s ban on transgender military service members while court challenges to the policy continue. The three liberal justices dissented.But the court also has temporarily halted some deportations ...

  • News Wrap: Trump says U.S. will stop bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen

    News Wrap: Trump says U.S. will stop bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen

    May 06, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on transgender people serving in the military while legal challenges play out. The justices decided to lift a lower court ruling that put the policy on hold nationwide. The case stems from an executive order that Trump issued ...

  • Hegseth directs active duty military to cut 20% of its four-star general officers

    Hegseth directs active duty military to cut 20% of its four-star general officers

    May 06, 2025 01:12 PM EST

    ... take.” As Pentagon chief, Hegseth has touted his efforts to root out any programming or leadership that endorses diversity in the ranks, tried to terminate transgender service members and begun sweeping changes to enforce a uniform fitness standard for combat positions. In a memo announcing the cuts Monday, Hegseth said ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. and Ukraine sign minerals deal

    News Wrap: U.S. and Ukraine sign minerals deal

    May 01, 2025 10:40 PM EST

    In our news wrap Thursday, Ukraine agreed to a deal giving the U.S. access to its rare-earth elements and resources like oil and natural gas, the Trump administration is pushing for more behavioral therapy for transgender youth instead of gender-affirming health care and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...

  • WATCH: Trump delivers remarks at University of Alabama commencement event

    WATCH: Trump delivers remarks at University of Alabama commencement event

    May 01, 2025 07:37 PM EST

    Trump mostly went in a different direction. He did a grunting impression of a female weightlifter as he criticized the participation of transgender women in sports. He bragged about how tech moguls have warmed up to him, saying, “They all hated me in my first term, and now they’re ...