• WATCH: Lawmakers question Hegseth on deploying troops to LA and Pentagon spending

    WATCH: Lawmakers question Hegseth on deploying troops to LA and Pentagon spending

    Jun 10, 2025 12:42 PM EST

    ... workouts with troops or of himself signing directives to purge diversity and equity programs and online content from the military. He has boasted of removing transgender service members from the force and firing so-called woke generals, many of whom were women. He was on the international stage about a ...

  • News Wrap: Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and allies gather for final day of WorldPride

    News Wrap: Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and allies gather for final day of WorldPride

    Jun 08, 2025 09:45 PM EST

    ... political than Saturday's parade. Speakers criticized the Trump administration's rollback of anti-discrimination policies for the LGBTQ plus community and executive orders targeting transgender people. The mayor of Moscow says Russia intercepted at least 10 Ukrainian drones that were headed for the city. In Ukraine, one person was ...

  • June 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    June 6, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Jun 06, 2025 11:36 PM EST

    Friday on the News Hour, the potential fallout for the country amid the dramatic war of words between President Trump and Elon Musk. The Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador is being brought back to the U.S. to face criminal charges. Plus, we speak with two transgender service ...

  • 'We have earned our spots': Facing Trump ban, trans troops reflect on military service

    'We have earned our spots': Facing Trump ban, trans troops reflect on military service

    Jun 06, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... is part of a larger fight to serve in any capacity. And I would like to continue to advocate for transgender service members and also transgender Americans. 2nd Lt. Nicolas Talbott: I think there are a lot of very strong opinions out there in the world about transgender people and ...

  • World Pride celebrations in nation’s capital bring mix of joy and anxiety

    World Pride celebrations in nation’s capital bring mix of joy and anxiety

    Jun 01, 2025 09:35 PM EST

    John Yang: Some people who are planning to come from foreign countries, sort of outsiders looking in, have expressed concern about personal safety, particularly transgender people. Three European nations have issued travel advisories. The Canadian LGBTQ rights group Eagle Canada cancelled its particular participation. We have a bit of tape ...

  • News Wrap: CDC no longer recommends COVID shots for healthy children and pregnant women

    News Wrap: CDC no longer recommends COVID shots for healthy children and pregnant women

    May 27, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... did not violate the student's free speech. Local school officials had argued that the wearing of the shirt would have a negative impact on transgender and gender non-conforming students. Separately, the justices also declined to hear an appeal from a Native American group to stop a copper mining ...

  • 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 ...