• Capehart and Ponnuru on whiplash from Trump's trade war and the transatlantic alliance

    Capehart and Ponnuru on whiplash from Trump's trade war and the transatlantic alliance

    Mar 07, 2025 11:30 PM EST

    ... Gavin Newsom, shall we? Because the California governor, he's broken with many elected Democrats by saying he thinks it's deeply unfair to allow transgender women and girls to compete in female sports. Take a listen to what he said in this podcast. Charlie Kirk, Founder, Turning Point Usa ...

  • What does the Education Department do? A guide to the agency Trump wants to gut

    What does the Education Department do? A guide to the agency Trump wants to gut

    Mar 06, 2025 06:35 PM EST

    ... department has instructed the office to prioritize complaints of antisemitism above all else and has opened investigations into colleges and school sports leagues for allowing transgender athletes to compete on women’s teams. WATCH: Schools face deadline to end diversity initiatives under Trump guidelines In his campaign platform, Trump said ...

  • Second federal judge extends block stopping Trump from freezing grants and loans

    Second federal judge extends block stopping Trump from freezing grants and loans

    Mar 06, 2025 05:37 PM EST

    ... previously said the temporary funding halt would ensure that the payments complied with Trump's agenda, which includes increasing fossil fuel production, removing protections for transgender people and ending diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The Republican administration has since rescinded a memo outlining the funding freeze. Still, many state government ...

  • Fact-checking Trump's claims during his address to Congress

    Fact-checking Trump's claims during his address to Congress

    Mar 05, 2025 11:50 PM EST

    ... help scientists understand the biological effects on humans and on the endocrine system. And they could also impact the wider U.S. population, not just transgender people. Again, Amna, those scientific experiments that were being paid for funded by NIH are not fraud. Amna Nawaz: So, leading up to this ...

  • Read the full text of Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress

    Read the full text of Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress

    Mar 05, 2025 03:53 PM EST

    ... you. Thank you. Stories like this are why, shortly after taking office, I signed an executive order banning public schools from indoctrinating our children with transgender ideology. I also signed an order to cut off all taxpayer funding to any institution that engages in the sexual mutilation of our youth ...

  • 7 takeaways from Trump's first address to Congress after his return to the White House

    7 takeaways from Trump's first address to Congress after his return to the White House

    Mar 05, 2025 06:00 AM EST

    ... from Trump’s address ‘worth it’ to stand up for Medicaid Trump leaned hard into cultural flashpoints — his opposition to affirmative action, diversity programs and transgender rights. He inflated the scale of his victory in November, the margin of which was actually among the smallest in American history. The tenor ...

  • Trump takes credit for 'swift and unrelenting' action in speech as Democrats dissent

    Trump takes credit for 'swift and unrelenting' action in speech as Democrats dissent

    Mar 05, 2025 03:36 AM EST

    ... social issues, as he looked to continue to eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the country and to roll back some public accommodations for transgender individuals. Trump said he ended the "tyranny" of diversity, equity and inclusion policies that he rolled back for the federal government and military, along ...

  • News Wrap: Massive storm threatens Mardi Gras in New Orleans

    News Wrap: Massive storm threatens Mardi Gras in New Orleans

    Mar 04, 2025 11:45 PM EST

    ... pass new laws and are calling for new elections. The U.S. Senate has voted not to move forward a bill that would have banned transgender student athletes from participating in women and girls sports. Man: Three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the ...

  • Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt discusses Trump’s new tariffs ahead of address to Congress

    Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt discusses Trump’s new tariffs ahead of address to Congress

    Mar 04, 2025 11:40 PM EST

    ... policies that President Trump is taking on. You -- in the lead-in, I heard you talking about the Democrats, all of them voting against banning transgender athletes from competing against women, men competing against women. The Democrat Party is so out of step with where real America is on virtually ...

  • What to expect from Trump's address to Congress

    What to expect from Trump's address to Congress

    Mar 04, 2025 11:25 PM EST

    ... more money from Congress for flights and for beds to carry out their deportation plan. The president is also expected to continue his attacks on transgender people as he moves to roll back rights for them across the states. This is a population that represents roughly less than 1 percent ...