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Business Insider
2 days ago
Gavin Newsom said he told Biden he won't run for the White House in 2024
Business Insider - John L. Dorman
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, who in recent years has burnished his profile as a future White House contender, told President Joe Biden on election night that he was not planning a 2024 primary challenge, according to Politico's Jonathan Martin. Newsom "told everyone in the White House" ranging …
POLITICO
1 day ago
Republicans shrug off Trump '24 bid: 'The excitement’s just not there'
POLITICO - By David Siders
The former president is not bending the GOP to his will like he used to. Donald Trump’s lackluster campaign announcement was one thing. His real problem is fast becoming the collective shrug Republicans have given him in the week-plus since. Far from freezing out potential competitors, Trump’s …
Vox
1 day ago
A Trump judge seized control of ICE, and the Supreme Court will decide whether to stop him
Vox - Ian Millhiser
In July, a Trump appointee to a federal court in Texas effectively seized control of parts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency that enforces immigration laws within US borders. Although Judge Drew Tipton’s opinion in United States v. Texas contains a simply astonishing …
NPR
20 hours ago
Congress considers codifying same-sex marriage after long battle for gay rights
NPR - Ari Shapiro , Jonaki Mehta
Tanya McCloskey and Marcia Kadish exchanged their vows at Cambridge City Hall one early summer morning outside Boston, after spending 20 years together. May 17, 2004 was a momentous day, not just for the two of them, but for the United States; that day, they became the first same-sex couple to be …
NPR
20 hours ago
Bills targeting trans youth are growing more common — and radically reshaping lives
NPR - Koko Nakajima , Connie Hanzhang Jin
When Dylan Brandt looks back on the time before he started receiving gender-affirming care, he remembers feeling trapped "in a pretty bad place." He wasn't comfortable leaving the house, and he struggled with anxiety and depression. It was right around his 15th birthday that Brandt began hormone …
POLITICO
1 day ago
Conservative states are blocking trans medical care. Families are fleeing.
POLITICO - By Annie Connell-Bryan, Joanne Kenen and Jael Holzman
From Texas to Florida, families with kids who are medically transitioning say state policies limiting gender-affirming care are forcing them to flee. Carrie Jackson and her family of three fondly remember their home in Denton, Texas. They had moved to the Dallas suburb from the tiny town of Malakoff, …