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Appeals court shrugs off complex legal battle over transgender child records
9+ hour, 1+ min ago (730+ words) The Trump administration secured a victory in a federal court of appeals that could give the government access to data about transgender children from a private hospital in Rhode Island. In July 2025, the U. S. Department of Justice issued a subpoena to…...
'Shameless administration': Federal employees accuse government of trying to force transgender individuals out of the workforce with new insurance change
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (292+ words) A group of federal employees has filed a legal complaint against the Trump administration over its policy denying federal health insurance coverage for gender-affirming medical care. The complaint, filed on Thursday by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF), alleges that…...
'No legal authority': Trump admin using 'executive fiat' in 'unlawful' bid to ban 'medically necessary' health care for transgender youth, lawsuit says
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (409+ words) The Trump administration is unlawfully and "baselessly" trying to keep transgender youth from receiving "medically necessary" health care, the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed this week claim. Earlier this month and "without warning," Department of Health and Human Services…...
Transgender Air Force members with decades of service have retirements rescinded, lawsuit says
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (713+ words) Several transgender members of the U. S. Air Force are suing the Trump administration after their retirements were rescinded. In June, the Air Force issued retirement orders to the 17 plaintiffs involved in the litigation. But then something changed. In August, "the Air…...
Jackson pens admittedly 'routine' bashing of SCOTUS colleagues over anti-transgender ruling
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (697+ words) The U. S. Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Trump administration the go-ahead to change the rules regarding sex marker designations on U. S. passports for transgender and nonbinary people. Now, the government is free to pursue the policy change. The majority opinion " which…...
Alito and Thomas sound alarm about 'troubling' and 'tragic' state of affairs for US parents
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (366+ words) As the U. S. Supreme Court declined to hear a Colorado case on the rights of parents to "direct the care, custody, and control of their children," three conservative justices agreed with the denial but nonetheless expressed concern about allegations of public…...
Therapist says she's 'silenced' by conversion therapy ban " and Alito immediately agrees
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (867+ words) A licensed Colorado talk therapist told the U. S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that a state conversion therapy ban is "viewpoint-based censorship" that violates her First Amendment right to counsel minor clients according to their wishes. In a case that could upend…...
Judge rubbishes Trump's 'unlawful' attempt to block arts funding over 'gender ideology"
8+ mon, 5+ hour ago (507+ words) A federal judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from enforcing an anti-transgender executive order against organizations that receive funding via the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In January, the 45th and 47th president issued Executive Order 14168, entitled "Defending Women From…...
Trump judge blocks HUD from creating 'chaos' over transgender and immigration policies
8+ mon, 6+ day ago (305+ words) On Friday, U. S. District Judge Mary S. Mc Elroy in Rhode Island granted a temporary restraining order to halt the allegedly illegal restrictions on federal housing funding through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's "Continuum of Care (Co C) Builds" program, according…...
Man who strangled 'saint'-like nurse to death during medical visit receives his fate
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (551+ words) A convicted sex offender who murdered a visiting nurse at the Connecticut halfway house where he was living was sentenced to a half-century behind bars. Michael Carlos Reese, 40, pleaded guilty to murder on Friday and a judge sent him to…...