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    • Trump withdraws Medicaid coverage for minors’ transition surgeries

      President Donald Trump has moved to end Medicaid funding for gender-transition surgeries for minors, presenting the policy as an effort to protect children. The decision further restricts access to gender-related medical care for under-18s and is likely to intensify political and legal debate over transgender healthcare in the United States. The change applies specifically to…

    • Air Force One swap calls into question Trump’s safety abroad

      A newly reported Secret Service ruse to fly President Trump out of the NATO summit last month in Turkey amid an assassination threat from Iran is raising questions about the president’s security while traveling abroad. Trump left Ankara on an alternate aircraft because of the threat, The Washington Post first reported Monday. After announcing he…

    • NOAA pulls support from Arctic climate report

      The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is pulling its support from an Arctic climate and environment report it has helped with in the past. Rick Thoman, lead editor for the 2026 Arctic Report Card, said that participants were informed Monday that they would no longer receive assistance from the government agency. “We were informed…

    • A judge expands a block on U.S. Postal Service work on Trump’s mail-in voting order

      A federal judge expanded a block on a key part of President Trump’s order to restrict mail-in voting for this fall’s midterms, banning the Postal Service from carrying out directives in every state.

    • Government workers can officially waste time scrolling TikTok again

      The Trump administration has formally lifted the ban on TikTok use by federal government employees, with a new memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirming the app “may be used on government devices.” The move follows a Justice Department opinion arguing that the 2022 law banning TikTok from most federal devices no…

    • Cornyn posts data on vaccines preventing deaths after Trump executive order

      Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) shared a post on Tuesday touting the effectiveness of vaccines following President Trump’s executive order seeking to decrease childhood vaccines and buck the standard order of shots by dividing immunizations for mumps, measles and rubella (MMR). “Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than…

    • Live results: Alabama votes in special House primaries after redistricting fight

      Alabamans in a handful of congressional districts are at the polls Tuesday for a series of postponed primary contests. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey called for special primaries in the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th Congressional Districts after the landmark Supreme Court decision weakening part of the Voting Rights Act allowed the state to use a…

    • Live results: Flanagan, Craig square off for Democratic nod in Minnesota Senate race

      Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig are duking it out in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Minnesota Senate after Sen. Tina Smith (D) opted to retire. Flanagan, a progressive, notched the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement as well as support from Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren. Craig, meanwhile, is backed by House Minority Leader…

    • Live results: Vermonters head to polls for gubernatorial primary

      Vermont voters are heading to the polls. The Green Mountain State has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988 and includes progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-V.T.) in its delegation, but has also had a Republican, Phil Scott (R-V.T.), in its governor’s mansion for almost a decade now. Scott is seeking reelection for what…

    • Live results: Vermont voters choose House candidates

      Vermont voters head to the polls on Tuesday to select the Democratic and Republican candidates for the Green Mountain State’s at-large congressional seat. Two-term Rep. Becca Balint (D-V.T.) is seeking her third term in the lower chamber and she is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Both candidates for the GOP nod are former statewide…