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Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people, long discredited, could make a comeback
More than half the states restrict conversion therapy, but conservative courts could change that.
Aug 146 min read


State leaders brace for ‘heavy lift’ from Medicaid, food stamp changes
Some expect to tap into reserve funds, but many states will likely reduce services.
Aug 146 min read


Trump speaks with Zelenskyy, European leaders ahead of Putin meeting in Alaska
President Donald Trump met virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other European leaders before flying to Alaska for a U.S.-Russia bilateral meeting Friday.
Aug 132 min read


Republican megalaw helps earners with high and middle incomes, hurts poorest, CBO says
A sign in an Indianapolis store shown on Aug. 1, 2023, says SNAP benefits are accepted. A new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office...
Aug 123 min read


Trump mobilizes D.C. National Guard, pledges similar crackdown in Democratic cities
President Donald Trump announces a “crime emergency” in Washington, D.C., during a White House press conference on Aug. 11, 2025....
Aug 125 min read


US crime rates fell nationwide in 2024, FBI report says
Violent crime fell by 4.5% last year, including a nearly 15% drop in homicides.
Aug 82 min read


Trump to meet Putin next week in Alaska, he says on social media
President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room at the...
Aug 83 min read


'Big, Beautiful Bill' bolsters Coast Guard shipbuilding programs
Alabama's Austal is full speed ahead on Offshore Patrol Cutter The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Argus becomes the first Offshore Patrol Cutter...
Aug 73 min read


Trump illegally froze 1,800 NIH medical research grants, Congress’ watchdog says
President Donald Trump’s freeze on $8 billion of congressionally appropriated funding to the National Institutes of Health was illegal, the Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday.
Aug 64 min read


Trump levies a host of new tariffs on U.S. trading partners
President Donald Trump pushed ahead with his promise to raise tariffs on foreign goods by Aug. 1, signing an order late Thursday increasing import taxes on products from nearly every U.S. trading partner.
Aug 44 min read


Trump’s big proposed cuts to health and education spending rebuffed by US Senate panel
U.S. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, left, and the top Democrat on the committee, Sen. Patty Murray of...
Jul 316 min read


EPA seeks to end virtually all of its climate regulations
Agency announced a proposal to rescind the landmark “endangerment finding,” which says that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.
Jul 292 min read
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