RFK Jr agenda suffers another loss as trans advocates hail ‘huge step forward’

Judge’s repeal of Trump ban on gender-affirming care for children ‘a meaningful win for patients’, experts say A federal judge overturned the Trump administration’s ban on gender-affirming care for children on Saturday, decrying Robert F Kennedy Jr’s “wanton disregard” for the law that “causes very real harm to very real people”. It’s another loss for … Read more

Navy Secretary John Phelan Fired Amid Critical Time in Iran War

With a fragile ceasefire in place and the United States enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, the Pentagon said on Wednesday that Navy Secretary John Phelan will leave the Trump administration “effective immediately.” NBC News has learned tensions between Phelan and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been mounting, according to multiple sources familiar with … Read more

Senate Republicans bypass Democrats to advance $70bn ICE and border patrol plan in ‘vote-a-rama’– US politics live

Republicans deploy measure known as budget reconciliation to push through plan without backing from Democrats during lengthy late-night vote Sign up for the Breaking News US email Donald Trump’s years-long campaign to undermine faith in US elections has gained broad traction with the American public, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, potentially creating fertile ground for misinformation … Read more

RFK Jr. Grilled on Measles Cases, End of Flu Vaccines for Troops

With the United States in its second year of a measles outbreak, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pummeled Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with questions about the spread and the vaccine that can stop it. Some voiced their concerns about Kennedy’s vaccine stances as millions from around the world … Read more

Senate GOP rams through blueprint to bankroll ICE, Border Patrol through end of Trump era

Senate Republicans pushed their immigration funding plan forward early Thursday, adopting a budget blueprint after an all-night vote series that sets up billions for ICE and Border Patrol while sidelining Democrats. Senate Republicans adopted their budget resolution, which tees up funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, and effectively cuts congressional Democrats … Read more

With his Bible readings, Trump is doubling down on his God complex. Somehow, evangelical Christians are buying it | Emma Brockes

The US president is making a desperate plea to the one group that seemingly hasn’t deserted him – yet He has lost the Catholics, the foreign policy isolationists and the millions of people affected by ICE’s immigration raids. But Donald Trump is still counting on the goodwill of one powerful constituency of American voters, to … Read more