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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday cleared a national defense authorization bill celebrated for troop pay raises but condemned by Democrats for targeting transgender children in military families, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk. Senators voted 85-14, with one, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, not voting, to approve the $884.9 billion National Defense Authorization […]
The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which also includes pay raises for servicemembers, would bar military health plans from covering gender-affirming care for minors and would prohibit critical race theory education in the service. WASHINGTON (CN) — The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a multibillion-dollar defense policy bill, rising above chafing from some Democrats over […]
The Montana Supreme Court issued an opinion Wednesday that allows a lower court’s injunction blocking the 2023 law that bans gender-affirming care for minors to stay in place, agreeing with the court that the law on its face likely violates the right to privacy in the state constitution. Now that the state’s appeal of the […]
The case revolves around Tennessee’s law restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth. WASHINGTON — The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could impact transgender kids across the country. It revolves around a law passed by the Tennessee legislature and upheld in a federal appeals court that blocks hormone and […]