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Texas constable tells legislators ‘We’re not interested in being the potty police’ at bathroom bill hearing

The father of a transgender child said that in nine years of working near a court bathroom, he has gotten zero complaints about people using it.

Trump’s ‘dictator-like’ D.C. takeover is an assault on democracy, critics warn

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s non-voting representative in Congress, condemned Trump’s move as “a federal power grab against the will of D.C.’s elected leadership.”

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Nancy Mace announces run for South Carolina governor with anti-LGBTQ+ remarks

The Republican congresswoman said she would seek statewide office on Monday.

A powerful civil rights group is hitting the road and going to red states. Here's why

The Human Rights Campaign’s American Dreams Tour is bringing storytelling and organizing to communities targeted by a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ laws.

Goodbye, George Santos: The gay fabulist former GOP congressman surrenders to prison authorities

“I’m surrendering in Ferragamo so I can walk out in Ferragamo,” the convicted felon said as he prepared to turn himself over to federal custody.

Coalition of Texas women declares ‘let us pee in peace’ in opposition to Republican bathroom bill

"Leave our bodies alone," former state Sen. Wendy Davis said.

Air Force grants honors to insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt while denying trans troops’ retirement benefits

“Hell of a precedent that’s being set here,” one person said.

Federal appeals court endorses Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for minors

It’s the latest attack on trans rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Skrmetti ruling.

Trump cans IRS commissioner and replaces him with Scott Bessent for now

Critics argue that it's a distraction from the continuing anger from the MAGA base about the administration's refusal to release all Jeffrey Epstein files.

BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene officially urges Trump to commute George Santos’s prison sentence

President Donald Trump had said earlier that he had the right to do it, but hadn’t been asked.

Nancy Mace considers quitting Congress to take her transphobia statewide in South Carolina

"I'll be making a decision in the coming days," the far-right congresswoman said.

George Santos has to report to prison tomorrow — he’s not taking it well

The gay disgraced former Republican New York congressman, who will start an 87-month prison sentence on Friday, said, “It’s an understatement to say that I have started to dissociate."

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Heritage Foundation cofounder Edwin Feulner dead at 83

The Heritage Foundation announced cofounder Edwin Feulner's passing Friday, though it did not reveal the time or cause of death.

Who is Catelin Drey? This Democrat just broke the Republican supermajority in Iowa

Democrat Catelin Drey beat out Republican candidate Christopher Prosch in Iowa's special election.

Nancy Mace scraps South Carolina campaign stop after nobody showed up to see the ‘proud transphobe'

Only a few people came to her Myrtle Beach event.

Republican Sen. Mike Lee's pornography ban is moving forward in the Senate

Utah Senator Mike Lee's bill that would ban all pornography federally is advancing within the Senate.

White House scrambles to explain Secret Service raising river level for JD Vance’s Ohio birthday kayak outing

The vice president and his family were unaware of the measure, a White House spokesperson claimed.

Trump says he could pardon George Santos, but no one’s asked

The gay former congressman is serving seven years in prison for fraud.

​Nancy Mace declares herself a ‘proud transphobe.' The internet had some thoughts

Her transformation from LGBTQ+ ally to enemy is complete.

22 states that have passed anti-LGBTQ+ laws in 2025 so far

Here are all the anti-LGBTQ+ laws that have been passed so far in 2025, and which states they come from.

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