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Trump Usurping Funding of Health Programs

The Department of Health and Human Services burned at least $40 million to pay for the consequences of President Trump's border policy.

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Advocates complain that money normally spent on research and rural health programs is being diverted to pay for President Trump's border policies, including the mounting costs of so-called "zero tolerance" that splits parents and children. Those programs results in at least $40 million diverted in the last two months.

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Tennessee House passes de facto transgender registry bill

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Democrat Chris Pappas in dead heat with John Sununu in New Hampshire Senate race

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Cities in Texas and Florida install new rainbow walkways as Republicans crack down on Pride crosswalks

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Brandon Riker is running for Congress as a gay economics expert in a crowded Democratic field.

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While claiming Iran’s new leader is gay, Trump says ‘YMCA’ won him the gay vote. It didn’t

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President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House on March 26, 2026.

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President Donald Trump paired an unverified claim about Iran’s new leader with a familiar boast about his political support, saying Thursday evening that his use of the song “YMCA” helped him do “very well with the gay vote.” Keep Reading →

Idaho Senate Republicans rush toward passing transgender bathroom criminalization bill

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Idaho Republicans are trying to make it a crime for transgender people to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity.

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‘God made trans people’ billboards hit Kansas highways after state revokes transgender people’s IDs

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God Made Trans People billboards are showing up along highways in Kansas.

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Ron DeSantis signs law restoring short-term HIV medication access for needy Floridians

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