PEPFAR likely to be exempt from spending cuts
The U.S. Senate and the Trump administration have agreed to exempt the global AIDS-fighting program.
July 15, 2025
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Leaders of Partners In Health, the international public health nonprofit, write about the danger of not funding PEPFAR, a program that's saved 25 million lives and prevented millions of HIV infections.
November 6, 2023
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March 5, 2025
Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act must be stopped. Now.
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House Oversight Democrats demand records over RFK Jr.’s HIV program cuts
Robert Garcia and Raja Krishnamoorthi accuse HHS of dismantling life-saving HIV programs based on conspiracy theories and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
July 18, 2025
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December 1, 2023
Requiem for the Anti-LGBTQ+ Career of Kevin McCarthy
McCarthy leaves Congress after racking up a long history of hostility to the LGBTQ+ community.
December 14, 2023
John Thune, South Dakota Republican senator with a poor LGBTQ+ rights record, elected as majority leader
Thune, a senator from South Dakota, has differed with Donald Trump at times but now says he's committed to Trump's agenda.
November 13, 2024
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Pocan grilled Russell Vought, one of the creators of the far-right policy blueprint, in a congressional hearing.
June 5, 2025
New York Republican Mike Lawler declares trans community is 'not an enemy or a threat'
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December 3, 2008
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Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.
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May 6, 2025
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June 4, 2009
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September 16, 2025
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