GOP Senators Ruin Their Summer Vacay for Trump Spending Bill
What A Day1 Jul 2025

GOP Senators Ruin Their Summer Vacay for Trump Spending Bill

As Republicans in Congress look to gut Medicaid with President Donald Trump’s supposed “Big Beautiful Bill,” the Supreme Court ended its session ruling on United States vs. Skirmetti that Tennessee could bar gender-affirming care for minors. The ruling itself centered on whether or not such a ban would violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. In a 6–3 decision, with the three liberal justices dissenting, the court decided the Tennessee law did not violate the clause. To learn more about what gender affirming care does, and what providers working on the ground think of efforts to ban it, we spoke to Dr. Alex Dworak. He’s the associate medical director of family medicine at One World Community Health Centers and specializes in LGBTQ medicine.

Then in headlines: Republicans in the Senate are literally racing to pass President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” by the Fourth of July, the Trump administration’s spat with Harvard continues as it accuses the university of being in violation of the Civil Rights Act, and Trump goes to “Alligator Alcatraz,” Florida’s new migrant detention center.

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Trump & Iran: From Doomsday To Ceasefire

Trump & Iran: From Doomsday To Ceasefire

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8 Apr 23min

Lebanon, The Iran War’s Second Front

Lebanon, The Iran War’s Second Front

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7 Apr 25min

For Hegseth, It’s One Military Under God

For Hegseth, It’s One Military Under God

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is inserting Christian nationalism into the culture and policy of the armed forces, and that’s drawing concern both inside and outside the military. The Pentagon had spen...

6 Apr 21min

Pam, You're Fired

Pam, You're Fired

Attorney General Pam Bondi is out of a job. After multiple media reports stating she was headed to the green pastures of… somewhere else, President Trump officially announced her departure Thursday on...

3 Apr 23min

SCOTUS Takes On Birthright Citizenship

SCOTUS Takes On Birthright Citizenship

The Supreme Court tackled a question Wednesday that most Americans probably thought was settled: are the American-born children of immigrants American citizens? The Constitution seems pretty clear -- ...

2 Apr 26min

USPS Needs Congress' Stamp Of Approval

USPS Needs Congress' Stamp Of Approval

Last month, Postmaster General David Steiner told Congress that the U.S. Postal Service is in danger of running out of money by the end of the year. One big reason for this: there’s just less mail bei...

1 Apr 22min

Conservatism's Biggest Conference Was Missing Its Star

Conservatism's Biggest Conference Was Missing Its Star

Over the past decade or so, the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, has become a massive gathering of right-wing power brokers — but this year, President Trump didn’t go. Neither did Vi...

31 Mar 22min

The Next Abortion Battle

The Next Abortion Battle

It’s been nearly four years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and sent the issue back to the states. Since then, more than a dozen states have essentially banned abortion, while others h...

30 Mar 23min

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