After Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tense three-hour hearing on his nomination as to become secretary of the Department of Human Health and Services, Republican and Democratic senators remained sharply divided over the health activist who now represents a significant part of President Donald Trump’s coalition.
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President Donald Trump’s Department of Education announced the opening of an investigation into a Colorado high school Tuesday for reportedly turning a women’s bathroom into an “all-gender” facility.
East High School in the Denver Public Schools District now has a men’s restroom and an all-gender restroom but no female-only space on the second-level of the building, the education department said in its announcement of the investigation, alleging that the school may have violated students’ constitutional rights. The department cited the Title IX rule, which mandates that institutions receiving federal funds provide similar facilities to both sexes.
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assured Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday that he would follow President Donald Trump’s policies on abortion if confirmed.
Kennedy, during his presidential campaign, expressed support for abortion “even if it’s full-term,” and said that he “wouldn’t leave it to the states” before appearing to walk back his position shortly after. The nominee, at the Senate Finance Committee hearing, clarified that he would “implement” Trump’s pro-life agenda, including leaving abortion regulation to individual states.
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Google announced on Tuesday that it will update its Google Maps application in the United States to reflect the new names for two significant geographic features, as directed by President Donald Trump.
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The Visa board of directors has asked shareholders to oppose a policy advocating the company address an apparent lack of health insurance coverage for detransitioners harmed by sex change interventions, such as hormone therapy and surgeries.
The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) is bringing forward a proposal titled “Gender-Based Compensation Gaps and Associated Risks,” referred to as Proposal 4, at Visa’s annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday. The proposal suggests Visa may be at risk of litigation if it fails to provide insurance coverage for those seeking to pause or reverse the impact of cosmetic medical procedures aimed at changing their bodies to look like the opposite sex.
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The “maternal instinct” is a socially constructed “myth” rather than an innate biological trait, Arizona State University Professor Lela Rankin said at an on-campus event Thursday.
At the event, titled “Dismantling the Maternal Instinct,” she criticized the “myth” for enforcing “gendered” caregiving roles and contributing to an unequal burden placed on women in family structures.
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Two California Democrats unveiled a bill Monday that they said would allow insurers and policyholders affected by the Los Angeles fires to sue major oil corporations for their alleged role in the disaster.
Democratic California State Sen. Scott Wiener and a host of other Democrats rolled out Senate Bill 222 on Monday, characterizing it as a means to make oil companies atone for the fires and stabilize California’s faltering insurance market. This, as residents pick up the pieces from the devastation. Weiner and Pérez say that oil companies bear responsibility for the fires because of their supposed role in climate change. This, even though critics say a litany of policy decisions and failures appear to have much more directly fanned the flames, as evidenced by things like malfunctioning fire hydrants.
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