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Padilla proposes immigration reform; DTLA protests get violent
Hey SoCal - California
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July 26, 2025
National Guard troops deploy near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles during an immigration enforcement operation. | Photo courtesy of Denise Wu/X As immigration enforcement continues now for more than a month throughout the LA area and other parts of...
Maps Show States With Highest—and Lowest—Kindergarten Vaccination Rates
Newsweek
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August 2, 2025
Data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed the states with the highest and lowest rates of vaccination coverage for multiple vaccines among kindergartners. Mississippi, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island...
Washington, DC, and Connecticut hospitals halt child ‘gender transition’ services following Trump executive order
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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July 25, 2025
More children’s hospitals in the United States are announcing an end to the practice of encouraging children to believe they can change their gender and exposing them to experimental drugs and surgeries. Children’s National Hospital in Washington,...
Hormone-based gender-affirming care for patients under 19 discontinued at YNHH
Yale Daily News - Connecticut
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July 26, 2025
Yale New Haven Hospital will no longer provide gender-affirming medication treatments for patients under 19, after “monitoring” federal executive orders. Jake Robbins 11:58 am, Jul 26, 2025 Staff Reporter Tim Tai Yale New Haven Hospital has...
Rep. John Larson addresses social security risks and education funding decisions
Hartford Reporter - Connecticut
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July 25, 2025
Rep. John Larson, who represents Connecticut’s 1st congressional district in the U.S. Congress, posted a series of statements on July 25, 2025, addressing issues ranging from Social Security and tax policy to healthcare advocacy and education...
AG Bonta Files Lawsuit Against Trump Admin Over Mutilation and Child Chemical Castration Restrictions
California Globe
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August 2, 2025
In his 37th lawsuit against President Donald Trump since he was inaugurated in January, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against the President, United States Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice Thursday...
‘Rent-a-Womb’ or the ‘Beauty of Motherhood’: Surrogacy Is Unregulated, Growing and Facing Criticism
The New York Sun
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August 2, 2025
The debate around surrogacy hit a boiling point over the summer following comments from the former tennis star, Martina Navratilova. “Surrogacy is just wrong. Sometimes you can’t have it all,” the 68-year-old, who recently adopted two boys with...
Connecticut Is Going After Slow Left-Lane Drivers
CarBuzz
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July 23, 2025
Lane discipline: It's one of the many things that separates driving in the U.S. from driving in many other countries. Take to the highway in Germany, for example, and you'll find that in general, the left lane is almost completely empty unless...
Happy Anniversary Of The First Women's Rights Convention!
Wonkette - Michigan
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July 19, 2025
A nameless pup with heterochromia, courtesy of our pal Jamshied Happy weekend! Today is the 177th anniversary of the first womens’ rights convention. As you probably know, the convention was the brainchild of Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady...
Caitlin Clark Bigger Cultural Force Than Tiger Woods for One Compelling Reason, Says Reporter
Essentially Sports
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July 25, 2025
Caitlin Clark’s impact on the WNBA is undeniable. Even before she entered the league, her aura was enough to pull in massive crowds. Her impact during the NCAA Division I championship game between her Iowa Hawkeyes and Angel Reese’s LSU Tigers...
Trump administration pauses Head Start immigration restrictions
K-12 Dive
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July 25, 2025
The Trump administration agreed Friday to temporarily pause enforcement of recent policy changes that restrict some education-related federal programs based on students' immigration or citizenship status. The agreement, filed in U.S. District...
Liberal US states sue Trump over transgender care ban
The Economic Times
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August 1, 2025
A coalition of liberal US states on Friday said it was suing Donald Trump's administration over an order to prevent clinics providing gender-affirming care to children. The lawsuit, brought by officials from California and 15 other states, as well...
Dept of Ed releases frozen education funding to NC, other states
Carolina Journal
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July 25, 2025
The US Department of Education is releasing $6.8 billion in education funding that it had originally frozen on June 30, including over $165 million for North Carolina. The cuts would have made up nearly 10% of the state’s federal educational...
More Hospitals Abandon Gender Affirming Care for Minors
Hot Air
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July 25, 2025
The Trump administration is definitely on a roll. Last month the LA Children's hospital announced that it would be shutting down the largest gender-affirming care clinic in the United States, the Center for Transyouth Health and Development. Then...
California wins pause on Trump rule blocking some immigrants from Head Start
The Mercury News - California
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July 25, 2025
California and a coalition of 20 other states secured a temporary pause Friday on the Trump administration’s new rules barring immigrants living in the country illegally from accessing dozens of federally funded programs, including child care,...
‘An abdication’: CT reacts to hospitals’ end to gender-affirming care for young people
Vermont Public Radio
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July 25, 2025
Moves by two major health care institutions in Connecticut to end gender-affirming medical treatments for young people were met with fear, anger and disappointment by advocates and families of patients in the state. As first reported by the...
Supreme Court Addresses Religious Opt-Outs for LGBTQ-Inclusive Curricular Materials in Elementary Schools
JD Supra - California
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July 25, 2025
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor has raised new considerations for districts faced with requests from parents to excuse students from instruction they believe is at odds with their religious beliefs. In Mahmoud, the...
Dems are already gearing up for the 2028 presidential race; here are the hopefuls
KMBZ - Kansas
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July 25, 2025
Even though we still have a while to go before campaigning for next year’s midterm elections begins in earnest, it looks like some Democrats are already lining up for a chance to run in the 2028 presidential election. Here’s who they are. “Some...
You Betta WERQ! – RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq the World Tour Comes Back to Denver
Out Front Magazine - Colorado
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July 25, 2025
This year, RuPaul’s Drag Race’s “Werq the World” tour is taking you behind the velvet ropes of the most exclusive awards show in herstory. “We’re thrilled to bring everything fans love about Werq the World back to the stage,” says Voss Events’ Jon...
Major Connecticut hospitals begin 'winding down' youth gender programs citing 'evolving landscape'
Fox News
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Fox News correspondent Alexandria Hoff discusses the push to discontinue gender-affirming medication prescriptions in hospitals across the U.S. due to President Donald Trump’s policy changes on ‘Special Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News...