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Trump’s Medicaid Rule Threatens Trans Youth Care. States Can Still Fight Back
The rule won’t take effect until October, giving states, providers and advocates time to challenge it in court.
Trump’s Head Start Overhaul Could Strip Away Key Protections for Kids
A proposed rule would eliminate hundreds of standards governing everything from classroom ratios to health and safety.
Trump Family Crypto Empire Wins Approval for Bank Charter
"The most brazen act of self-dealing our financial system has ever seen,” said Elizabeth Warren.
EPA Has Stopped Including Cancer Risk Estimates in Air Pollution Data
Researchers say the Trump administration has made it harder for the public to access and understand environmental data.
If Trump Has His Way, 20,000 Kids Could Face Immigration Court Without Lawyers
The federal government is withholding funding for legal representation and diverting it to dubious alternatives.
Dems Warn New Federal Guidance May Harm Nursing Home Residents’ Voting Rights
The memo removes recommendations on how nursing home staff can assist residents with exercising their right to vote.
EPA Punts Microplastics Monitoring as Scientists Warn of Health Impacts
Trump's administration omitted microplastics from a list of pollutants for local utilities to monitor in drinking water.
Trump Has Dismantled Federal Civil Rights Enforcement, New Report Shows
The White House has decimated staffing at civil rights offices and redirected enforcement toward ideological causes.
Pentagon Admits US Killed 150+ Yemeni Civilians in Airstrikes in 2025
An internal review estimated that strikes killed more than 150 civilians while wounding nearly 250 others.
Federal Court Dismisses Youth Climate Lawsuit Challenging Trump Executive Orders
Lawyers in the case argued that the orders will worsen the climate crisis and cause a “children’s health emergency.”