Trump’s pick to become the nation’s intelligence chief faced scrutiny for her views on surveillance practices, which have historically been misused against marginalized communities.
Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Colorado, a Democrat, is leading a bipartisan effort to allow new parents to represent their constituents with proxy voting.
It marks one of Kennedy’s clearest public statements on abortion since being nominated to lead the nation’s health department.
Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon’s first woman attorney general, spoke with The 19th about efforts to challenge the new administration in court.
As widespread confusion continues over the funding freezes, programs serving women and children could be hit particularly hard.
The orders targeting the military call for further rules against transgender service members, gut DEI programs and reinstate service members discharged for their refusal to get COVID vaccinations.
The ACLU has warned that transgender people risk losing access to their passport and supporting documents if they apply to update their gender marker.
The Senate voted 51-50 on Friday night to confirm Hegseth, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.
The president is attempting to define how certain people get to participate in public life.