Jan 7, 2025 · The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has begun the process of confirming President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees.. Article II of the U.S. Constitution enables the president to appoint officials to the Cabinet and other positions with the “advice and consent” of …

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Nov 6, 2024 · What Trump will ultimately do will likely come down to who he appoints — and listens to — in his administration. Some of his closest supporters, including Vice President-elect JD Vance, have said they support a national ban on abortion, though during the vice presidential debate in October, Vance acknowledged that his position is not popular with “a lot of Americans.”

Jan 9, 2025 · Tens of thousands of young people — single people, in particular — have left states with near-total abortion bans. A new paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit economic research organization, estimated population changes by analyzing address-change data collected by the United States Postal Service.It found …

Nov 18, 2024 · For transgender Americans, the moment feels particularly vulnerable. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end what he has termed “transgender insanity” and cut Medicaid and Medicare funding to health providers offering gender-affirming health care on his first day in office.

Jul 16, 2024 · Editor’s note: This article has been updated throughout. After Project 2025 burst into the nation’s political consciousness during the summer, Republican President-elect Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the 920-page policy blueprint for his second term.. Much of Project 2025, authored by the conservative Heritage Foundation, relates to gender, sexuality and race, offering a ...

Dec 18, 2024 · Updating passports. Taking self-defense classes. Stocking medication. Bracing for price hikes. These are all different ways that women and LGBTQ+ people are preparing for life under a second Trump administration.. President-elect Donald Trump is filling his prospective Cabinet with loyalists and promising to drastically reshape the federal government in ways that could raise day-to-day costs ...

Nov 25, 2024 · One way, many legal scholars said, could be by enforcing existing policies. In one of its most high-profile efforts to protect abortion, the Department of Health and Human Services has argued that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act — known as EMTALA — requires that most hospitals provide abortions if they constitute the appropriate stabilizing care in …

Oct 31, 2024 · But with the case set for oral arguments on December 4, the stakes are even higher than most Americans realize, legal and policy experts say. Tennessee has banned gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy, for a specific demographic — trans youth — while allowing those same treatments for cisgender youth.If the Supreme Court allows the state to keep ...

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