EEOC seeks to drop transgender discrimination cases, per Trump order
Signaling a major shift in civil rights enforcement, the federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss six of its own cases…
Second judge pauses Trump order against gender-affirming care for youth
SEATTLE — A second federal judge has paused President Trump’s executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19.U.S. District Court Judge Lauren…
Opinion: Someday, most likely, the buck will stop with Trump
Since taking office last month, Donald Trump has governed like a man with a sledgehammer and a checklist. He’s moving at a breakneck pace —…
Column: Trump and judges clash, and the U.S. needs a civics lesson
America, unfortunately, has long been suffering from a crisis of civics. Put simply, many Americans are woefully ignorant about the structure and features of their…
Education Department investigating CIF over transgender athlete policy
A day after the U.S. Department of Education announced it is opening a Title IX investigation into the California Interscholastic Federation for its policy allowing…
Trump targets paper straw purchases by government, won’t stop there
President Trump has declared the last straw. Or at least the paper ones used by federal agencies.In an executive order this week, the president barred…
More than six years after Malibu wildfires, many still struggle to rebuild
Mike and DNA Moore moved to Malibu in the late 1990s when DNA was pregnant with their first child. They raised three kids in the…
Rob Manfred says MLB’s ‘values on diversity remain unchanged’
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Three days after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said his league would remain committed to its diversity initiatives, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred…
Trump to sign executive order on transgender female athletes
President Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women’s or…
Newsom lifts caps for new home rents in wealthy L.A. neighborhoods
Gov. Gavin Newsom has lifted a price cap on new rental listings for some single-family homes in Los Angeles, responding to concerns that the rules…
Jennifer Finney Boylan on ‘two sexes’ executive order, Caitlyn Jenner
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New York attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order
NEW YORK — New York Atty. Gen. Letitia James on Monday told hospitals that they would be violating state law if they stopped offering gender-affirming care for…
Column: Trump creating an imperial presidency. He’s doing it by decree
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has been back in the White House for only two weeks, but he’s already remaking the federal government. He’s trying to create an…
What do Trump’s executive orders say on tariffs; how would they work?
PALM BEACH, Fla. — With a trio of executive orders, President Trump has almost instantly thrown the world economy and his own goal of cutting inflation into…
Trump cuts chaotic path in first weeks
Standing before a mourning nation following a tragic commercial airline crash that killed nearly 70 people in Washington, D.C., President Trump offered his somber condolences…
USAID website goes offline amid Trump’s freeze on foreign aid
WASHINGTON — The website of the U.S. Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of furloughs, layoffs and program shutdowns continued in President…
President Trump sounds same. His White House couldn’t be more different
NEW YORK — The marathon Q&A sessions are back, along with the cream Oval Office rug and the Diet Coke button on the Resolute Desk. So, too,…
Is Trump pushing his presidential powers beyond what the Constitution allows?
WASHINGTON — President Trump has begun his second term pressing his power to reshape the government by firing federal officials, ending diversity policies and deporting immigrants…
Opinion: President Trump needs GOP unity. Here’s why he might not get it
Donald Trump has long complained that Democrats are better at sticking together than Republicans are. He’s already revisited this gripe. In meetings with Republican leaders…
Will Mexico accept military flights of deportees? Its president deflects
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum hedged Tuesday on whether Mexico would accept U.S. military flights carrying deportees under the Trump administration’s mass-expulsion plans“Until now,…