Kansas Lawmakers Override Veto of Ban on Transition Care for Minors
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Kansas Lawmakers Override Veto of Ban on Transition Care for Minors

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature on Tuesday overrode the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill that bans gender-transition treatments for minors, fulfilling a longtime goal of conservative lawmakers and joining about half of the country’s states in enacting bans or sharp limits on those…

Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant
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Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Thousands of protesters opposing broad swaths of President Trump’s agenda took to the streets on Monday across the United States, calling Mr. Trump a “king” on Presidents’ Day for his efforts to terminate thousands of federal workers and to fire prosecutors and independent…

Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision
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Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Since 1793, when the U.S. Supreme Court declined a request by President George Washington to offer legal guidance on foreign relations, the court’s justices have steered away from weighing in outside the context of a formal lawsuit. That has not deterred lawmakers in…

Hochul’s Budget Aims More at Pocketbook Issues Than at Trump
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Hochul’s Budget Aims More at Pocketbook Issues Than at Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York unveiled on Tuesday a $252 billion executive budget that seemed intended to appease New Yorkers dissatisfied with the rising cost of living rather than to address President Trump’s policies that may hurt the state. The proposed budget…

State Republicans Propose New Limits on Transgender Identity
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State Republicans Propose New Limits on Transgender Identity

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After a campaign year in which Republicans portrayed Democrats as deeply out of step with the mainstream on transgender issues, Republican lawmakers in statehouses across the country have filed dozens of proposals aimed at limiting the extent to which trans people can be…

In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Fertilizer
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In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Fertilizer

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency has warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health risks, saying in a study on Tuesday that, in some cases, the risks could exceed the agency’s…