A frenzy of amicus briefs filed this month in a controversial case set to be heard by the Supreme Court is diversifying the debate around what constitutes “conversion therapy,” especially as it applies to treating children with gender dysphoria. At issue in Chiles v. Salazar is whether a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for pediatric […]

Democrats are getting arrested, detained, and censured all in the name of protesting President Donald Trump‘s policies, but the theatrics run the risk of backfiring. From a local mayor to a sitting senator, Democrats have used more confrontational tactics to stand up to Trump’s mass deportation operations, which have resulted in lawmakers getting handcuffed or […]

With a self-imposed deadline of July 4 looming for advancing a major tax and spending package, Republicans are hoping that a brief recess away from Washington might give senators the breathing room they need to resolve key disagreements. Senators departed the nation’s capital on Wednesday for a weeklong break, leaving behind a swirl of uncertainty […]

RICHMOND, Virginia — Four years after winning statewide office in Virginia, Winsome Earle-Sears is back in the political arena. But this time around, the lieutenant governor hopes to succeed her boss, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), as the Old Dominion’s chief executive. It won’t be easy. Youngkin and Earle-Sears flipped Virginia red in 2021 by running […]