Footage of Deb Fischer’s Jan. 3 swearing-in ceremony went viral after her husband appeared to avoid shaking Harris' hand.
Every major U.S. medical group, including the American Medical Association, has opposed the bans and said gender-affirming treatments can be medically necessary and are supported by evidence. Doctors, parents and young people have said such care reduces depression and suicidal thoughts in transgender youths.
But it appears there is disagreement about how to get it done after House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune met Tuesday afternoon with Trump at the White House hoping to map out a plan to move a massive package through the GOP-controlled Congress.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has yet to consider nine bills approved last session because House Republicans are withholding the bills for a legal review.
Trump has worn his party down, and few events crystallize it like the GOP’s muted — and, in some cases, positive — response.
Just hours after being sworn in, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people charged with crimes in connection to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Trump had repeatedly vowed to pardon the rioters who stormed the Capitol that day throughout his campaign, despite some of them being convicted of assaulting a police officer.
Senate Republicans failed on Wednesday to invoke cloture on a bill legislating care for infants “born alive” during attempted abortions, with the motion largely serving to get
Republicans hope that allies soon to be in charge of the DOJ and FBI will help them dredge up new information.
Republican lawmakers are in an uproar over President Biden's decision to pardon allies targeted by President-elect Trump's circle.
Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) heavily criticized statements made by the Right Rev. Mariann Budde on Tuesday at the inaugural prayer service held for President Trump. “The person giving this sermon should be added to the deportation list,
Prominent GOP senators are condemning President Trump’s sweeping clemency for violent Jan. 6 convicts who destroyed the Capitol and attacked police officers.