
Attacks on trans people are also attacks on science itself
CNN
Dr. Jack Turban and Professor Jules Gill-Peterson write that conservatives who claim to be "following science" in putting forth anti-transgender sports and health care bills are hypocritically denying not only trans Americans' humanity but also what scientific and medical research says, in some cases writing outright untruths into the text of proposed legislation.
If only she -- and like-minded others -- would.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year’s hurricane season, offering the clearest timeline yet for his administration’s long-term plans to dismantle the disaster relief agency and shift responsibility for response and recovery onto states.

Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on federal charges after incident at New Jersey ICE detention facility
Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver was indicted Tuesday on federal charges alleging she impeded and interfered with immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center while Newark’s mayor was being arrested after he tried to join a congressional oversight visit at the facility.