#Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth

#Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth

Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth Tennessee on Thursday became the first state to enact a law explicitly targeting drag shows, while also joining a growing list of GOP-led states to ban gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. The drag show provision criminalizes performances that take place in…

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#GOP senators grill Garland on border security, weaponization of law enforcement 

#GOP senators grill Garland on border security, weaponization of law enforcement 

GOP senators grill Garland on border security, weaponization of law enforcement  Senior Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday about the nation’s fentanyl crisis, the flow of drugs and migrants over the U.S.-Mexico border and the Justice Department’s stance on mandatory minimum sentences. The moments of drama came…

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#Biden to nominate Julie Su for Labor secretary post

#Biden to nominate Julie Su for Labor secretary post

Biden to nominate Julie Su for Labor secretary post President Biden on Tuesday nominated Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su to be his next secretary of Labor, potentially making her the first Asian American member of his Cabinet. Su would replace Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, who left the administration to lead the National Hockey League Players’…

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