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Gender-affirming care rules create legal quagmire, critics say - Roll Call

Proposals that would sharply limit pediatric gender-affirming care could face host of legal challenges, lawyers and civil rights groups say.

Roll Call · Dec 29, 2025

Trump's Marijuana Order Vindicates Longstanding Criticism of the Plant's Legal Classification

In addition to its symbolic significance, rescheduling the drug will facilitate research and provide tax relief to state-licensed cannabis suppliers.

Reason · Dec 24, 2025

More than a third of states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2025

Trump Orders the 'Expeditious' Reclassification of Marijuana

The long-awaited move will facilitate medical research and provide tax relief to the cannabis industry, but it falls far short of legalization.

Reason · Dec 18, 2025

Trump green-lights these "no charge" marijuana products for Medicare enrollees

Marijuana use among older adults in the U.S. is growing fast.

Axios · Dec 18, 2025

Trump administration unveils plans to end gender-affirming care for minors

Proposal would ban use of Medicaid funds to cover puberty blockers, hormone treatments or surgical procedures

The Guardian - US · Dec 18, 2025

American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr

Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAP

The Guardian - US · Dec 17, 2025

Trump's Plan To Reclassify Marijuana Would Leave Federal Prohibition Essentially Untouched

The main practical benefits would be tax relief for the cannabis industry and fewer barriers to medical research.

Reason · Dec 15, 2025

DOGE isn’t dead—it’s been absorbed into the bloodstream of the government, federal employees say

“It’s like taking the dust jacket off of the book and saying, ‘We’ve got rid of the book,’” one federal employee said.

Fortune · Dec 12, 2025

FDA to update regulations after unconfirmed claims of Covid vaccine-linked death

Announcement, and lack of details in the weeks following, represents major departure from previous FDA priorities

The Guardian - US · Dec 11, 2025