Federal Judge to Block HHS Declaration That Cuts Medicare Medicaid Funding for Trans Youth Procedures

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon said on Thursday it would grant a summary judgment against a declaration by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that sought to cut Medicare and Medicaid funding to hospitals performing certain procedures on transgender minors. U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai will rule that the […]
Washington gets its first presidential candidate, RF Kennedy Jr.

Washington voters will likely see Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) as one of their choices for president this fall. On Friday, June 14, Kennedy filed to represent the We the People party on the November general election ballot. He would appear with Nicole Shanahan, his pick for vice president. Kennedy is the first minor party candidate to submit the […]