Nov 6, 2024 · What Trump will ultimately do will likely come down to who he appoints — and listens to — in his administration. Some of his closest supporters, including Vice President-elect JD Vance, have said they support a national ban on abortion, though during the vice presidential debate in October, Vance acknowledged that his position is not popular with “a lot of Americans.”

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Jan 2, 2025 · Republican President-elect Donald Trump spent the closing months of his campaign trying to distance himself from a blueprint for his second term known as Project 2025.. Then, in the days after his victory, Trump picked major architects of the Heritage Foundation’s vision for key posts in his next administration, setting the stage for them to implement a conservative Christian agenda that has ...

Nov 25, 2024 · One way, many legal scholars said, could be by enforcing existing policies. In one of its most high-profile efforts to protect abortion, the Department of Health and Human Services has argued that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act — known as EMTALA — requires that most hospitals provide abortions if they constitute the appropriate stabilizing care in …

Jul 16, 2024 · Editor’s note: This article has been updated throughout. After Project 2025 burst into the nation’s political consciousness during the summer, Republican President-elect Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the 920-page policy blueprint for his second term.. Much of Project 2025, authored by the conservative Heritage Foundation, relates to gender, sexuality and race, offering a ...

Oct 30, 2024 · McBride saw firsthand the importance of routine health screenings, good insurance and comprehensive home care. She learned how difficult it can be to navigate different hospitals, doctors and specialists to pursue cancer treatment — even for someone like her, who had connections to access the best possible care. And she realized that it …

Nov 12, 2024 · A Republican-controlled Senate is set to start holding confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks in January. Senators are tasked with approving many top political executive branch positions, which Trump has largely filled with loyalists, with an eye on enacting an aggressive second-term agenda focused on …

Nov 18, 2024 · Former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general. “While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition,” Gaetz said in a statement posted to his X account.. “There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle ...

Nov 18, 2024 · For transgender Americans, the moment feels particularly vulnerable. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end what he has termed “transgender insanity” and cut Medicaid and Medicare funding to health providers offering gender-affirming health care on his first day in office.

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