The new rule would enact the "Mexico City Policy" towards what it calls "gender ideology." Wikimedia Commons // WHO // Thorkild Tylleskar On Monday, the Trump administration published a new rule in the Federal Register that could affect more than $30 billion in U.S. foreign aid distributed to international organizations. The funding—supporting hospital clinics, HIV/AIDS programs, educational institutions, and more—would be conditioned on sweeping new restrictions barring “social...

The benefits, which are set to expire on November 1st due to the government shutdown, will lead to millions of people struggling to secure access to food. This morning, news broke that the Trump administration will not use emergency funds to pay out SNAP benefits to the millions of Americans who rely on them starting November 1. The benefits are set to expire as the government shutdown drags on, with Democrats and Republicans at an impasse over a series of funding bills for FY 2026 loaded...

The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care. Image via MapChart In recent years, U.S. politicians have selectively framed European healthcare policies to justify restrictions on transgender care, seizing on a handful of conservative policies to claim that “Europe is pulling back.” The most extreme example, the United Kingdom’s Cass Review...