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220 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
IL HB 4425 on gender-affirming health care was re-referred to the Rules Committee on 2026-03-27 under Rule 19(a).
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Republicans have spent an estimated $183 million on television ads focused on transgender-related attacks against Democrats in the final phase of this year's midterm elections
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
WI AB 103 on school board policies related to changing a pupil's legal name and pronouns failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI SB 380, eliminating criminal defenses if the claim is based on the victim's gender identity or sexual orientation, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI SJR 31, proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Visibility, failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The U.S. military says the war with Iran has cost at least $47.1 billion as of mid-October, according to a U.S. Central Command estimate obtained by CBS News.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Israelis voted Tuesday in one of the most important elections, with the potential to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and help shape the future of the war with Iran and the Gaza Strip.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
The cost of the U.S. war against Iran has increased to $47 billion, up more than $3 billion since last month, as President Trump mulls strikes against Iran after the U.S. midterm elections.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
At a Texas campaign rally, Trump showed off a tanker he claimed had 1m barrels of oil from Venezuela, suggested it would become the 51st state and hailed a deal with the post-Maduro government.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
The U.S. military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific; Trump says the attacks stem the flow of drugs, and critics have questioned their legality.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
The Transgender Education Network of Texas heads to court over fake election mailers addressed to Texas children; a Tuesday hearing could help identify who is behind the materials.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
President Trump renewed calls for Venezuela to become the 51st U.S. state after touting the barrels of oil coming from the South American country.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The Advocate reports Democrats are increasingly confident an economic message can help them win control of Congress but are divided over how to approach transgender rights.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek has released an anti-transgender ad days before the midterm elections, drawing criticism from fellow Democrats and his Republican opponent.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
A Kansas megachurch pastor running for the U.S. Senate has a message for Republicans: stop bullying trans people.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
The US military says it killed five people after an airstrike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific, among more than 70 such attacks according to media tallies.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
Haley Stevens calls an anti-Israel political ad by Cenk Uygur's Rebellion PAC fearmongering.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Baltimore City Council resolution 25-0015 in committee would invite representatives to update the Council on services provided to, and the well-being of, the transgender community.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (baltimore.legistar.com)
A localized ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia took effect in the Russian-occupied southern Ukraine city of Oleshky after first lady Melania Trump announced she secured a humanitarian agreement.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
A UN Commission of Inquiry finds Israel committed genocide in Gaza and war crimes in the West Bank.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)