Trump has often vowed to take revenge against his enemies, naming Milley often as one such foe. thehill.com/homenews/511...

FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Republican lawmaker is hoping to close what he calls a “potential loophole” in a state law governing school restrooms in Kentucky. www.ratedlgbtq.com/post/gop-law...

Selena Gomez posted and deleted an emotional video of herself crying over deportations of undocumented immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, which resulted in her getting conservative backlash online. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

HOLLYWOOD - The arc of LGBTQ+ history over the past 50 years has been one of constant upheaval and evolvement. From a period when it was both illegal and insane to be gay, through the achievement of being able to serve openly in the military, to marriage equality and the ability to create families.

Trump’s plan, expressed in a memo blasted out to federal workers, bears a striking resemblance to one sent by Musk sent to Twitter employees in 2023, before laying off around 80% of the workforce. The two memos even have the same title — “Fork in the Road.” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-buyo...

The White House will issue a memo Tuesday offering to pay federal workers who don’t want to return to the office through Sept. 30, as long as they resign by Feb. 6, an administration official tells Axios. www.axios.com/2025/01/28/t...

Stephen Miller: “The president’s authority to fire any federal worker is plenary. There’s no lawful constraints that can be placed on the president to terminate a worker in the federal government.

Oklahoma’s top education official said he would support immigration enforcement raids in schools to assist with the White House’s promise of mass deportations. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2...

Newest White House website entry: PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL MUTILATION, www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... A ban on gender-affirming healthcare. HRC responded: “Everyone deserves the freedom to make deeply personal health care decisions for themselves and their families

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday afternoon, minutes before it was set to go into effect.

Enter highly-esteemed Pentagon reporter Griffin — who cited US Defense Officials concurring with the Calif. Water Resource mgmt. office. Griffin quoted the CA-DWR post, adding Pentagon officials told her they “did not send troops to turn on the water in California.” www.mediaite.com/politics/fox...

In a scathing letter Tuesday, Caroline Kennedy warned senators about her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him a "predator." www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/c...

The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending, causing confusion and panic among organizations that rely on Washington for their financial lifeline. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

“Donald Trump’s continued efforts to stop transgender people from openly serving in the armed forces are discriminatory, and compromise the safety of all Americans." — Equality California Executive Director Tony Hoang.

Florida’s Governor spent some time before entering politics at Guantánamo Bay, as a Navy lawyer. Now, he sees the detention center as being potentially part of the federal solution for the illegal immigration crisis. floridapolitics.com/archives/718...

BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho House of Representatives on Monday called for the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the 2015 ruling that extended the fundamental right of marriage to same-sex couples. www.ratedlgbtq.com/post/idaho-h...

First reported by Chris Geidner at Lawdork, eight service members are suing the Trump administration over the anti-trans executive order that defines being trans as inherently dishonorable and worthy of dismissal from the military. Full filing here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A Florida fringe political leader praised lynching and called violence “acceptable” to stop LGBTQ+ Pride events during a Naples City Council meeting earlier this month, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. www.advocate.com/news/extremi...

Four groups representing non-profits, public health professionals and small businesses filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging U.S. President Donald Trump administration’s sweeping directive to temporarily freeze federal loans, grants and other financial assistance. www.reuters.com/legal/non-pr...

Attorneys general in 19 states are warning Costco “to end all unlawful discrimination imposed by the company through diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies to reflect President Donald Trump’s recent executive order booting DEI out of federal agencies and warning private sectors to do the same.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee renewed his call to abolish the Transportation Security Administration, suggesting that instead airlines should conduct their own security screenings, eliminating the need for the federal government to get involved. www.deseret.com/politics/202...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is fueling the civil war between his executive office and the legislative branch, and he may be benefiting from friendly air cover as he makes less-than-friendly points about Senate President Ben Albritton and House Speaker Daniel Perez. floridapolitics.com/archives/717...

Asked if linking voter ID to California disaster aid was a “red line,” Johnson signaled he was open to it: “We have been lamenting the lack of voter security there for some time. We were deeply concerned in this last election cycle and we saw 3 of our seats frankly slip away from us in California.”

The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing H.I.V. medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

“The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve,” said a memo from the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget.

There is something very unsettling about seeing a Cabinet level official wearing raid gear. www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-cit...

“There is no justification for any reasonable Pole to continue purchasing Teslas. A serious and strong response is necessary, including a consumer boycott,” Nitras told Polish media. www.politico.eu/article/pola...

Right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson claimed the Biden administration tried to have Russian President Vladimir Putin assassinated without offering any evidence to support his incendiary allegation. www.yahoo.com/news/tucker-...

Gary Peters, Michigan’s senior senator and a former congressman, said he won’t seek reelection next year and will retire from the U.S. Senate when his second term ends in January 2027. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

President Donald Trump fired the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel and one of its Democratic board members late Monday, setting up a likely legal battle over presidential power. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

We know this because the senders of the memos failed to scrub the metadata from those documents, making it easy for anyone to reveal the listed authors of the memos. www.404media.co/opm-memos-to...

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is “taking a serious look” at running for the Michigan senate seat left open by the surprise retirement of Sen. Gary Peters, Axios has learned. www.axios.com/2025/01/28/p...

A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over competition between the U.S. and China in developing AI technology. apnews.com/article/deep...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Deb Haaland, who championed conservation and clean energy during her tenure as Interior secretary, is running for the Democratic nomination for governor in New Mexico, the nation’s No. 2 oil production state. apnews.com/article/deb-...

Washington – Lambda Legal and the Human Rights Campaign today announced their intent to sue the Trump administration to block implementation of yet another discriminatory and dangerous attempt to bar patriotic transgender military service members from serving openly in the U.S. armed services.

Late Monday evening, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively lays the groundwork for a sweeping ban on the 15,000 transgender troops currently serving in the United States military. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trump-mili...

Here: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

JUST IN: President Trump has reportedly signed an executive order targeting trans servicemembers. Everyone who meets our military’s rigorous standards should be able to serve, and thousands of current trans servicemembers have already more than proven themselves. We’ll update you as we learn more.

What happens when the most important parts of your life come into conflict? We were leaders in the evangelical church when our child came out. The church proceeded to give us an impossible choice: our LGBTQ+ child or our non-affirming church. www.ratedlgbtq.com/post/what-ha...

A collection of Quaker groups sued the Trump administration Monday over a policy allowing federal officials to arrest undocumented immigrants in "sensitive" spaces, like houses of worship. www.axios.com/2025/01/27/q...

“You are a piece of work, Julia!” Simon Cowell blurted during her landmark America’s Got Talent debut. Julia Scotti had just completed her audition for the show that ended not only with a standing ovation, but with the revelation that she had once upon a time been a stand-up comedian named Rick.

Sen. Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote that Patel, while serving on the National Security Council during the first Trump term, "broke protocol regarding hostage rescues ...

Buckley Carlson, a former Capitol Hill aide and the son of conservative media personality Tucker Carlson, is set to join Vice President JD Vance’s press office, sources tell ABC News. The younger Carlson is set to serve as Vance’s deputy press secretary, sources said. abcnews.go.com/US/tucker-ca...

Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy for orchestrating a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol to keep President Donald Trump in power after losing the 2020 election, was on stage at Trump’s rally in Las Vegas this weekend.

The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed President Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, openly gay hedge fund manager Scott Bessent. Overcoming opposition from some economically progressive Senate Democrats like Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.), the nominee was confirmed by vote of 68-29.

The Justice Department is firing more than a dozen officials who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s cases against President Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...

U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. Experts said the sudden stoppage would set back work on investigating & trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus & mpox in Africa, as well as brewing threats from around the world.

An employment judge has ruled that a nurse is allowed to misgender a transgender doctor throughout legal proceedings over her objection to trans women using female changing rooms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/27/s...

It’s a staggering turn of events for a governor used to getting his own way — and a test of his national staying power as he stares down the end of his term in two years. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...