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In “State of Firsts,” McBride — the first transgender member of Congress — navigates her ascension into national politics at a time when transphobia has become a major currency for Republicans.

“So much about who I am has changed because I now fully understand that it’s my responsibility to fight for a better world, not just for me to enjoy, but for everyone,” Wolf said.

Women candidates are on the ballot in some of 2026’s biggest Senate races, and some, like Julianna Stratton and Mary Peltola, have the potential to make history.

On both a local and national level, women are stepping up against these centers, either fueled by their concern for their children’s health, their quality of life, the impact of AI technology, or the related pollution that accompanies the power plants being built to fuel these sprawling facilities.

In the past five years, anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has become a staple of both state and federal politics, as conservatives accuse queer and trans people of influencing children’s identities in schools, sports and hospitals.

“As somebody who played sports and was queer, but those were two very separate parts of my life, the promise and the opportunity … to integrate those was very hopeful for me.”

The center will be small — just 40 seats for children ages six weeks to 3 years old. To pay for it, the city budgeted about $1.5 million, or $35,000 per child.

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“Look around us in the park,” Julien told her. “Look at that tree. Did you think that tree grew last night? No, it took that tree many years to grow. It had to weather the snow, the rain, the wind, the sun, the elements. This is what we’re doing.”

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who clinched the GOP’s nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, released a new ad Wednesday —his first of the general election — accusing his opponent, state Sen. James Talarico, of being too “low-T for Texas.”

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“I always validate my patients and acknowledge that their symptoms are real. And yes, cortisol does play a role in stress and sleep and weight — but just checking a cortisol level does not give us any helpful information,” Zhang said.

“She said, ‘Where’s your goals list? I can’t believe you ended up back here,’” Shirelle said. “‘Write down your goals. Put them in alphabetical order.’”

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“Whenever I’m tempted not to make the call, or not to show up, or to just pull the covers over my head, I remember the strength that those sisters gave their sister, and it reminds me of the need to seek it out and to luxuriate in it when I can get it.”

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“I’ve been organizing for 15 years, and it’s always been the case that women are leading our fights."

A bill to approve building the museum was expected to receive a vote in Congress today, but consideration was postponed after an hour of debate. The Democratic Women’s Caucus has pulled support after Republicans amended the legislation to require that the museum exclude transgender women.

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“Finding ways to become comfortable with a speculum, and physicians you’re comfortable with talking through it, is going to be important, even in a self-collection world."

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“I would read that and I was like, ‘This isn’t my story,’ and it really wasn’t a lot of people’s story. It was always something traumatic. That was very disheartening to me.”

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Frank’s life in politics was marked by staunch liberalism, a passion for debate and a sharp wit. In Congress, he spearheaded major legislation to protect consumers and regulate banks after the global economic crisis of 2008, through what’s known as the Dodd-Frank Act.

Bottoms served as the mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022 and then led the White House’s public engagement efforts under President Joe Biden, who has backed her campaign in a rare post-presidential endorsement.

“Whenever you’re the first, it’s almost like you become representative of what that will be, and so I do not take that lightly,” Clark told The 19th in a Monday interview at a coffee shop overlooking a lake in Lilburn, where she lives.

“Georgia has the potential to have a government that reflects the ideals of Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King, our two Nobel Prize winners who were born and raised in this state,” she said. “I think that is the majority that exists.”

“I think years from now, people will ask: ‘How did we get here?’ Part of our responsibility, in this moment, is making sure history cannot say nobody saw it coming,” Hardy said.

“Pregnancy care is a continuum,” said Dr. Maria Rodriguez, an OBGYN and professor at Oregon Health and Science University, and the study’s lead author. “If you restrict access for one type of care, it’s going to affect all of them.”

The legislation — which does not appear to have a path forward in the Republican-controlled Congress — has long been touted as a way to address the United States’ abysmal maternal health mortality rates, as well as the stark disparities for Black women.

The high court on Thursday blocked a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that would have prevented healthcare providers from mailing mifepristone, one of two drugs used in most abortions.

“I have had it for the entire time that I have served in the United States Senate,” said Collins, who has represented Maine in the upper chamber since 1997, in a statement. She described the essential tremor as “inconvenient at times, but that’s all."

A more recent study, “Sperm concentration remains stable among fertile American men” published in January, found no clinically significant decline in sperm concentration among American men between 1970 and 2018.

PMOS impacts an estimated 170 million people worldwide and is one of the most common hormonal disorders experienced by women, trans men and nonbinary people assigned female at birth. Black people are more likely to have PMOS and are more likely to have severe forms.

“When I was having to take my mom and my grandmother to doctors’ appointments, there’s only a certain amount of time that you have to express what’s going on. If you’re stuttering severely through most of it, then doctors lose patience or they ask if you can just write it out."

Last week, NYU Langone Hospitals in New York City received a grand jury subpoena for information about young patients who received gender-affirming care at their facilities anytime in the past six years.

Makary’s planned resignation, which multiple outlets reported Tuesday, followed reports of Trump’s growing dissatisfaction with the commissioner.

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“We had to battle the hospital system and really just fight for basic dignity and freedom of movement and autonomy over my body,” she said. “When I had that experience with my second birth, I was like, I am definitely going to become a midwife.”

The question, asked by YouGov, was sparked by a Tuesday event in the Oval Office, when the president revived the Presidential Physical Fitness Award. “Are you a strong person?” Trump, 79, asked a child in attendance. “You think you could take me in a fight?”