Washington Update

July 24, 2019

Loan Survivor? America on the Brink with Debt

For all the talk that Republicans and Democrats don't see eye to eye, there is one place where they agree: spending. And lots of it. Sure, there are some Hill conservatives who will raise a ruckus and mean it -- but the appetite for real reform is gone. And this week's debt deal proves it.

Doctors Need to Examine Their Motives on Trans Teens

"It was easier than signing a cell phone contract." That's how Helena, who identified as transgender at age 15, described getting her first hormone prescription. She didn't need a therapist's approval or any kind of assessment when she walked in the clinic. "You just need to go sign the paper, and they'll give you the [drugs]." Seventeen months of testosterone later, she wished she'd never taken it.

Cuomo: Hooked on a Feline

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) seems incredibly concerned with animal cruelty. But when it comes to newborn babies? Not so much. The man behind the infamous light display for infanticide has apparently decided that it's mean to declaw cats. Dismembering tiny humans, on the other hand, gets a hearty standing ovation.