President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to restrict gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19.

The order directs that federally-run insurance programs, including TRICARE and Medicaid, exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for those under 19.

"Conservative groups such as the American Family Association ... transgender people can use or which sports competitions they can join, though many states have passed laws on those areas.Legal ...

In an executive order, the president also moved to end gender-related medical treatments for transgender people in prison.

President Donald Trump ratcheted up his administration's reversal of transgender rights on Tuesday with an executive order that seeks to intervene in parents' medical decisions by prohibiting government-funded insurance coverage of puberty blockers or surgery for people under 19.

This could include putting trans subject matter in lesson plans, having policies that ensure teachers use trans kids’ correct pronouns, or allowing them to use bathrooms aligned with their gender identities.

President Trump’s torrent of executive actions has spurred a flood of legal challenges seeking to thwart the president’s efforts to reshape U.S. policy in his first days back in the White

Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and the nation’s capital say they have paused gender-affirming care for young people as they evaluate President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at cutting federal

Queer folks have protections on both the federal and state levels that cannot be altered outside of the legislative process.

Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.

Donald Trump’s FBI director pick Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard and Ambassador to the United Nations hopeful Elise Stefanik were among a string of confirmation hearings in the Senate today.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s alternating views on vaccines, reproductive rights and public health issues were a central focus at his first confirmation hearing Wednesday, with Democratic senators expressing dismay at his nomination and Republicans signaling he’ll likely have their support.