By Chase Woodruff | senior reporter
“Parents, in consultation with trusted medical providers, know what is best for their children, not federal political appointees in Washington.”
— Attorney General Phil Weiser
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, a Democrat, spoke at a press conference on Jan. 9, 2024 at the Colorado Bar Association office in Denver. (Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)
By Lindsey Toomer
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sued the Trump administration Wednesday over its attempt to prohibit states from using federal Medicaid funds for gender-affirming healthcare. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts alongside other Democratic-led states, says the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services cannot categorically ban states from covering medical care it disfavors without congressional authorization.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)
By Author Name
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a lower court and allow it to enforce a U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting. The trial judge, Indira Talwani of the U.S. District of Massachusetts, prejudged the rule before it was final when she issued a temporary restraining order last month and upheld it last week, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote.
Karen Kost took part in the North Dakota primary election early voting available June 3, 2026, at City Hall in Casselton, North Dakota. (Photo by Dan Koeck/North Dakota Monitor)
By Jennifer Shutt
President Donald Trump said earlier this year he’d “do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections” this fall, declining to rule out sending the National Guard or federal law enforcement officers to polling locations throughout the country, and even briefly raising the possibility of canceling the midterm elections. Any such actions would lie outside the bounds of presidential power and the law, according to experts interviewed by States Newsroom — but state officials are readying plans to keep voting secure.
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