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Gov. Abbott threatens to withhold funding over rainbow crosswalks, other ‘political’ road markings
By Lucio Vasquez | The Texas Newsroom Published October 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM CDT Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas Department of Transportation to make sure cities and counties remove rainbow crosswalks and other non-standard road markings that, according to the governor, promote “political ideologies.” “Texans expect their taxpayer dollars to be…
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In D.C., LGBTQ homelessness on the rise despite overall decline
37 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ, up from 2024 October 8, 2025 By Lou Chibbaro Jr. The annual 2025 Point-In-Time (PIT) count of homeless people in the District of Columbia conducted in January shows there was an overall 9 percent decrease in homelessness in the city compared to 2024. But the annual count,…
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Hair loss, jock itch and toenail fungus: The millions taxpayers spend in VA ‘disability’ benefits each year
Agency has seen explosion in disability claims for the treatment of ailments with seemingly few ties to combat Josh Marcus Tuesday 07 October 2025 02:36 BST From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump…
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White House Plan Could Eliminate Age as Factor for Social Security Eligibility
Sources say the changes to Social Security are “a priority” for Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought. By Chris Walker Published October 7, 2025 A new report suggests that the Trump White House is planning on drastically changing how the Social Security Administration (SSA) calculates whether a person is eligible for disability payments,…
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Could controversial King County Crisis Care Center cost taxpayers more than planned?
Chris Daniels Updated Tue, October 7th 2025 at 4:54 AM SEATTLE — If you can stand at the corner of Broadway and Union, you can see how Seattle is at a crossroads. A man is standing at a bus stop smoking fentanyl, as school kids walk by, fresh from a meal at 206 Burger, owned by…
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Supreme Court seems highly doubtful of limits on conversion therapy for minors
Updated October 7, 2025 7:31 PM ET Nina Totenberg The Supreme Court seemed ready on Tuesday to side with an Evangelical Christian therapist who objects to a Colorado law that she maintains violates her free speech rights. If the court rules in her favor, the decision could invalidate laws in some two dozen states that…
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Trump Administration To Reconsider Disability Regulations For Airlines
by Shaun Heasley | October 6, 2025 Federal officials are again delaying enforcement of new regulations expanding the rights of airline passengers with disabilities, but this time they are considering rewriting many of the provisions. The U.S. Department Transportation said it will not enforce four key parts of what’s known as the “Wheelchair Rule” while it…
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Uthmeier leads 21 states in backing January Littlejohn’s SCOTUS case over parental rights
Uthmeier plus 21 states believe the U.S. Supreme Court should affirm right to know gender-statuses at school. By: Liv Caputo October 6, 2025 4:37 pm Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier led 21 states in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court Monday supporting a Tallahassee mother who claimed her rights were violated when a…
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Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy
By Cam’ron Hardy Published October 03, 2025 at 10:49am ET Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, fellow veterans and others gathered Thursday at the same spot in Broadview to speak out against ICE’s increased presence in the Chicago region…
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