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A 12-year-old transgender swimmer waits by a pool on Feb. 22, 2021, in Utah. Utah is asking a judge to dismiss a legal challenge to its ban on transgender kids who want to compete in youth sports. Attorneys for the state argued in July 2022 that two unnamed transgender girls lack standing to challenge the law in court, in part because they haven't been harmed by it. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Federal judge delivers blow to Biden administration’s gender-identity directives

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is seen before the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of Hershel W. "Woody" Williams lies in honor in the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Washington. Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died at age 98. (Tom Williams/Pool photo via AP)

Ted Cruz says Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage ‘clearly wrong’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

This 2022 photo provided by Julie Ann Nitsch shows her in a hospital in Texas, before surgery to remove her fallopian tubes. Nitsch, a sexual assault survivor, says she chose sterilization at age 36 rather than risk getting pregnant by another rapist. (Julie Ann Nitsch via AP)

Abortion laws spark profound changes in other medical care

By Lindsey Tanner - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at her weekly news conference, Thursday, July 14, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.The House is expected to vote on two bills that would restore and guarantee abortion access nationwide. It’s the Democrats’ first attempt at responding legislatively to the Supreme Court’s seismic decision overturning Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House making 1st attempt to protect abortion in post-Roe era

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

A U.S. Marshal patrols outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in Chevy Chase, Md., June 8, 2022. The House has given final approval to legislation to allow around-the-clock security protection for families of Supreme Court justices. The vote on Tuesday came one week after a man carrying a gun, knife and zip ties was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house after threatening to kill the justice. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Would-be Kavanaugh attacker moves to block statements to law enforcement from trial

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

John Parkin, co-owner of Coyote Point Armory displays a handgun at his store in Burlingame, Calif., June 23, 2022. In response to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that allows more people to carry concealed weapons, California lawmakers, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, moved to boost requirements and limit where firearms may be carried while staying within the high court's ruling. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Supreme Court’s pro-Second Amendment ruling fuels gun rights groups to target bans, age limits

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a ceremony to sign a package of bills to strengthen gun laws on June 6, 2022, in New York. New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits by requiring people seeking to carry concealed handguns to hand over their social media accounts for a review of their "character and conduct." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

New York makes nearly everywhere ‘gun free’ zone after Supreme Court ruling

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Brazil's former president who is running for reelection, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, speaks during a campaign rally in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Lula da Silva asks for calm after ally’s killing

By Mauricio Savarese and Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about abortion access during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, July 8, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden’s demagogic pro-choice speech got one thing right

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Carl Paladino speaks to members of the media at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Challenge to New York’s new gun law filed by GOP candidate Carl Paladino

By Michael Hill - Associated Press

Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing to examine a post-Roe America, focusing on the legal consequences of the Dobbs decision, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats, pro-abortion forces warn that women face a death sentence in post-Roe America

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., talk to reporters as the Supreme Court is poised to possibly overturn Roe v. Wade, at the Capitol in Washington, June 15, 2022. The Democratic National Committee is launching a digital ad campaign to energize its voters after last month’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The ad campaign warns that Republicans’ ultimate goal is to outlaw abortion nationwide. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

DNC ads warn voters that GOP wants nationwide abortion ban

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

Illustration on the newly configured Supreme Court by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Supreme Court putting America back on track

By Peter Morici

This May 4, 2021, photo shows a sign outside the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington. The Trump Justice Department secretly seized the phone records of three Washington Post reporters who covered the federal investigation into ties between Russia and Donald Trump's campaign, the newspaper said Friday, May 7. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Justice Department forms task force to monitor state-level abortion restrictions

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Illustration on Supreme Court and American government by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Supreme Court handing power back to the people

By John Daukas

In this file photo, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks during a news conference in Richmond, Va., Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ** FILE **

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin pushes for 15-week abortion ban

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this file photo from September 2021, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is joined from left by Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., and Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., as she holds a news conference just before a House vote on legislation aimed at guaranteeing a woman’s right to an abortion. As Congress returns from its Fourth of July recess, abortion rights will again be atop the House agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Abortion access tops House agenda as Congress returns from recess

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 5, 2019, file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch, left, and Brett Kavanaugh watch as President Donald Trump arrives to give his State of the Union address to a joint session on Congress at the Capitol in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Protesters’ run-in with Kavanaugh at Morton’s steakhouse gets big thumbs up from White House

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about abortion access during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, July 8, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden urges voters to pick pro-abortion candidates, signs executive order protecting abortion access

By Jeff Mordock and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Washington. Biden is traveling to Cleveland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden to sign executive order aimed at expanding, protecting access to abortions

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times