A trio of Tennessee families, their transgender children and a Memphis doctor have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court ruling that has allowed a new state law banning gender affirming care for minors to take effect. Tennessee lawmakers earlier this year enacted a law that bars transgender youth from receiving and their doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, hormone therapy and rare surgical procedures used to treat gender dysphoria.
More than a year after President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, the Commerce Department is pushing to get billions of dollars in semiconductor manufacturing and research incentives out the door. But the government is set to run out of money Nov. 17, and a potential shutdown which could slow down…