Lawmakers voted Wednesday after fraught negotiations to move forward with a contentious 2025 defense budget that raises troops’ pay but blocks funding of gender transition care for some transgender children of service members.The centerpiece of the $884 billion National…[#item_full_content]
N.C. GOP Overrides Veto, Strips Power From Governor, AG
Republicans from the North Carolina House of Representatives overrode a bill vetoed by the state’s Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper making it law to strip power