A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld West Virginia’s ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-transition surgeries, the latest victory for Republican-led states seeking to curb the procedures amid an ongoing national battle over transgender rights.

Israeli official says EU sanctions reveal antisemitism hiding behind ‘socially acceptable mask’
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister accuses the EU of weaponizing a “socially acceptable mask” of anti-Zionism to target the Jewish state — after Brussels sanctioned Israeli