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24 states back challenge to transgender inmate surgery ruling with nationwide stakes

Idaho and Indiana AGs argue the Eighth Amendment doesn't require states to fund gender reassignment surgery for prison inmates in a Ninth Circuit brief.

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Live updates: Trump holds Cabinet meeting as US, Iran dig in and DHS shutdown grinds on

President Trump will hold a Cabinet meeting on Thursday morning amid escalating tensions over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown and war in Iran. Fear is rising that some centrist Senate Democrats who have toed the party line on DHS funding will start defecting as the shutdown stretches on. All but one Democrat —...