Here are the states where you can (and cannot) change your gender designation on official documents
Story at a glance New York in June will join 21 other states and Washington, D.C., in allowing residents to select a gender-neutral “X” gender marker on their driver’s licenses, birth certificates or other identification documents. More than 2 million U.S. adults identify as nonbinary or transgender, according to research from the Williams Institute.
Read MoreTop Sanders aide calls Manchin a 'phony' on lowering drug prices
A top aide to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday called Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) a “phony” after the West Virginia senator called for action to lower drug prices. Warren Gunnels, Sanders’ staff director for the Senate Budget Committee, tweeted that Manchin’s call for drug pricing action was empty given the senator opposed President Biden’s Build Back Better package, which included measures to lower drug prices. “What
Read MoreFive takeaways from Biden’s inflation plan
Ahead of a Tuesday meeting with Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, President Biden laid out a plan in a Wall Street Journal op-ed to fight inflation levels that are topping 8 percent annually and reaching nearly 40-year highs. Biden has said that bringing down inflation is his top economic priority. The gist of the plan is to get out of the way while the Fed raises interest rates to bolster the purchasing power of the dollar while supporting damaged supply chains to make sure that demand for goods doesn’t outpace their supply. The plan also talks about bringin
Read MoreThe reason President Biden might not be able to cancel student debt after all
The can-kicking on student loan forgiveness is about to end. With the current repayment pause set to expire in August, and no obvious rationalization for yet another extension, the Biden administration knows it must act soon. Forcing millions of borrowers into repayment on the eve of midterm elections that experts are predicting could be brutal for Democrats would be political catastrophe. Even U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona&
Read MoreMonica Lewinsky on Depp-Heard trial: 'We are all guilty'
Monica Lewinsky weighed in on the defamation trial involving former celebrity couple Johnny Depp and Amber Heard on Tuesday, denouncing what she called “courtroom porn” as jury deliberations continue. Lewinsky, a Vanity Fair contributing editor, wrote in a piece for the magazine that compared to past blockbuster trials, the public is now largely seeing testimony through “biased, curated and cursory” social media feeds and memes. “We are drenched in the tai
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