Biden signed the bill, officially known as the H.R. 5009 or the “ Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 ,” despite “strongly opposing” the provision denying the expenditure of funds for gender-affirming care for children.

President Biden on Monday evening signed the $895 billion Defense authorization bill, despite a provision included in the massive package that restricts transgender care. The National Defense

The House passed a massive defense spending bill Wednesday with a provision that bars the military’s health care program from covering transition-related care for minors. If it passes, some families said it would be devastating and could force them out of the military.

The $895.2 billion defense bill passed by the U.S. Senate Wednesday bans using federal money for gender-affirming care for transgender children in military families.

President Biden’s approval rating slipped to the lowest its been since he took office in 2021, according to a new survey that was released Wednesday. The Marquette Law School Poll national survey found that Biden’s approval rating dropped to 34 percent in December, a 4-point dip from October’s 38 percent, with just more than a…

Biden had harsh words for a provision of a bill that strips gender care funding from trans kids in military families, but signed it anyway.

If President Biden signs the bill into law, it will mark one of the first times Congress has passed a federal law aimed at restricting trans people's rights.

The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would deny insurance coverage for gender-affirming care for trans children of service members.

The Senate gave the green light to the Pentagon’s mammoth $895 billion annual budget Tuesday despite a row over provisions prohibiting the use of those funds to provide transgender surgeries

The defense authorization bill, which directs Pentagon policy, provides a 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted service members and a 4.5% increase for others.