Andrea González-Ramírez

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Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority has opened the door for Republican-controlled states to “defund” Planned Parenthood, ruling in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic that South Carolina can kick the nation’s largest family provider out of its Medicaid programs.

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Photo: Alex Kent/Getty Images Does facing credible sexual-harassment allegations disqualify a Democratic candidate from office? For the New York City voters who had the chance to render their judgment on Andrew Cuomo’s attempt at political redemption on Tuesday, the answer appears to be a resounding “yes.” After a contentious campaign, the disgraced former governor conceded the city’s Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani in one of the biggest political upsets in recent American history.

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Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Mustafa Mirza Older Americans have obsessed over young people’s sex lives for generations. Either they’re having too much or too little sex, sex that’s too kinky or not kinky enough, sex that troublingly reinforces traditional gender structures or sex that’s too radical in blowing those structures up.

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Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The Supreme Court dealt a major blow to trans rights on Wednesday, ruling in United States v. Skrmetti that a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors is constitutional. “Today’s decision is deeply disappointing,” says Jennifer Levi, senior director of transgender and queer rights at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders.

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Photo: Courtesy of Hannah Kreager In early April, Hannah Kreager came across a concerning rumor on social media: Sources she trusted were saying President Donald Trump would invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 and declare martial law on or around April 20. “I didn’t want to panic,” she says. “But then multiple people were like, ‘Dude, yeah, this is happening.’” Kreager kept the information to herself, but her father soon learned about the rumor independently.