Weekly Update 6/23/2025
President and Administration:
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors: In a 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care—such as hormone therapy…
What’s next in the legal fight against Trump’s tariffs: The Supreme Court may ultimately decide the legality of key tariff programs imposed by Trump – and taking up to…
Trump to end L.G.B.T.Q. suicide prevention service: The administration has ordered the national suicide prevention hotline (988) to end its specialized support for LGBTQ…
Administration considers moving some USDA programs to Small Business Administration: Trump is considering shifting three major USDA Rural Development programs…
How Trump’s cuts could weaken wildfire prevention: The president’s efforts to overhaul and shrink the federal government are undermining his stated goal of improving U.S. wildfire response…
Congress:
Social Security may run dry earlier than previously anticipated, trustees warn: Social Security and Medicare face earlier insolvency than previously projected, with trust funds expected to run dry by 2033…
Senate trims SALT, cuts more Medicaid in proposed changes to Trump megabill: Senate Republicans unveiled major revisions to the House’s tax-and-spending bill, seeking to pass it by July 4. The Senate version offers more permanent business tax breaks, deeper Medicaid cuts, slower clean-energy credit…
CBO Score: The Congressional Budget Office released a new dynamic analysis of the House-passed reconciliation, Trump’s “big, beautiful" bill and projected that the legislation…
Padilla says Trump is on a ‘tour of retribution’ in first post-handcuffing floor speech: In his first Senate floor remarks since being handcuffed at a DHS press briefing, Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)…
Education:
Energy Department seeks to roll back Title IX protections for women’s, education programs: The Department of Energy is moving to rescind key Title IX protections related to sex discrimination in sports and education programs, aligning with the president’s executive orders that restrict…
Education Department must bring back laid-off Office for Civil Rights workers: A federal judge has blocked the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) layoffs, requiring weekly progress reports…
Maine case opens new school choice battleground for school choice: Religious schools in Maine are challenging a state law requiring nondiscrimination as a condition for receiving public tuition funds. The case follows the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Carson v. Makin…
Congress opens the credential floodgates: Congress is advancing a proposal to extend Pell Grant eligibility to for-profit and unaccredited short-term credential programs, aiming to expand access to career-focused education. Supporters say it will help community college students and workers gain in-demand skills…
Five ways schools are directly feeling the federal funding chaos: School districts are grappling with major disruptions to federal education funding under the administration. Delayed funding notices…
Risk to youth mental health is ‘addictive use,’ not screen time alone, study finds: A new study published in JAMA finds that the key risk to youth mental health is not screen time alone but “addictive use” of technology…
Can AI identify safety threats in schools? One district wants to try: In Virginia, Loudoun County schools are adopting AI-powered security tools to detect fights, bullying, and medical emergencies…
Trump orders California to remove ‘gender ideology’ from federally funded sex ed program: The administration has ordered California to remove references to “gender ideology” from its federally funded California Personal Responsibility Education Program (CA PREP)…