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The new rule threatens the loss of insurance funds in an attempt to prevent discrimination based on sex, including gender identity. The judge wrote that state agencies faced "imminent injury" because of the rule.

The federal judge wrote that he is “not persuaded that Florida will suffer irreparable damage without a stay," but that noncompliance can bring substantial harm to institutionalized children.

A key part of the decision would require the state to increase the availability of private-duty nursing that could help children receive care outside of nursing homes. The state says complying is "impossible."

The Agency for Health Care Administration criticized the judge's decision in a case that focuses on kids in the Medicaid program with conditions that often require round-the-clock care.

The judge says the state violated the ADA and rights of children “who rely upon the provision of vital Medicaid services and are trying, in vain, to avoid growing up in nursing homes.”

A federal judge has struck down Arkansas' 2021 ban on gender-affirming care for youth calling it unconstitutional and saying the state's experts were motivated by ideology, not science. Florida has a similar law on hold.

A federal judge in Texas stayed the FDA's approval of the drug mifepristone, while a federal judge in Washington state blocked any FDA change in access.

DOJ spokesperson Anthony Coley says a notice of appeal had been filed in light of the determination by the CDC that wearing a mask "remains necessary to protect the public health."

Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle's decision hinged on a definition of the word 'sanitation' that public health experts and legal scholars say missed the mark.

A federal judge on Monday put a nationwide hold on Trump administration rules that allow more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth…