On a gray Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C., with the nation’s capital bracing for a forecast snowstorm expected to arrive Sunday and local officials urging residents to prepare for possible disruptions, Vice President JD Vance stood on a stage near the National Mall and delivered a blistering address attacking abortion rights and LGBTQ+ equality as existential threats to the nation. Just blocks away, a white supremacist group marched in tight formation.

A federal court has denied the Justice Department access to youth medical records from a gender-affirming care provider in the D.C. area.

Florida legislators have introduced bills that would expand the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth, including felony charges for any health care provider who “aids or abets” such procedures.