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Tom Joyce

Tom Joyce is a freelance reporter covering politics, sports and culture.

Culture
‘The child pays’: Website markets American surrogate mothers to Chinese clients

A website now lets Chinese clients search through profiles of American women willing to carry pregnancies for them in what critics call womb rental where the children end up suffering. Read More

August 25, 2026
Culture
Pro-gay Republican group drops the ‘T’ in LGBT

Transgender advocacy is no longer part of the Log Cabin Republicans’ political agenda. The group will only focus on gay, lesbian and bisexual issues. Its national board made the change after… Read More

August 24, 2026
Courts
Washington stops enforcing counseling ban against Christian therapist

Washington state officials have agreed not to enforce a counseling ban against a Christian therapist as his court case moves forward. The preliminary order protects Brian Tingley,… Read More

August 21, 2026
Culture
John Oliver attacks fetal personhood laws, says they treat women as ‘incubators’

HBO host John Oliver recently attacked laws giving unborn children legal rights, discussing fetal personhood during the Aug. 16 episode of “Last Week Tonight.”⁠ Fetal personhood laws… Read More

August 20, 2026
Politics
Trans activists tell House Democrat to ‘shut up’ over his parental-notification vote

Transgender activists confronted U.S. Rep. Eugene Vindman after he voted to keep parents informed about their children at school. Vindman, a Virginia Democrat, attended a King George Democratic… Read More

August 19, 2026