Transgender residents in Odessa, Texas, have been banned from using single-gender bathrooms in public buildings that align with their gender identity. Alexander Ermels, a transgender man, made the decision to start using the men's room after he experienced a negative response to being in the women's bathroom -- which he would be forced to use under the Odessa bathroom policy.

With the matters on the docket ranging from economic malcontent here at home to foreign wars, GOP Rep. Nancy Mace and House Speaker Mike Johnson were focused this week on one key issue: whether