The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging the legality of state-level bans on access to gender-affirming care for minors. The case, which will not be argued before the court until the fall, will have wide-reaching ramifications for the civil and medical freedoms of transgender individuals in the …
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Republicans in Arizona are calling for pro-Trump state Senate candidate Steve Slaton to drop out of the race after allegedly fudging his military service record. On Sunday, the Navajo County GOP issued a letter accusing Slaton of providing an “altered DD-214 claiming combat veteran status and showing qualifications and awards …
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Nine Louisiana families of different faithssued the state’s education department and local school boards on Monday over a new state law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in every public classroom. “Indeed, for nearly half a century, it has been well settled that the First Amendment forbids public schools …
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Donald Trump continued his stump on the campaign trail on Saturday ahead of his rematch with President Joe Biden in the first presidential debate of 2024 scheduled for Thursday. Trump hit his usual marks, from attacking migrants and border complaints to touting his role in erasing women’s reproductive rights by …
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Rep. Ronny Jackson, who served as Donald Trump‘s White House physician, recklessly speculated that President Joe Biden is using drugs to stay ‘alert’ and to help him ‘perform’ in the upcoming presidential debate. “I’m going to be demanding on behalf of many millions of concerned Americans right now that [Biden] …
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Sen. Lindsay Graham went on a fear-mongering rant about President Joe Biden’s actions to forgive student debt, calling the relief “beyond lawless and beyond dangerous.” The Biden-Harris administration has approved $167 billion in student debt as of the end of May, helping 4.75 million borrowers across the country. But Graham …
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A former Trump Organization vice president recalled a story of a time when Donald Trump once joked about Nazi “ovens” to Jewish executives in the room. Barbara Res served as lead engineer on the Trump Tower project and is author of Tower of Lies, a memoir about her 18 years …
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In response to a lawsuit by Rolling Stone and National Security Counselors, the Department of Justice has turned over two tranches of FBI documents related to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Rolling Stone’s Freedom of Information Act request, filed hours after the announcement of his death in November 2023, …
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Authorities in Lansing, Michigan, are seeking felony-level sexual assault and weapons charges against Republican State House Rep. Neil Friske, according to records obtained by The Detroit Free Press. The 62-year-old lawmaker was arrested in the wee hours of Thursday morning after he allegedly “chased an adult dancer after a disagreement” …
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The conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon donated $50 million to a super PAC supporting Donald Trump on May 31, the day after the former president was convicted in his New York hush money trial. Mellon has now given a total of $75 million to support the pro-Trump super PAC this election …
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