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21 July 2022
Nevada - ‘We can never rest’ – NV groups speak about rise in anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and, in some states, laws
Biden tests positive for COVID-19 and has "very mild symptoms," White House says
Melissa Quinn
CBS News
Pres. Joe Biden
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19 July 2022
17 members of Congress arrested during Supreme Court protest, Capitol police say
16 July 2022
MBS hits back at Biden after the President confronts Saudi prince about Khashoggi
Phil Mattingly, Allie Malloy, Tamara Qiblawi, Celine Alkhaldi
CNN
14 July 2022
Ivana Trump, an ex-wife of former President Trump, dies at 73
Kate Bennett
CNN
Ivana Trump (1949-2022)
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10 July 2022
Wryn's Tiny Desk Contest entry sends love and affirmation to transgender youth
08 July 2022
Japan's ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated during a speech
07 July 2022
Boris Johnson rose from joker to statesman. Scandals of his own making brought him down
06 July 2022
The ‘terror’ in Highland Park: The US is exceptional, indeed
05 July 2022
Protections for Trans Athletes in Title IX Proposal Still Unknown
Meghan Brink
Inside Higher Ed
Fulton grand jury subpoenas Giuliani, Graham, Trump campaign lawyers
04 July 2022
First Thing: Fox and friends face billion-dollar US lawsuits
03 July 2022
Vermont - New Vermont Law Eases Process for Changing Gender on Birth Certificates
Indiana transgender girl athlete raises voice against school sports ban
Sickening Footage Shows Akron Cops Kill Unarmed Black Man in Hail of Bullets
02 July 2022
Educator says she lost job at Durham Catholic school because she’s transgender
‘Revolutionary’ high court term on abortion, guns and more
28 June 2022
'This is a bombshell': Trump aides left speechless by Hutchinson testimony
23 May 2022
lead story - Commissioner race includes Kitsap County's first transgender woman candidate for public office
Biden says US would respond 'militarily' if China attacked Taiwan, but White House insists there's no policy change
Kevin Liptak, Donald Judd, Nectar Gan
CNN
10 May 2022
Hunt for Alabama fugitives comes to an end: What we know about ex-officer's death, inmate's arrest
Ryan W. Miller, Houston Harwood, Jon Webb, Celina Tebor
USA Today
27 April 2022
United States is 'out of the pandemic phase,' Fauci says
26 April 2022
archive - Our Special Joy - Dec 1982
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Kentucky - Kentucky governor halts bill that would ban transgender students from women's sports
Ayana Archie
NPR
Gov. Andy Beshear
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lead story - Kansas lawmaker says she doesn't 'appreciate the transgender female' using Capitol bathroom
David K. Li
NBC News
Cowley County Community College
Mulvane, KS
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Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid
Jasmine Wright, Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein, Kevin Liptak, Ted Barnett
CNN
VP Kamala Harris
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23 April 2022
lead story - Texas child welfare workers quit over governor's transgender directive
Top U.S. officials heading to Kyiv as war shifts focus
22 April 2022
Illinois - Trans people with felony convictions fight for right to change names in Illinois
lead story - Judge blocks Montana's transgender birth certificate law
Punishing Disney, DeSantis Signals a Lasting G.O.P. Brawl With Business
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20 April 2022
23 March 2022
Utah - Utah governor cites suicide rates for transgender youth in vetoing sports ban bill: ‘I want them to live’
lead story - Texas superintendent tells librarians to pull books on sexuality, transgender people
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Bring Moral Clarity to SCOTUS | Opinion
Ben Jealous
Newsweek
Ketanji Brown Jackson (with Stephen Breyer)
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22 March 2022
lead story - Bucking Republican Trend, Indiana Governor Vetoes Transgender Sports Bill
Graham gets combative with Jackson: 'What faith are you, by the way?'
06 March 2022
archive - 76 Men, 19 Women Change Sex, Expert Reports
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Massachusetts - Transgender high school student in Massachusetts reportedly assaulted after basketball game
lead story - Texas appeals order stopping it from investigating parents of trans teen
Reuters
NBC News
Texas
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Ukraine attack - U.S. considering Russian oil, natural gas import ban; second attempt at cease-fire in Mariupol fails
15 February 2022
Sandy Hook shooting - Sandy Hook Families Settle for $73 Million With Gun Maker Over Massacre
Rick Rojas, Karen Zraick
The New York Times