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PBS forced to remove LGBT content after GOP complaints
A PBS-affiliated television station in New York has scrubbed its archives of at least three educational programs concerning transgender identities and…
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Trump taps Palantir to centralize Americans’ personal data
In March, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal government to share data across agencies, raising questions over whether he…
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Hundreds of ‘DEI’ books are back at the Naval Academy
When the U.S. Naval Academy stripped 381 books tied to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from its library, retired Commander William Marks saw more than…
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Record party divide 10 years after same-sex marriage ruling
A decade after the Supreme Court’s milestone Obergefell v. Hodges ruling declared same-sex marriage a national right in the U.S., a steady 68% of Americans…
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Immigration judge dismisses asylum case of deported gay man
A federal immigration judge inCalifornia has dismissed the asylum case of Andry Hernández Romero, a 32-year-old gay Venezuelan makeup artist who…
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Federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs
A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly…
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US halts student visas, plans more social media checks
US President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered US embassies around the world to stop scheduling appointments for…