Several Republican-led states successfully sued to block the protections from taking effect in 2016. On Friday, the administration formally nullified them.
Trump Is Taking Away Transgender Healthcare Protections Created Under Obamacare
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Joe Biden Says He’s A “Bridge” To The Future. Younger Democrats Want To Know What Will Be On The Other Side.
“I think the real key to it is to radically upend your notions of a typical life experience — not just because he’s the former vice president, but because of what a young person is facing today.”
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LGBTQ Americans Just Won A Massive Civil Rights Victory At The Supreme Court
A majority of justices ruled that an employer violates federal law when they fire someone for being LGBTQ.
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The FDA Just Pulled Chloroquine And Hydroxychloroquine As Coronavirus Treatments
The federal agency noted that the two drugs are "unlikely to be effective in treating COVID-19" and could cause serious side effects.
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Justices Won't Review Legal Protections For Police Officers. Justice Thomas Feels Differently.
Court justices, with Thomas dissenting, announced they would not hear a group of cases challenging qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that shields cops.
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The Supreme Court's LGBTQ Decision Will Have Huge Impacts For Those In States With No Prior Protections
It was estimated last year that half of all LGBTQ Americans lived in states where they had no legal protections from workplace discrimination. Not any more.
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A Black Lives Matter Protester Was Shot At A Demonstration In Albuquerque
“The shooting tonight was a tragic, outrageous, and unacceptable act of violence and it has no place in our city."
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Ilhan Omar's Father Died From The Coronavirus
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He Trains Cops On Riot Control. He Admits He “Fluffed Up” His Résumé.
Geoff Perrin acknowledges he inflated his résumé, but says it hasn’t helped him get work with American police departments “because they just go, ‘What do you guys know about guns?’”
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The Minnesota Freedom Fund Raised Over $30 Million After George Floyd’s Death. Now It’s A Target.
The small nonprofit that raised millions during protests in Minneapolis has struggled to spend all of its new money and is now being attacked on the right.
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Facebook And Instagram Will Let You Turn Off Political Ads
“For those of you who’ve already made up your minds and just want the election to be over, we hear you."
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Microsoft Says It Won't Sell Facial Recognition To The Police. These Documents Show How It Pitched That Technology To The Federal Government.
Last week, Microsoft said it would not sell its facial recognition to police departments. But new documents reveal it was pitching that technology to at least one federal agency as recently as two years ago.
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The UK May Ban Tear Gas Sales To The US
A letter signed by 166 members of Parliament calls for the UK to stop selling riot control weapons to US police departments.
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People In Brooklyn Were Setting Off Fireworks. Then Police Showed Up In Riot Gear.
Monday’s incident is a sign of the tension between police and the community after officers violently broke up peaceful protests around the city weeks before — and tension around gentrification in the community itself.
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Trump Is Proposing Stripping Social Media Sites Of The Discretion To Remove “Objectionable” Content
The president is following through on his threat to "strongly regulate" social media companies.
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DACA Recipients Are Shocked And Relieved After The Supreme Court Ruled Against Trump
"The rush of relief I felt in that moment is indescribable and all I could do was cry to my parents. We didn’t expect this decision at all."
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Top Democrats Are Refusing To “Defund The Police.” Activists Fear The Police Killings Won’t Stop.
Reform leaders are frustrated with Democrats who have pushed aside the “defund the police” call that’s central to protests against police brutality after George Floyd’s killing.
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Trump's Rally Brought A Crisis To Tulsa. Now The City Is Expecting Its Biggest Juneteenth Celebration Ever.
Organizers had canceled the annual Juneteenth celebration due to the coronavirus, but Trump’s decision to hold a rally there changed their plans.
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Facebook Removed Trump Campaign Ads That Invoked Nazi Symbols
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Police Pulled Over Two Black Men For Having An Air Freshener In Their Car. A Court Ruled The Stop Was Legitimate.
Studies have found that traffic stops for minor infractions disproportionately affect Black and Latino drivers and courts have upheld stops for air fresheners before.
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