Nation's oldest anti-LGBTQ+ hate group says Jesus didn't support expanding healthcare access - LGBTQ Nation

The group has used the Bible to promote anti-LGBTQ+ government policies.

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Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police

An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.

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The battle over abortion pills in post-Roe America

Abortion rates were expected to tank after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Instead, medication abortion became easy to get—and it changed everything.

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New York tackles the myth that solar is swallowing farmland

Officials are resisting the misinformation spread by the White House and influencers.

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Oh look, another far-right extremist at the Pentagon

He oversees defense intelligence and security agencies and helps shape military operations.

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Back a Windfall Profits Tax, Say Campaigners, After Trump Admits Oil Giants 'Making Too Much Money' | Common Dreams

President Trump's rare criticism of oil giants profiting off of war-induced energy shortages has sparked calls for a windfall profits tax. With record-breaking profits amid climate disasters, will Tru...

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Sanders Warns Democrats: Don't Support Bill to Fast-Track Social Security Cuts | Common Dreams

"If the Democratic Party is ever to regain the faith of ordinary Americans it must stand firm on the issue of Social Security," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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Meet Christian Mitchell, Gov. Pritzker’s South Side Running Mate Whose Political Star Is Rising

The elder millennial and self-professed nerd has spent years building a reputation in Springfield as a thoughtful policy wonk. Now he's running to be Pritzker's second-in-command.

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Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate funds

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration improperly ended a multi-billion-dollar program for clean energy projects.

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FBI agents fired over Trump investigation get broad backing in lawsuit against administration

An association of thousands of FBI agents is backing a lawsuit filed by three bureau employees who were fired last year for their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to und...

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Big oil companies continue to post banner profits as fighting in Iran drives prices higher

Big oil companies continue to book massive profits as fighting in Iran disrupts energy markets and sends oil and gasoline prices sharply higher.

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Five Amazon countries arrest hundreds in major crackdown on environmental crime

Authorities from five Amazon countries have arrested hundreds in a major crackdown on environmental crime.

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Migrant Children Were Exposed to Toxic Contamination at Florida Immigration Jail

The now-closed facility was located next to a Superfund site. Kids incarcerated there were exposed to arsenic and lead.

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Education Department Ends Federal Tracking of Bullying and Harassment of Trans Kids

The new policy also alters the definition of rape, excluding “gender identity” from a list of protected statuses.

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Trump Announces Rollback of Endangered Species Protections

Trump: ”The United States of America is going to BUILD again.”

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Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren demands SEC investigate if Trump’s memecoin is an ‘illegal scam’

Days before his inauguration in 2025, president-elect Donald Trump did something unusual: He launched a memecoin.

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NEWS: Military 'Accidentally' Kills Civilians on Medevac Plane, Republicans Admit they Cannot 'Rein' Trump in, More White House Construction

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