New California law bans rules requiring schools to notify parents of child’s pronoun change
Jul 15, 2024, 3:04 PM | Updated: 4:06 pm
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Biden is considering preemptive pardons for officials and allies before Trump takes office
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is weighing whether to issue sweeping pardons for officials and allies who the White House fears could be unjustly targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, a preemptive move that would be a novel and risky use of the president’s extraordinary constitutional power. The deliberations so far are largely at […]
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Trump names former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be ambassador to China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he is choosing former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be ambassador to China. Trump said in a social media post that Perdue, a former CEO, “brings valuable expertise to help build our relationship with China.” Perdue pushed Trump’s debunked lies about electoral fraud during his failed […]
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Outgoing DNC chair Jaime Harrison pushes back against critics of ‘identity politics’
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison delivered a steadfast defense of his party’s commitment to racial equity Thursday, drawing on his own identity as a Black man to push back forcefully against critics who say Democrats need to abandon “identity politics.” People of color need to see Democrats fighting for them, […]
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Baby discovered in back seat after high-speed chase in New York and fatal shooting of passenger
NEW YORK (AP) — A baby survived a high-speed police chase on Thursday in New York City that ended with a passenger in the car being fatally shot by officers and the driver wounded. Police only discovered there was an infant inside after they had stopped the car and fired multiple rounds, Chief of Department […]
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Biden at tree lighting says his holiday wish is for US to continue to seek light, liberty and love
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he presided over his final Christmas tree lighting at the White House, President Joe Biden on Thursday said his wish for the nation now, and always, was that “we continue to seek the light of liberty and love, kindness and compassion, dignity and decency.” Biden spoke briefly to the crowd who […]
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An Ole Miss student exchanged messages with the man now on trial in his killing, police say
In the final hours before University of Mississippi student Jimmy “Jay” Lee disappeared, sexually explicit Snapchat messages were exchanged between his account and the account of the man now on trial in his killing, an investigator testified Thursday. Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr., 24, of Grenada, Mississippi, is charged with capital murder in the death of […]
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