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Killer-clown cold case where woman answered front door and was shot in the face by costumed jester leads to arrest of husband's new wife after 27 years - and she finds the mugshot funny! EXPOSED: Child killer Susan Smith's secret life of sex and drugs behind bars while she serves life for drowning her two sons Could Peyton Manning run for Senate? Republican congressman claims NFL hero could run by 2020 - but past sex-assault lawsuit may come back to haunt him Four are charged in murder of transgender teen who had her eyes gouged out, genitals stabbed and bones dumped in a chicken coup America agrees with Trump: New poll reveals 58% think 'professional athletes should be required to stand during the anthem at sporting events' 'I met veterans who lost limbs fighting for the flag.
Killer-clown cold case where woman answered front door and was shot in the face by costumed jester leads to arrest of husband's new wife after 27 years - and she finds the mugshot funny! EXPOSED: Child killer Susan Smith's secret life of sex and drugs behind bars while she serves life for drowning her two sons Could Peyton Manning run for Senate? Republican congressman claims NFL hero could run by 2020 - but past sex-assault lawsuit may come back to haunt him Four are charged in murder of transgender teen who had her eyes gouged out, genitals stabbed and bones dumped in a chicken coup America agrees with Trump: New poll reveals 58% think 'professional athletes should be required to stand during the anthem at sporting events' 'I met veterans who lost limbs fighting for the flag.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson Monday filed a request in U.S. District Court in Seattle to join a group that is challenging President Donald Trump's decision to ban transgender people from enlisting in the armed forces and a possible change in policy that would not allow those currently in uniform to continue serving. "Barring transgender individuals on serving based on anything other than their ability and conduct is wrong," Ferguson said in a press release announcing the request, which should get an answer from the court after three weeks.
A Texas federal judicial nominee once characterized a lawsuit over a transgender child's bathroom access as evidence of Satan's plan. The nominee, Jeff Mateer, also criticized gay marriage after referring to arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court case that found gay couples had a fundamental right to marry.
The Pentagon has confirmed that transgender troops currently serving in the military are able to re-enlist in the next several months as a ban on their service is under review. In a memo to military leaders on Friday, Defense Secretary James Mattis said the Pentagon would convene a high-level panel to determine how to carry out the ban ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump on transgender individuals in the military.
The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee has joined an effort to challenge President Donald Trump's announced ban on transgender troops, a sign that open resistance to the order is growing. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a military hawk and one of the GOP's most outspoken critics of Trump, said in a statement Friday that he was backing the measure because "we should welcome all those who are willing and able to serve our country."
Eric Fanning, who served as U.S. Secretary of the Army under President Barack Obama, speaks to attendees Thursday, Sept. 14 at a speaking event in East Lansing featuring Fanning and Elissa Slotkin, Democratic Congressional candidate for the 8th District.
Transgender personnel in the US military can keep serving and can re-enlist well into next year while the Pentagon figures out how to implement President Donald Trump's ban, an official said today. Trump surprised Pentagon leaders in July by announcing via Twitter the ban on transgender people serving "in any capacity," reversing a plan launched by his predecessor Barack Obama that would see the military accept openly transgender recruits.
New guidance released Friday by the Pentagon makes it clear that any transgender troops currently in the military can re-enlist in the next several months, even as the department debates how to enforce a ban on their service ordered by President Donald Trump. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says in a memo that a high-level panel will determine how to implement Trump's ban on transgender individuals in the military.
New guidance released Friday by the Pentagon makes it clear that any transgender troops currently in the military can re-enlist in the next several months, even as the department debates how broadly to enforce a ban on their service ordered by President Donald Trump. In a memo to top military leaders, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said a high-level panel will determine how to implement Trump's ban on transgender individuals in the military.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, speaks while by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, listens during a news conference Dec. 2, 2014, in Washington, D.C. - A bipartisan pair of senators introduced an amendment Monday to try to reverse President Donald Trump's ban on transgender individuals serving in the military. The amendment from New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins would prevent the military from kicking out transgender service members solely based on their gender identity, according to a copy of the language obtained by CNN.
Robert Reich, the former secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, published a series of op-eds in Salon and Newsweek recently condemning President Trump, arguing that Trump should be impeached, perhaps not least of all for suspected collusion with Russia to influence our presidential election.
An ad promoting Father's Day in Australia, which takes place on September 3 every year there, was pulled from TV after the industry group that represents commercial free-to-air networks took it down for being too "political." News.com.au reported on that the ad, which was sponsored by a Christian group called Dads4Kids, was taken down from TV in the leads-up to the same-sex marriage vote.
The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that transgenders who wish to change their names or officially register as a different sex on their birth certificates can do so without having their titles published in newspapers for public record. The court ruled to reverse a decision that required a transgendered person have their intent to change their name published at least three times in their home county newspaper, according to the Associated Press Saturday .
LGBT legal groups are seeking "immediate intervention" from a federal court to block President Trump's ban on transgender military service as litigation moves forward. In a 51-page legal brief , lawyers from GLBTQ Advocates & Defenders and the National Center for Lesbian Rights seek a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the ban, which Trump directed late last week.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is maintaining current policy on transgender service members, promising to convene a panel to study how to implement President Trump's ban on transgender troops. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is leaving an Obama-era policy on transgender military service members largely intact, saying he needs input from an expert panel to determine the best way to implement President Trump's ban that would keep transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis late Tuesday announced that transgender troops will be allowed to continue serving in the military pending the results of a study by experts.
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said that the current policy on transgender service members will remain in place for now. The military's transgender troops will be able to continue serving in the armed forces while Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis hears recommendations from experts.
US President Donald Trump seems to be heading for another clash with the Pentagon over his renewed order banning transgender individuals from serving in the military. When Trump first announced the ban last month, the reversal of policy initiated under President Obama in 2016 caught military chiefs by surprise.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says that the Department of Defense is spending five times more on Viagra than it would on "transition-related care" for transgenders had President Donald Trump not ordered the Pentagon to bar transgenders from the military. "A study commissioned by the Department of Defense itself found that the cost of providing medically necessary care for transgender troops would be miniscule," Pelosi said in a press release put out Friday .