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The U.S. federal government has rescinded guidelines allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities, rather than the gender listed for them at birth. The Department of Justice and Department of Education issued a joint letter Wednesday to the nation's schools saying a directive issued last year by President Barack Obama's administration has led to "significant litigation" on the issue.
President Donald Trump is giving himself too much credit for sending criminal foreigners out of the country and saving money on fighter planes. He's getting too much credit from one of the few women with a top White House job for elevating women in the administration.
If all goes as expected, in exactly one year President Raul Castro will hand responsibility for Cuba's faltering economy and aging, disaffected population to a little-known, 57-year-old Communist Party official. It will be the first time since its founding in 1959 that the Cuban state has not been led by a member of the Castro family.
Reducing harmful regulations and bringing back blue-collar jobs were major themes of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Now he is following through on those pledges.
Caitlyn Jenner is taking President Donald Trump to task for his administration's reversal of a directive on transgender access to public school bathrooms. Jenner addresses Trump in a video posted Thursday night on Twitter.
Beyonce has encouraged fans to take part in the 100 Days of Kindness challenge to show their support to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. The Halo superstar, who is pregnant with twins, has taken to social media to rally her devotees after U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration announced the removal of federal guidelines that allowed transgender school students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.
Actress Lena Dunham has pledged $50,000 to an organization helping the gay and transgender community following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw protections regarding school bathroom laws. The Girls creator and star was among the outraged celebrities who took aim at Trump on Wednesday , when it was announced government officials had removed the federal guidelines that allowed transgender school students to use the bathrooms that matched their gender identity.
Former House Speaker John Boehner threw cold water Thursday on the prospect of congressional Republicans following through on their pledge to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. "They'll fix Obamacare," the former Ohio congressman predicted at a conference hosted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society in Orlando, Florida.
Former Republican House Speaker John Boehner doesn't think the GOP can fully repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare law better known as Obamacare. Boehner said at a healthcare conference in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday that the Republican plan to overhaul President Barack Obama's signature law was "not going to happen."
Illinois' biggest labor union representing state workers said on Thursday that its members overwhelmingly voted in favor of what would be the first strike against the state in the union's history. Roberta Lynch, executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, said 81 percent of members voted in favor of allowing the union's bargaining committee to call a strike if "no other path forward can be found" in reaching a new contract with the state.
But, she conceded, that Senate Republicans may have to change the rules - called the "nuclear option" - to get President Trump's nominee approved. Walker was joined by fellow Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel at the Capitol news conference that was part of a coordinated 11-state effort organized by the conservative group the Judicial Crisis Network.
"OBAMA17" posters have been spotted plastered across Paris, urging citizens to visit the group's website and sign a petition to convince Obama to enter the race. The goal is to get 1 million people to sign the petition.
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender students use the bathrooms of their choice, reversing a signature initiative of former Democratic President Barack Obama. Reversing the Obama guidelines stands to inflame passions in the latest conflict in America between believers in traditional values and social progressives, and is likely to prompt more of the street protests that followed Trump's Nov. 8 election.
Oregon asked a federal court late Wednesday to join a lawsuit filed by Washington state against an immigration ban imposed by President Donald Trump. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said in the motion that Oregon also needs protection from the ban on immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, which she said would harm Oregon's businesses, residents, universities, health care and economy.
Democrats vying to become the next chair of the Democratic National Committee are set to face off for the final time before the organization's election on Saturday. At 10 p.m. ET on Wednesday, CNN is set to broadcast a debate between eight candidates for the position.
Fox News personalities are attempting to downplay the huge number of constituents that are attending town hall events held by their members of Congress as "manufactured" and "paid-for," and advocating for the cancellation of events because progressive groups are "activating people to turn out and cause a raucous." Wall Street Journal : "Members Of Congress Are Preparing To Confront A Wave Of Activism When They Return Home To Their Districts."
Maine's governor has asked Republican President Donald Trump to undo Democratic former President Barack Obama's designation of a national monument. Republican Gov. Paul LePage asked Trump to take the unprecedented step of returning land in the northern part of the state to private ownership in a Feb. 14 letter.
Former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama listen as Jackie Evancho sings the national anthem following President Trump's inauguration in January. Teenage classical singer Jackie Evancho, one of the first performers to be enlisted for President Trump's inaugural festivities, took to Twitter Wednesday night to express her dismay with the administration's revocation of federal protections for transgender students and to request a meeting with the president.
The Department of Homeland Security on February 21 rolled out a pair of memos meant to set internal guidelines for the implementation of President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant executive orders. The flagship policies of those executive orders are unpopular with a majority of Americans, but they have been a cause for celebration among nativists and white supremacists.