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 Will Feds Clip Donald Trump's Wings for Flying Unregistered Jet?
  The embattled Republican frontrunner could face a huge fine for letting the registration on his private plane lapse.
 
 Dawn Ennis 
          
          Apr 19, 2016
          
Dawn Ennis
The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
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Will Feds Clip Donald Trump's Wings for Flying Unregistered Jet?

The embattled Republican frontrunner could face a huge fine for letting the registration on his private plane lapse.

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The disgraced congressman, whose prison sentence Trump commuted, wants to replace Katie Zacharia after questions about her legal credentials helped define her brief tenure.

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Families sought safety in Virginia. Now, three major hospitals have closed their youth gender-affirming care programs with no public timetable for reopening.

“I love you too, sir. In a totally platonic way, to be clear. I’m the vice president, not James Talarico.”

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