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        A Secret Plan to Silence Ronan Farrow?
    The out journalist's investigation into disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein was blocked by top officials at NBC, according to a producer.
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A producer is claiming that executives at NBC News tried to halt Ronan Farrow's whistleblowing on predator Harvey Weinstein.

        
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A Secret Plan to Silence Ronan Farrow?

The out journalist's investigation into disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein was blocked by top officials at NBC, according to a producer.

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The government wants to ban care nationwide, and hospitals are shutting down treatment. Parents just want it all to stop.

Bree Fram, a Democrat forced to retire from the Space Force under Trump's trans military ban, is running to represent northern Virginia’s D.C. suburbs.

The policy change was announced in a notice of proposed rulemaking.

"While LGBTQ rights are at risk, we can count on Angie to stand up to these threats and do the right thing," the marriage equality icon said about the Minnesota congresswoman.

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The Republican-led legislation places the state increasingly out of step with the rest of New England on trans rights.

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Rep. John McGuire’s proposed Riley Gaines Act would allow athletes to sue colleges that permit transgender women to compete in women’s sports.

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