Constance McMillen Talks to Ellen

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        Constance McMillen Talks to Ellen
    
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Constance McMillen, the Mississippi high school senior whose prom was canceled when she asked school officials if she could bring her girlfriend, appeared on Ellen DeGeneres's talk show Friday and was presented with a $30,000 college scholarship and an internship with Tonic.com.

Watch McMillen's appearance here.

        
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“Today, as he is facing domestic political disaster in this year’s elections, our wildly unpopular U.S. president has started that war himself,” the MS NOW host said.

"Congress must use all available power to prevent him from further committing us to this conflict," the former vice president said.

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In a shocking move, the state’s Department of Health utilized its “11th hour” emergency rule just one day ahead of a lawsuit hearing.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

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“These and other changes that scouting America’s leadership committed to,” the Defense Secretary said in a grievance-filled video.

The far-right influencer for months accused the CEO of Turning Point USA of being involved in her husband, Charlie Kirk's, murder.

Radko Gudas made the remark while representing Czechia in Milan.

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MAGA Republican Lauren Boebert's son Tyler Boebert, 20, was cited over the weekend for child abuse without injury.