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The Anne Arundel County policy change came after Education Secretary Linda McMahon urged the Justice Department to punish the district, citing parental rights protections.

A group of transgender men who call themselves the "SB244 compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so.

The ruling says the administration ignored existing law when it changed the rules that identify “essential benefits” under the Affordable Care Act.

The Norfolk Police Department said the recruit’s presence broke no rules. Former officer Meghan Grabow claims she was told to “learn to deal with it.”

The lesbian comedian said she had “no interest” in the Fox News host after his crew confronted her outside a New York theater.

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