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Democrats and rights groups accuse Trump's Justice Department of ignoring hate crimes

More than 100 members of Congress have written to Attorney General Pam Bondi about the situation, while 11 community organizations are suing over the loss of a conflict resolution service.

Federal court rejects Trump Justice Department’s effort to access trans kids’ medical records

Attorney General Pam Bondi, under Donald Trump, has tried to force hospitals to give the government access private health information of children.

Decorated FBI agent trainee fired over Pride flag warns new ‘Lavender Scare’ is spreading ‘like wildfire’

“People immediately started scouring their desks of Pride flags, anything personal in nature,” after Kash Patel terminated him, David Maltinsky told The Advocate.

Gay former FBI official sues Kash Patel & Pam Bondi for Pride flag firing

David Maltinsky says he was illegally terminated in October for displaying a Progress Pride flag at his desk during the Biden administration.

Judge nixes Justice Department subpoena of telehealth trans health care provider

The Trump administration sought not to investigate but to intimidate QueerDoc, U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead wrote.

Donald Trump will not be running for a third term in 2028, and it has nothing to do with law or politics

Opinion: The bluster about a third term is more of a Trump-created distraction that seeks to promote strength in the face of the creeping inevitability of aging, writes John Casey.

Philadelphia hospital slams Trump's DOJ, saying it 'reverse-engineered' claims about gender-affirming care

Attorneys for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia say the government didn't bother fact-checking media reports or comparing care at other hospitals before trying to seize kids' medical records.

Donald Trump brags that ‘we took the freedom of speech away’

The First Amendment of the Constitution would like a word.

When shooters are MAGA and anti-LGBTQ+, the right suddenly loses its appetite for conspiracy theories

Opinion: A trans roommate becomes a national scandal, but MAGA shooters barely make the news, writes John Casey.

Pennsylvania families fight Trump Justice Department subpoenas for their trans kids’ private medical records

“If our Constitution means anything, it means that the federal government can’t rifle through your child’s medical records in order to intimidate you,” a lawyer for the families told The Advocate.

Maine fights Trump DOJ demand for identity of every student athlete in the state

The Maine Principals' Association said it won't expose personal information for students to assuage the fight against transgender participation in athletics.

U.S. Open proves if you want to know the measure of the man that is Donald Trump, count his friends

Opinion: “Want to go to the U.S. Open with me?” What choice did they have? Trump mistakes forced company for friendship, writes John Casey.

BREAKING: White House leans on GOPers in Congress to withhold Epstein files, says Rep. Robert Garcia

"What is Donald Trump hiding?" the gay California Democrat said.

Federal grand jury rejects DOJ indictment effort in D.C. Subway sandwich-throwing case

Sean Dunn, the gay man at the center of the case, has become a kind of folk hero.

University of Michigan latest hospital system to abandon trans minor patients & families after DOJ subpoena

Gender-affirming care remains legal in Michigan, but Donald Trump’s attack on trans people is making it harder to access.

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Trump DOJ demands private medical information of transgender patients

Attorney General Pam Bondi is leading the government intrusion into patients' privacy.

Justice Department employee charged & fired after throwing Subway sandwich at federal law enforcement officer

The bread wielding bandit had become an internet celebrity.

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Man accused of throwing a Subway sandwich at border agent in D.C. charged with felony

One person called it “assault with a deli weapon.”

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Trump’s ‘dictator-like’ D.C. takeover is an assault on democracy, critics warn

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s non-voting representative in Congress, condemned Trump’s move as “a federal power grab against the will of D.C.’s elected leadership.”

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Everyone Donald Trump has threatened since the Jeffrey Epstein scandal blew up in his face

From billion-dollar libel claims to wild payoff rumors, his blame list keeps growing. Here’s who’s on it.

The DOJ to Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘Pardon me, do you mind lying and denying for Donald Trump?'

Opinion: Only someone dumber than an oyster would believe that while the GOP hides for Trump, the Department of Justice isn’t dangling a pardon in front of Maxwell, writes John Casey.