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Erica Jarrell-Searcy of the United States carries the ball through a tackle during the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 match between the United States and Samoa at LNER Community Stadium, Monks Cross, York, on September 6, 2025.

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Federal workplace rights agency says Trump’s government can limit transgender employees’ bathroom usage

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The federal agency that protects employees from workplace harassment said federal workers can be forced to use the bathroom that the government says they can use.

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The federal government’s chief workplace civil rights agency has reversed course on one of its most consequential transgender rights precedents, allowing federal agencies to bar trans employees from using restrooms that align with their gender identity. Keep Reading →

Lyft steps in to offer rides after Kansas voids transgender residents’ driver’s licenses

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Rideshare company Lyft is offering rides to people in Kansas who may be unable to drive after the state invalidated transgender residents' driver’s licenses.

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Retired Space Force colonel warns Trump’s Iran strikes are ‘reckless adventurism and distraction’

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An NBC News live feed airs a clip from U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social video announcement in the White House James S. Brady Press Briefing Room on February 28, 2026, in Washington, DC.

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Heroic Chicago trans comedian recalls saving infant from ice-cold Lake Michigan: ‘I guess I’m going in’

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Comedian Lio Cardiff jumped into Lake Michigan to save an infant who fell into the freezing cold water.

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