Health Officials Struggle to Comply With D.E.I. and Gender Orders
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Health Officials Struggle to Comply With D.E.I. and Gender Orders

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Federal and state health officials and staff members scrambled on Friday to comply with a 5 p.m. deadline by the Trump administration to terminate any programs that promote “gender ideology,” and to withdraw documents and any other media that may do so. Federal…

Trump Moves Toward Pushing Openly Transgender People Out of Military
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Trump Moves Toward Pushing Openly Transgender People Out of Military

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Monday moved toward pushing openly transgender people out of the military, directed the Pentagon to end diversity programs and ordered the reinstatement of many service members dismissed for refusing the coronavirus vaccine as he sought to reshape America’s armed forces….

Tulsi Gabbard’s Unorthodox Path to Trump’s Intelligence Team
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Unorthodox Path to Trump’s Intelligence Team

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Anita van Duyn, a former retail entrepreneur who left Science of Identity in 1994 after more than a decade in the group and knew Ms. Gabbard as a young woman, has written a letter to members of Congress warning that Ms. Gabbard is…

Thailand Starts Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage
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Thailand Starts Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Twelve years ago, the Thai couple headed to the marriage registrar’s office to take part in a mass wedding ceremony on Valentine’s Day in Bangkok. Rungtiwa Thangkanopast wore a long white dress, and her partner, Phanlavee Chongtangsattam, a black tuxedo. Officials welcomed them….

‘Deadly Conspiracy’ Described at Trial of 3 Charged in Gay Bar Murders
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‘Deadly Conspiracy’ Described at Trial of 3 Charged in Gay Bar Murders

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The two men went to Midtown gay bars and nightclubs in 2022, just as New York City’s nightlife was booming again after the pandemic. They became victims — fatally drugged and robbed by men “waiting in the wings to target them,” prosecutors said…

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and others to discuss the company’s approach to online speech. He had decided…

Anita Bryant, Whose Anti-Gay Politics Undid a Singing Career, Is Dead at 84
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Anita Bryant, Whose Anti-Gay Politics Undid a Singing Career, Is Dead at 84

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Anita Bryant, the singer and former beauty queen who had a robust and flourishing music career, including hit songs like “Paper Roses,” in the 1960s and ’70s, but whose opposition to gay rights — she called homosexuality “an abomination” — virtually destroyed her…

Judge Rejects Biden’s Title IX Rules, Scrapping Protections for Trans Students
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Judge Rejects Biden’s Title IX Rules, Scrapping Protections for Trans Students

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge in Kentucky on Thursday struck down President Biden’s effort to expand protections for transgender students and make other changes to the rules governing sex discrimination in schools, ruling that the Education Department had overstepped and violated teachers’ rights by requiring…

Pentagon Reaches Settlement With Veterans Dismissed Over Sexuality
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Pentagon Reaches Settlement With Veterans Dismissed Over Sexuality

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Defense Department has reached a sweeping settlement with tens of thousands of people who were dismissed from military service because of their sexual identity, potentially paving the way for veterans to upgrade their discharge status and receive a range of benefits they…