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Month: November 2024

Bill restricting school bathroom use by transgender students passes Ohio Senate, awaits governor’s signature

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The Ohio Senate on Wednesday greenlit a measure that would ban transgender students from using locker rooms and bathrooms associated with their gender identities. Senate Bill 104 passed 24-7 on a party-line vote. If signed into law by the state’s GOP governor, the Republican-backed legislation would require primary and

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Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats are grappling with how to handle transgender politics and policy following a campaign that featured withering and often misleading GOP attacks on the issue. There’s plenty of second-guessing after President-elect Donald Trump anchored his victory with grandiose promises on the economy and immigration. But Democrats also will not soon

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Q&A: ‘Love, Actually’ filmmaker Richard Curtis on charity, the Oscars and the state of rom-coms

AP Film Writer Richard Curtis is known for his contributions to romantic comedies with “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill” and “Love, Actually.” But writing and directing some of modern cinema’s most quotable scenes only occupy a portion of his professional life. Since a trip to Ethiopia in 1985 during the famine, Curtis has

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Trump elige al representante Matt Gaetz como su secretario de Justicia

urielblanco (CNN) — El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció este miércoles que eligió al representante republicano Matt Gaetz, de Florida, como su opción para secretario de Justicia. “Pocos temas en Estados Unidos son más importantes que poner fin a la armificación partidista de nuestro sistema de justicia”, escribió Trump en Truth Social

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Bohannan requests a recount in Iowa’s close congressional race as GOP wins control of House

Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Democrat looking to unseat an incumbent Republican in a close Iowa congressional race has asked for a recount. Democrat Christina Bohannan is requesting the recount in her bid against incumbent Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks to represent Iowa’s 1st District. The race is one of a handful yet

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