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California is 1st state to ban school rules requiring parents get notified of child’s pronoun change
California became the first U.S. state to bar school districts from requiring staff to notify parents of their child’s gender identification change under a law signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law bans school rules requiring teachers and other staff to disclose a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without the child’s permission.
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Warren Buffett once told Barack Obama the wealthy should pay more tax — and that his wealth is partly down to luck
Warren Buffett complained he shouldn't pay a lower tax rate than his secretary, called out wealth inequality, and defended estate taxes.
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Clarence Thomas Couldn’t Cover $267,000 For An RV, But Wanted Patients To Pay Out Of Pocket For Life-Saving Care
The corruption allegations against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are only getting worse after a review discovered last week that the RV-loving, yacht-riding, jet-setting judge did not recuse himself from a 2004 health insurance case despite a clear conflict of interest.
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Baltimore officials sue to block 'baby bonus' initiative that would give new parents $1,000
Baltimore’s mayor and city council have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a proposal that would let voters decide whether to give all new parents a one-time $1,000 “baby bonus” meant to help alleviate childhood poverty from birth. It came not long after organizers secured the necessary 10,000 signatures to bring the question to voters as a ballot initiative in November. City leaders argue that the proposal is unconstitutional and should be blocked from the ballot because it would give voters too
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Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric plays a prominent role in first night of RNC
Some high-profile speakers on the first night of the Republican National Convention leaned into anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, doubling down on the party's 2024 platform, which calls for keeping "men out of women's sports" and ending "left-wing gender insanity."
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Atlanta man drives to South Carolina to lower Confederate flag on interstate, deputies say
An Atlanta man allegedly made a nearly three-hour-long trek to South Carolina to lower the Confederate flag that flies over I-85 south.
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What Republicans won't say and Democrats don't like to discuss about US inflation
If the deep split in U.S. politics makes characterizations of economic data a dependable tell about party affiliation, the coming Republican and Democratic conventions will put that phenomenon on steroids, amp it to 11, and leave little room for shades of gray. Republicans want things to seem bad and stoke sentiment against the incumbent Democratic party. Democrats want people to forget about the hardship high food and housing costs have caused on their watch, and put sticker shock in the cont
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