The president-elect is preparing to return with what he and his Republican allies see as a mandate for governance.
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Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They’re flooding crisis hotlines.
The president-elect pledged to impose wide-ranging restrictions and roll back civil rights protections for transgender students.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump’s defense choice stuns Pentagon, raises questions about Fox News host’s experience
Pete Hegseth is opposed to programs that promote equity and inclusion, has questioned the role of women in combat and advocated pardoning service members charged with war crimes.
Posted inNation & World
Explosion at Kentucky business injures 11 workers, shatters windows in surrounding neighborhood
The explosion, which happened at Givaudan Sense Colour in Louisville, knocked out windows and blew in doors in nearby homes and businesses.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison
The Massachusetts Air National Guard member pleaded guilty earlier this year to 6 counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump’s hush money conviction
Prosecutors are considering how to proceed in light of last week’s election, while Trump’s lawyers are arguing for dismissal so he can run the country.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics, Religion and Values
Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments
U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles in Baton Rouge said the law had an ‘overtly religious’ purpose and is ‘unconstitutional on its face.’
Posted inNation & World, New England
Fire crews on both U.S. coasts battle wildfires
The Northeast has been experiencing prolonged dry conditions. In Massachusetts, one wildfire among several fueled by powerful wind gusts and dry leaves has burned around 400 acres some 10 miles north of Boston.
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Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to UN climate talks
In a year of weather extremes, four nations with more than 42% of all the world’s population – China, the U.S., India and Indonesia – do not have heads of state present.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump announces former ICE chief Tom Homan will be ‘border czar’
Trump said Homan, former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will have a role related to the border and the deportation of undocumented immigrants.