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In rejecting the claims of the LGBTQ+ community, the court is beginning to dismantle the sex-discrimination law through which Americans demand equality.

After the most expensive Democratic Senate primary of all time, all you can say is "records were made to be broken."

Test your knowledge of this week's big stories.

We're about to find out what he really means for the left.

Todd Blanche wants to take fundamental rights away from millions of women.

From Texas to New York, local communities are organizing against massive data centers, making their development a new political battleground.

Flu season is inevitable. This year's could be better.

This could finally turn the tide.

There are approximately 450,000 to 600,000 people returning home from federal and state prison each year, according to Prisonpolicy.org.

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