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SCOTUS ruling prompts fear, criticism from LGBTQ community leaders
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- LGBTQ+ advocates, and the dissenting Supreme Court judges, fear the recent Supreme Court ruling on free speech has opened the door to encourage discriminati...
Jul 01, 2023
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan debt forgiveness program
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Friday struck down the Biden administration's program to forgive student loan debt for more than 43 million American borrowers. In a 6...
Jun 30, 2023
Supreme Court rules for website designer in case involving free speech, LGBTQ+ protections
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for an evangelical Christian website designer in a case involving whether creative businesses can refuse to serve LGBTQ+ cu...
Jun 30, 2023
GOP hopefuls to address prominent, controversial group questioning what's taught in schools
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A handful of Republican presidential candidates hope to boost their bona fides with a prominent conservative parents' rights group this weekend, as the approp...
Jun 30, 2023
George Santos set for first court appearance after pleading not guilty to 13 counts
OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Embattled Rep. George Santos is set to appear in court Friday morning in his first court appearance since pleading not guilty last month to a 13-coun...
Jun 30, 2023
Supreme Court to rule on student loans, LGBTQ+ protections in final day of opinions
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Friday will hand down its final opinions of the term, including highly-anticipated decisions on student loan forgiveness and free speech ...
Jun 30, 2023
Marianne Williamson defends leadership, pushes back on claim of ‘uncontrollable rage’
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Marianne Williamson, the Democratic presidential candidate, popular speaker and bestselling author of self-help books who is mounting a dark horse primary challenge to Pre...
Jun 29, 2023
Biden slams SCOTUS affirmative action decision: 'Discrimination still exists in America'
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted the Supreme Court ruling setting new limits on affirmative action as a "severe disappointment," saying, "we ca...
Jun 29, 2023
Sarah McBride could be 1st openly trans person in Congress, but her focus is on results for Delaware
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival(DOVER, Del.) -- Sarah McBride is used to being first. She was the first openly transgender person to work in the White House, the first to spe...
Jun 29, 2023
Students react to landmark Supreme Court affirmative action decision
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Students debated the fairness of a landmark Supreme Court decision on Thursday that sets new limits on race as a factor in admissions to public and private colleges and univ...
Jun 29, 2023
