Obama Opens New Culture War With Transgender Rights Fight

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By Jordan Fabian
President Obama is opening a new front in the culture wars over gay and transgender rights — just in time for the 2016 elections.
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By David McCabe
Facebook is scrambling to contain the fallout from allegations that it has suppressed right-leaning political content on its powerful platform — a charge that hits at the social network’s image of neutrality.
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By Mike Lillis and Rafael Bernal
House Democrats are up in arms over the Obama administration’s plan for a new wave of deportations targeting asylum seekers denied refugee status.
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By Jordain Carney
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is pressing the Obama administration to call off a new round of reported immigration raids.
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By Cyra Master
President Obama hosted a state dinner Friday night at the White House to welcome the leaders of Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland.
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By Scott Wong
Former House Homeland Security Chairman Pete King (R-N.Y.) is refusing to apologize for using the racial slur “Japs” during an interview on MSNBC on Friday morning, saying people are “too politically correct.”
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By Harper Neidig
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Friday that he does not plan to be reimbursed for the millions of dollars in loans he has made to his campaign.
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By Jesse Byrnes
Hours after denying a Washington Post report that said he masqueraded as his own spokesman decades ago, Donald Trump on Friday reportedly hung up on reporters from the newspaper asking questions about the controversy.
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By Cyra Master
On Friday evening, House Speaker Paul Ryan said legislation to restructure Puerto Rico’s ailing finances will be introduced in the coming days.
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By Ben Kamisar
Ted Cruz is highlighting recent criticism from former House Speaker John Boehner in a new fundraising pitch for his 2018 Senate campaign.
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The New York Times: How much bad press does it take to cost Donald Trump a news cycle?
By Trip Gabriel
With few exceptions, Donald J. Trump’s week in the news was a blur of unflattering reports. But Mr. Trump somehow seemed to win the news cycle anyway.
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USA Today: Super PACs, donors ramp up activity to boost Donald Trump
By Fredreka Schouten
Republican Donald Trump, who has boasted about self-funding his campaign, is getting more financial help — whether he wants it or not.
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The Associated Press: For original Trump team, a moment to celebrate and reflect
By Jonathan Lemire
They were the core of the original Trump team, a small group of largely obscure political operatives who signed on a year ago for the seemingly quixotic presidential campaign of an oft-mocked celebrity businessman.
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The Wall Street Journal: Hillary Clinton looks to avoid convention fight as Bernie Sanders presses agenda
By Laura Meckler
Looking to avoid a messy Democratic convention this summer, people close to likely nominee Hillary Clinton predict she will give Bernie Sanders much of what he wants on the party’s platform. But at least for now, the Sanders forces are itching for a fight.
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The Washington Post: Libertarian Party faces a nomination fight in a #NeverTrump world
By David Weigel
As the Libertarian Party faces perhaps the biggest opening of its 40-year history, it’s hosting a contest between the amiable left-libertarian Gary Johnson, the youthful party activist Austin Petersen, and the larger-than-life anti-virus pioneer John McAfee.
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