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  • So for the supermajority to be effective, the Democrats must also have the Senate and 26 states must be Democratic for the constitutional amendment to become a reality. Right?

  • US judge upholds protections for LGBTQ students in first win for Biden administration

    A federal judge in Alabama on Tuesday refused to block the Biden administration from enforcing new anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ students in four Republican-led states, breaking with six other judges who have said the rules are invalid.

    U.S. District Judge Annemarie Axon in Birmingham in a 122-page ruling, opens new tab rejected various arguments that the four states led by Alabama made in challenging U.S. Department of Education regulations that say a federal law barring sex discrimination in education extends to gender identity.

    The regulations also bar harassment against LGBTQ students, such as refusing to use a transgender student's preferred pronouns, and changes the procedures schools must use in investigating accusations of student misconduct.

    Axon, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump, said the claims by the states and several conservative groups were conclusory and not backed by court precedent.

    "Although Plaintiffs may dislike the Department’s rules, they have failed to show a substantial likelihood of success in proving the Department’s rulemaking was unreasonable or not reasonably explained," Axon wrote.

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    Blinken arrives in Middle East to renew push for Gaza ceasefire

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday on a Middle East tour aimed at intensifying diplomatic pressure to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza this week to end the bloodshed between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.

    On his 10th trip to the region since the war began in October, Blinken will meet on Monday with senior Israeli leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a senior State Department official said.

    After Israel, Blinken will continue onto Egypt.

    The talks to strike a deal for a truce and return of hostages held in Gaza were now at an "inflection point", a senior Biden administration official told reporters en route to Tel Aviv, adding Blinken was going to stress to all parties the importance of getting this deal over the finish line.

    "We think this is a critical time," the official said.

    The mediating countries - Qatar, the United States and Egypt - have so far failed to narrow enough differences to reach an agreement in months of on-off negotiations, and violence continued unabated in Gaza on Sunday.

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    Chicago Sky announce plans for a $38 million training facility in Bedford Park: ‘It’s not shared. This is ours.’
    www.chicagotribune.com Chicago Sky announce plans for a $38 million training facility in Bedford Park: ‘It’s not shared. This is ours.’

    The Chicago Sky will break ground this fall on a purpose-built training center, delivering on team ownership’s promise to provide exclusive player facilities.

    Chicago Sky announce plans for a $38 million training facility in Bedford Park: ‘It’s not shared. This is ours.’

    The Chicago Sky will break ground this fall on a purpose-built training center, delivering on team ownership’s promise to provide exclusive player facilities.

    The $38 million facility will be built in partnership with the Village of Bedford Park and located next to the Wintrust Sports Complex just south of Midway Airport. The Sky expect construction to be completed by December 2025 and the 40,000-square-foot facility to be fully available for the 2026 WNBA season.

    For co-owner and operating chair Nadia Rawlinson, completion of this facility is a crucial step forward amid an era of rapid growth for women’s basketball.

    “We aren’t derivative of anyone,” Rawlinson said. “We stand on our own two feet. We are an organization that has our own needs, wants, desires, goals and outcomes that we’re driving toward that are uniquely ours.

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    Donald Trump is putting mass deportations at the heart of his campaign. Some Republicans are worried
    www.chicagotribune.com Donald Trump is putting mass deportations at the heart of his campaign. Some Republicans are worried

    Trump is putting immigration at the heart of his campaign and pushing the GOP towards a bellicose strategy that hearkens back to the 1950s.

    Donald Trump is putting mass deportations at the heart of his campaign. Some Republicans are worried

    “Mass Deportation Now!” declared the signs at the Republican National Convention, giving a full embrace to Donald Trump’s pledge to expel millions of migrants in the largest deportation program in American history.

    Some Republicans aren’t quite ready for that.

    Lauren B. Peña, a Republican activist from Texas, said that hearing Trump’s calls for mass deportations, as well as terms like “illegals” and “invasion” thrown around at the convention, made her feel uncomfortable. Like some Republicans in Congress who have advanced balanced approaches to immigration, she hopes Trump is just blustering.

    “He’s not meaning to go and deport every family that crosses the border, he means deport the criminals and the sex offenders,” Peña said.

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    US, Australia, Canada, Philippines stage naval and air force manoeuvers in disputed South China Sea
    apnews.com US, Australia, Canada, Philippines stage naval and air force manoeuvers in disputed South China Sea

    The United States, Australia, Canada and the Philippines staged joint air force and naval drills in what they said was a show of force to promote the rule of law in the disputed South China Sea, where China has increasingly asserted its territorial claims.

    US, Australia, Canada, Philippines stage naval and air force manoeuvers in disputed South China Sea
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