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DeSantis wants to expand "Don't Say Gay"

"It was never about 'protecting children,'" opponent says

Salon

Florida rule could restrict class instruction on sexual orientation through 12th grade

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida middle school and high school teachers would be further restricted from teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity under a proposed rule backed by the DeSantis administration that, if approved, would go beyond what state law currently requires.

Miami Herald

‘Completely, utterly wrong’: White House and LGBT+ advocates condemn Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ expansion

The DeSantis administration wants the controversial law to impact all grade levels, as state lawmakers introduce a raft of bills to criminalise gender-affirming care

The Independent UK

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White House says sanctions against Uganda possible over anti-gay law

Biden is watching situation ‘closely’, press secretary said on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Watch as White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds Wednesday briefing

Watch as Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, holds Wednesday’s daily briefing.

The Independent UK

Editorial: Biden's approval of an Alaska oil project merits left's complaints of hypocrisy

President Joe Biden is trying to pull a fast one. His approval of the Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope runs contrary to everything he has promised Americans — and the world — about protecting the environment, confronting climate change and reducing America’s dependence on fossil fuels. No…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Watch as White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds briefing

Watch as White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds Tuesday’s briefing.

The Independent UK

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Reporter who caused chaos in White House tells Tucker Carlson he’s looked down on because he’s Black and not rich

Simon Ateba is the White House reporter for Today News Africa and often disrupts briefings

The Independent UK

Uproar at White House press briefing as reporters turn on journalist who held up Ted Lasso cast appearance

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre threatened to end the press conference

The Independent UK

Haaland criticized over ‘difficult’ choice on Willow project

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is facing criticism from political allies after the Biden administration approved a contentious oil drilling project in Alaska

The Independent UK

Niall Horan 'honoured' ahead of White House performance for St Patrick's Day

Hitmaker Niall Horan has taken to social media to share his delight after being asked to perform for Joe Biden at the upcoming St Patrick's Day celebrations at The White House

Daily Mirror

Pence aide mocks White House for demanding he apologise to Buttigieg over maternity leave ‘joke’

‘Biden administration should spare America the faux outrage’

The Independent UK

White House rebukes Mike Pence over homophobic jokes about Pete Buttigieg

Former vice-president took aim at transportation secretary for taking maternity leave and joked about postpartum depression

The Guardian - US

Biden to propose tax hike on billionaires’ investment income in 2024 budget

Mr Biden’s budget proposal will reportedly cut $3 trillion from the US budget deficit

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Biden looks to back GOP into corner with deficit-slashing budget plan

Mr Biden’s budget proposal will reportedly cut $3 trillion from the US budget deficit

The Independent UK

A group of childhood friends took a trip to Mexico. Only two made it out alive

LaTavia “Tay” McGee and Eric survived a terrifying abduction in Matamoros, but by the time Mexican authorities rescued them from a “stash house” four days later, their friends Zindell Brown and Shaeed Woodard had been killed before their eyes. Andrea Blanco reports

The Independent UK

Iran announces arrests over schoolgirl poisonings – but provides few answers as mystery remains

Officials provide vague and contradictory statements over suspected poisonings that have sparked outrage across the country

The Independent UK

What happened to the four Americans ensnared in a deadly Mexico cartel kidnapping?

Four US citizens were ambushed and taken hostage in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, after crossing into Mexico for a cosmetic surgery procedure. Four days later, two of them were found dead and two were rescued. Andrea Blanco and Joe Sommerlad report

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Orlando Free Fall ride to be removed nearly year after teen's death

Al Jazeera

US vice president voices support for Texas abortion lawsuit

Five Texas women have filed a lawsuit against the state alleging its abortion bans have led to a ‘healthcare crisis’.

The Independent UK

Florida’s latest anti-abortion law will nearly eliminate access across the South

Most abortions are banned across the deep South. New restrictions in Florida threaten access for millions of Americans in a state that has been a refuge for care

Tribune News Service

2 SC survivors of Mexico kidnapping identified; remains of 2 who were killed not returned yet

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two of four South Carolina natives kidnapped in Mexico were being treated in a Brownsville, Texas, hospital Tuesday, while State Department officials worked to have the remains of the two who were killed returned, officials say.

Tribune News Service

Sohn withdraws after Manchin opposes her FCC confirmation

Gigi Sohn withdrew her nomination to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission after Sen. Joe Manchin III on Tuesday said he would oppose her confirmation.

The Independent UK

Photos show rescue of two American tourists from drug cartel stash house as dead friends identified

Latavia ‘Tay’ Mcgee was unharmed while Eric Williams suffered a gunshot wound on his right leg but is expected to recover, Mexican officials said

Tribune News Service

2 survivors of Mexico kidnapping back in US; remains of 2 killed not returned yet

Two of four people kidnapped in Mexico after traveling from South Carolina have arrived in the United States, while the remains of the two who were killed are in the process of being returned, officials say.

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