By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill on Thursday that would remove protections for the transgender community even as dozens of protesters opposed the legislation. The bill aims to strip Iowa’s civil rights code of protections based on gender identity. If Iowa’s Republican Governor Kim Reynolds signs the bill into […]

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five former U.S. defense secretaries on Thursday condemned President Donald Trump’s “reckless” firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior officers and called on Congress to halt any confirmation of their successors. In a scathing letter, they also accused Trump of […]

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Education Department said on Thursday it launched a portal called “End DEI” where the public can complain about diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in publicly-funded K-12 schools. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The administration of Republican President Donald Trump has attempted to dismantle DEI initiatives since taking office on […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A stabbing suspect on the University of Virginia campus was arrested Thursday, and one person was taken to a hospital in critical condition, authorities said. Police on the Charlottesville campus responded to a report of a stabbing and sent out an emergency alert, saying a suspect was seen and fled on […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88. The death of the one-time chess prodigy was announced by the International Chess Federation, the game’s governing […]