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It’s time to ditch the oversimplified theory that trans people just want to pee in peace - #the

Trans people are more visible now than ever before, says Niko Stratis. But we’ve stalled on turning that visibility into nuanced discussions. - #to -

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Under pressure from a conservative advocacy group, The Hallmark Channel has pulled ads for a wedding-planning website that featured same-sex couples, including two brides kissing, the AP reports. The family-friendly network, which is in the midst of its heavily watched holiday programming, removed the ads because the controversy was a...

Trump Attends Army-Navy Game, Delivers Big News
President Trump showed up at the Army-Navy football game Saturday and gave players a bit of news: They can defer their military service to play pro ball, Fox News reports. "So what we're doing now is you’ll go out and you'll make a fortune," Trump said in the Army locker...

Trump plans announcement of Afghan troop drawdown
President Trump plans to announce the drawdown of some 4,000 troops from Afghanistan as early as next week, official sources told NBC News. The US has between 12,000 and 13,000 troops in Afghanistan now. It was unclear when the troop withdrawal would begin. Talks between US peace negotiators and the Taliban, which controls nearly half...

Mum diagnosed with tumour 'harder to treat than cancer' while 30 weeks pregnant
Danielle Beaton, 25, from Forres, north Scotland, was told she had a dangerous 11cm tumour growing in her lung after undergoing an x-ray and had to deliver her daughter Anna by caesarean section four weeks early

Emily Thornberry denies 'utter lie' that she called voters 'stupid' over Brexit
Caroline Flint claimed Emily Thornberry told a Labour candidate "I’m glad my constituents aren’t as stupid as yours" - but the Shadow Foreign Secretary blasted her allegation as a "total and utter lie"

KY Gov. Beshear to restore voting rights to 100k former felons
This week Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed an executive order to restore voting rights to more than 100,000 residents with convictions in their past.

Memo to Trump: You’re the one who needs to grow up
President Trump tweeted angrily at 16-year-old climate activist and Time magazine ‘Person of the Year’ Greta Thunberg, telling her to “work on her anger management problem” and “chill.”

Man dies after being struck by Luas
A cyclist has died after being struck by a Luas in Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

Snow and ice warning for country is extended
Met Éireann has extended its snow and ice warning until tomorrow morning.