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    News Wrap: DHS says agents in Alex Pretti shooting on leave

    Jan 28, 2026 11:50 PM EST

    ... supreme governor of the church. Mullally takes over and mid-divisions on issues like the role of women in the church and its treatment of LGBTQ people. And while her legal duties begin today, she will start her public-facing work after one final ceremony in March.Football fans are ...

  • Budapest's liberal mayor charged for organizing banned Pride event

    Budapest's liberal mayor charged for organizing banned Pride event

    Jan 28, 2026 10:47 PM EST

    BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Authorities in Hungary on Wednesday filed charges against Budapest's liberal mayor over his role in organizing a banned LGBTQ+ Pride event in the capital last year. Gergely Karácsony, who has led Budapest since 2019, had been the subject of a police investigation following the march on ...

  • Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, first woman to lead the Church of England

    Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, first woman to lead the Church of England

    Jan 28, 2026 10:41 PM EST

    But Mullally’s appointment may deepen rifts within the Anglican Communion, whose 100 million members in 165 countries are deeply divided over issues such as the role of women and the treatment of LGBTQ people. She will also have to confront concerns that the Church of England hasn’t done ...

  • Tense political climate spurs efforts for activists to reclaim the MLK holiday

    Tense political climate spurs efforts for activists to reclaim the MLK holiday

    Jan 19, 2026 07:19 PM EST

    ... are harmful, because they dismiss the hard work of King and others that helped not just Black Americans but other groups, including women and the LGBTQ+ community. “I think the Civil Rights Movement was one of the things that made our country so unique, that we haven’t always been ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court seems likely to uphold states' bans on transgender students playing school sports

    LISTEN: Supreme Court seems likely to uphold states' bans on transgender students playing school sports

    Jan 12, 2026 08:38 PM EST

    ... high-court arguments had been expected to focus on whether the sports bans violate the Constitution or Title IX. In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled LGBTQ people are protected by a landmark federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace, finding that “sex plays an unmistakable role ...

  • House easily passes spending package as lawmakers work to avoid another shutdown

    House easily passes spending package as lawmakers work to avoid another shutdown

    Jan 09, 2026 05:41 PM EST

    ... scores of policy riders that they say would have weakened gun safety regulations, expanded oil and gas leasing on federal lands and took aim at LGBTQ and racial equity policies. Importantly, Democrats said, the measure also includes legally binding spending requirements that restrain the White House's ability to withhold ...

  • Indonesia’s new penal code takes effect, marking historic break with colonial law

    Indonesia’s new penal code takes effect, marking historic break with colonial law

    Jan 02, 2026 05:39 PM EST

    ... article that would have criminalized gay sex, following opposition from civil society groups. The move was hailed as a rare positive outcome for Indonesia’s LGBTQ community. The revised code retains the death penalty, despite calls from rights groups to abolish capital punishment. However, it introduces a 10-year probationary ...

  • The notable lives we lost in 2025

    The notable lives we lost in 2025

    Dec 29, 2025 07:46 PM EST

    ... 20. James Dobson, 89. Founder of the conservative Christian ministry Focus on the Family, the child psychologist was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. Aug. 21. Ron Turcotte, 84. The Hall of Fame jockey rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973. Aug. 22. Angela Mortimer Barrett ...

  • Tracking how much of Project 2025 the Trump administration achieved this year

    Tracking how much of Project 2025 the Trump administration achieved this year

    Dec 24, 2025 11:47 PM EST

    ... Hegseth, the military has moved quickly to align itself with Project 2025’s objectives, with an emphasis on reducing health care access for women and LGBTQ+ service members and an effort to overturn policies tied to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). These changes have the potential to influence civilian policies ...

  • Bishop Ronald Hicks named new archbishop of New York

    Bishop Ronald Hicks named new archbishop of New York

    Dec 18, 2025 05:10 PM EST

    ... The Democrats Abandon Catholics.” Yet in 2023, he also wrote a letter of welcome to a conference at Fordham University celebrating outreach programs aimed at LGBTQ+ Catholics, and he welcomed LGBTQ+ participation in the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. Dolan has ties to the current Republican administration ...