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Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is saying her Democratic colleague Ilhan Omar should be sent back to Somalia, while Omar says Mace needs help — all in a fight over Mace’s resolution to censure Omar that falsely claims Omar celebrated far-right activist Charlie Kirk’s death.

➡️ Free speech and censorship are common themes in today’s headlines, with our top story being Ben & Jerry’s cofounder Jerry Greenfield quitting the brand after being “silenced” on social justice issues by his parent company.

When President Donald Trump moved to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook this summer, he accused her of “potentially criminal conduct,” citing mortgage documents that appeared to show her pledging two different homes as her primary residence. But records show Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once made nearly identical declarations without consequence.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing—committed by a suspect who notably was not transgender—conservative leaders have seized the moment to escalate their war on LGBTQ+ people. Vice President JD Vance and Stephen Miller used the death to demand the dismantling of NGOs critical of Kirk. Far-right influencer Matt Walsh openly called for executions of …

The Democratic National Committee and several historically Black colleges and universities have been forced to evacuate or have locked down after receiving threats the day after far-right pundit Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at an event on a Utah campus.

The state of Iowa must pay $85,000 to a group of transgender students after they were barred from entering a restroom at the Capitol five years ago.

Candidates around the world have been demonizing LGBTQ+ people to win political favor — but the community hasn’t taken it lying down.

Over the last four years, LGBTQ+ people—especially transgender people—have been attacked from every angle: bans on healthcare, restrictions on bathrooms, even attempts to restrict driver’s license gender markers. But one of the earliest and most revealing features of this backlash was the push to strip books about queer and trans lives from classrooms and libraries. …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to let South Carolina enforce a law requiring public schools to bar transgender students from using restrooms aligned with their gender identity, leaving in place a lower court’s injunction that protects a 15-year-old boy in Berkeley County.

Charlie Kirk, who died Wednesday at 33 after being shot during an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem, founded the right-wing youth organization Turning Point USA in 2012, when he was only 18. He and the group eventually rose to be powerful influencers. Here is a breakdown of who Kirk was.