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The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.

“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue.

“It is about self-preservation and the limit of the state’s power to make a woman suffer for the sake of an unborn child,” the judge wrote.

President Donald Trump bombed at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Friday night. He knew he was bombing, too, and he even tried to meta-joke his way out of it.

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“The ability to prevent a deadly infectious disease is an extraordinary privilege,” writes infectious disease physician Krutika Kuppalli.