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Politics
Dreher urges Army deployment and deportations in France
Dreher posted as inflation protests in France brought clashes, looting and fires, six months before elections to replace President Emmanuel Macron.
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Family
Gina Hinojosa voted against Texas parents three times
The Abbott campaign’s Oct. 17 video targets Hinojosa over parental oversight, while Texas families need candidates to answer who directs a child’s education and care.
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Children are not products. Arcadia demands limits on surrogacy
At an October 16 bail hearing, prosecutors described children kept indoors for years, sharpening the case for Congress to put child safeguards ahead of commercial surrogacy.
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Bonneville is right to make school bathroom rules clear for staff
Bonneville trustees directed the superintendent to require staff certifications, bringing employee practice into line with Idaho’s school bathroom privacy law.
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Culture
Oregon Took a Daughter After Her Mother Refused to Affirm Gender Identity
Oregon's removal of Nicole Calaway's daughter and its child-abuse finding now face a federal challenge over whether parents can refuse to affirm a child's transgender identity.
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Children need online safeguards beyond ChatGPT’s promises
Eight state attorneys general have sued while the Kids Online Safety Act remains stalled, leaving parents with company assurances instead of enforceable protections.
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Scott Colom Says He Was 'Never For' Surgery on Kids. He Signed a Pledge Calling Mississippi-Style Bans Unconstitutional.
As Colom challenges Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, voters hear him oppose surgery on children while rejecting criminal prosecution of doctors who perform it.
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News
Vehicle drives onto Wichita soccer field, killing child and adult
Police say a child and an adult were killed and others injured; Wichita canceled all events at the complex as investigators work to determine what happened.
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