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Jasmine Crockett Says America "Owes Black Women Everything" at Essence Festival

Right-leaning outlets amplified the Fourth of July weekend remarks, prompting rapid online backlash and renewed focus on her political standing.

Pritzker Signs More Than 60 Bills Expanding Consumer Protections, Health Care and State Environmental Control

Federal Court Upholds $140,000 Defamation Award Against Mark Latham

Rep. Andy Ogles Deletes Anti‑Gay X Post After Bipartisan Backlash

Barney Frank, in Hospice, Urges Democrats to Temper Divisive Litmus Tests

EU’s Top Court Rules Hungary’s LGBT Content Law Illegal

Karnataka Clears Rohit Vemula Bill as Telangana Launches Drafting Panel

Chhattisgarh Sets Up Panel to Draft Uniform Civil Code, Cuts Property Fees for Women

Berlin Marks Roma Day With Flag Raisings as Officials Warn of Entrenched Anti‑Roma Bias

AIMPLB to Challenge Gujarat’s Uniform Civil Code Bill as BJP Extends Push to Other States

Amit Shah Pledges Uniform Civil Code for Assam With Ban on Multiple Marriages

Knesset Restores Rabbinical Courts’ Power to Arbitrate Civil Disputes

French Lawmaker Jérôme Guedj Files Police Complaint Over Swastika Graffiti on Office Poster

Gujarat Tables Uniform Civil Code Bill, Mandates Live-In Registration

USPS Issues 'Lowriders Forever' Stamps Honoring Chicano Automotive Art

Iowa Preempts Local Civil-Rights Rules as Reynolds Signs Law Taking Immediate Effect

House Panel Seeks Briefing From Evanston Mayor Over Northwestern Encampment Police Refusal

Chicago City Council Adopts IHRA Antisemitism Definition as New York Debate Intensifies

Spain Approves Draft Law to Criminalize Nonconsensual Deepfakes

Russia Enables Optional ERN Passport Stamp as New Rules on Voluntary Marks Take Effect