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Bruce Springsteen performs at the AFI FEST 2025 Presented By Canva Opening Night "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on October 22, 2025 in Hollywood, California.
GOIN’ DOWN

Trump’s Rocker Nemesis Boosts Major Legal Fight Against Him

The rock star lent his popular song as a rallying cry to fight Trump’s proposed attack to overturn birthright citizenship.

Meera Navlakha

Gwyneth Paltrow defended her brand's vagina scented candle.
‘GO F*** YOURSELF’

Gwyneth Paltrow Defends ‘Punk Rock’ Vagina-Scented Candle

The actress explained why she chose to continue selling the candle, which started out as a joke.

Jasmine Venet

President Donald Trump lost three court cases in a single day on Thursday.
TRIPLE THREAT

Trump Humiliated by Judges as He Loses Three Cases in a Day

It was a rough day for the president as he suffers major setbacks to his agenda.

David Gardner

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth departs a presentation ceremony for the Commander-in-Chief Trophy to the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen football team in the East Room of the White House April 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
PAGE-TURNER

Military Brats Slap Hegseth With Lawsuit Over Book Removals

Twelve students are suing the defense secretary for removing nearly 400 books from their Pentagon school library.

Tom Sanders

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally at his golf resort in Doral, Florida, U.S., July 9, 2024.
CAN’T HIDE

Project 2025 Director in Old Interview: Trump’s ‘Bought In’

The man who oversees the Heritage Foundation’s 2025 Presidential Transition Project claims that the group has a “great” relationship with Trump.

Josephine Walker

Drag queens at a Pride parade in New York
FIRST AMENDMENT WIN

ACLU Wins Settlement Ending Drag Ban Ordinance in TN City

LGBTQ+ rights groups celebrated the win as a “rollback of a discriminatory policy” in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Amanda Yen

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A For Sale sign displayed in front of a home on February 22, 2023 in Miami, Florida.
‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’

Court Blocks Florida ‘Chinese Exclusion’ Ban to Own Property

Lawyers for the plaintiffs compared Florida’s law to “antiquated” 20th-century alien land laws that targeted Chinese immigrants.

Amanda Yen

Aerial view of  W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School in Massachusetts.
‘WHAT ARE WE DOING?’

Cop Conducts Search for ‘Gender Queer’ Book in Classroom

An ACLU attorney likened the search to being “the sort of thing you hear about in communist China and Russia.”

Josh Fiallo

Protesters at the Kentucky Capitol hold up signs in 2022.
‘ANGRY’

First Woman to Sue on Kentucky Abortion Asks to Dismiss Case

Jane Doe reportedly learned after she filed that her embryo lacked cardiac activity.

Chaya Tong

Protesters hold signs to vote no on Amendment 2, which would add a permanent abortion ban to Kentuckys state constitution
‘TO CONTROL HER BODY’

Woman Suing for Abortion Learns Her Embryo Has No Heartbeat

She filed a lawsuit on Friday over Kentucky’s six-week abortion ban.

Alex Nguyen

A group of people protest against individual armament outside the National Rifle Association (NRA) building in Fairfax, Virginia.
UNLIKELY ALLIES

A.C.L.U. to Defend National Rifle Association in Court

The two organizations have put aside their differences for the time being.

Mark Alfred

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