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President Biden will sign an executive order "Advancing Equality for LGBTQI+ Individuals," the White House announced Wednesday.

U.S. retail sales in May saw their first drop in five months, as rampant inflation continued to terrorize consumers and upend markets, multiple outlets reported Wednesday.

Conservative media company The Daily Wire premiered its original Western film Terror on the Prairie, starring former Mandalorian actress Gina Carano, on Tuesday night.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci, 81, on Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health revealed in a statement.

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Microsoft has officially retired its web browser Internet Explorer nearly three decades after it launched. 

The company announced plans to end support for Internet Explorer last year, citing a focus on its newer web browser, Microsoft Edge — though it noted Edge will still include "Internet Explorer mode," allowing users to access "legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and applications." But in the next few months, users who open Internet Explorer will be redirected to Edge. Читать дальше...

James Patterson has apologized over his controversial remarks about white male writers being victims of racism in the publishing industry. 

Twenty senators — 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans — have announced an agreement on a framework for modest gun-control measures in response to the recent mass shootings at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. The deal calls for enhancing background checks on people from ages 18 to 21 before they can take possession of guns, and establishing a federal grant program encouraging states to adopt red-flag laws to keep firearms away from people with mental... Читать дальше...

The latest Pixar movie, Lightyear, includes the most prominent example of LGBTQ+ representation in a Disney animated film to date. Here's everything you need to know:

A bipartisan group of 20 senators announced Sunday that they had reached an agreement on what could become the first major piece of gun-control legislation in more than 25 years to be signed into law. Here's everything you need to know:

Nevada Republicans picked the more moderate candidate in Tuesday's primary for governor and U.S. Senate, but opted for election fraud conspiracist Jim Marchant to challenge Democrat Cisco Aguilar for a shot to run Nevada elections as secretary of state. Most of the big races are expected to be competitive in November due to a political environment seen favorable to Republicans.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is investigating a "challenge coin" that depicts white Border Patrol agents on horseback appearing to use their reins as whips to drive back Haitian immigrants seeking asylum in Del Rio, Texas, last September, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday. "Images of the incident led to a public outcry and national scandal." President Biden demanded accountability and the Department of Homeland Security launched an investigation into the treatment of migrants in Del Rio.

Republican Mayra Flores, a respiratory therapist, won Tuesday's special election in Texas' historically Democratic 34th Congressional District and will serve at least through the remainder of the term of Rep. Filomena Vela, who resigned earlier this year to take a job with the Akin Gump lobbying firm. Flores will be the first Mexican-born congresswoman. Dan Sanchez, the leading Democrat in the race, conceded defeat, blaming a lack of support from state and national Democrats. 

Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.) was defeated by state Rep. Russell Fry (R), The Associated Press projects, in one of two South Carolina primary races in which former President Donald Trump endorsed the challenger. Rice, who has represented South Carolina's 7th Congressional District for five terms, angered the former president and his supporters by voting to impeach Trump for fomenting the Jan. 6 Capitol siege. Ten House Republicans voted to impeach Trump, and Rice is the first to be unseated, though four decided not to seek reelection. Читать дальше...

Yellowstone National Park is closed through at least Wednesday after dangerous flooding conditions swept through the area, leaving a number of of tourists and residents stranded.