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First sister Valerie Biden Owens
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"I do love in hearing about your own career and your work on the campaigns, that you've been described as 'an iron fist in a cashmere glove,'" said "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell.
"Oh, that sounds pretty cool," replied Valerie Biden Owens. "I like that. I'll take that. Thank you. Do you want me to comment on that? (laughs) I'll just say thank you. I better leave it alone."
Owens may have the message control her big brother, President Joe Biden, sometimes lacks, but that doesn't mean she's afraid to speak her mind.
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Signaling a major shift in civil rights enforcement, the federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging gender identity discrimination, arguing that the cases now conflict with President Donald Trump's recent executive order, court documents say.