
LGBTQ groups across the US consider a new flag meant to be more inclusive of the transgender community and people of color
CNN
Parts of the LGBTQ community are reckoning with the marginalization of certain groups, leading to more conversations and debates around the widespread adoption of the Progress Pride Flag.
This historic act of transgender resistance to the police, which happened three years before the Stonewall riots in 1969, was almost lost to history until Susan Stryker, an academic focused on LGBTQ issues, found a mention of the event in historical archives related to New York City's 1972 Pride March memorializing Stonewall. "The police tried to arrest one of the queens and they threw coffee in the cop's face," Stryker, who is currently the Barbara Lee distinguished chair in Women's Leadership at Mills College, told CNN. In that era, trans feminine women who dressed in what was considered women's clothing were called drag queens or queens, she said.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has told multiple associates and allies that there’s no chance he will bow to President Donald Trump’s calls for him to resign, vowing to withstand several more months of the president’s unprecedented, multi-pronged assault over Powell’s refusal to lower interest rates.

Former President Joe Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain, told staffers on the House Oversight Committee that former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised concerns to him in 2023 and 2024 about Biden’s political chances, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Ohio officer dies after shooter lying in wait ambushed police who parked to eat lunch, officials say
An officer in Ohio has died after a shooter lying in wait ambushed him and another officer as they parked to eat pizza in a remote, undeveloped area, Lorain police said Thursday.