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State Department Email Probe Slams Hillary Clinton

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at the University of California, Riverside, in Riverside, Calif. A State Department audit has faulted

Hillary Clinton and previous top U.S. diplomats for poorly managing information and slowly responding to new cybersecurity risks.	  (AP Photo/John Locher)

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11 States Sue Over Obama School Transgender Directive 

PAUL J. WEBER                   ordinated and visible legal     threat to safety while be- escalation in the fast-mov- coming the civil rights issue
Associated Press                challenges by states over
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas      the socially divisive issue of  ing accused of discrimina- ing dispute over what is be- of the day.q
and 10 other states are su-     bathroom rights for trans-
ing the Obama administra-       gender persons.                 tion by supporters of trans-
tion over its directive toU.S.  The Obama administra-
public schools to let trans-    tion has “conspired to turn     gender rights. U.S. Attorney
gender students  use  the       workplace and educa-
bathrooms and locker            tional settings across the      General Loretta Lynch has
rooms that match their          country into laboratories
gender identity.                for a massive social experi-    previously said “there is
The lawsuit announced           ment, flouting the demo-
Wednesday includes Okla-        cratic process, and running     no room in our schools for
homa, Alabama, Wiscon-          roughshod over common-
sin, West Virginia, Tennes-     sense policies protecting       discrimination.”The White
see, Maine, Arizona, Loui-      children and basic privacy
siana, Utah and Georgia.        rights,” the lawsuit reads.     House had no comment
It asks a North Texas fed-      Many of the conservative
eral court to declare the       states involved had pre-        on the lawsuit. The Justice
directive unlawful in what      viously vowed defiance,
ranks among the most co-        calling the guidance a          Department said it would

                                                                review the complaint and

                                                                did not comment further.

                                                                Texas’ lieutenant gover-

                                                                nor has previously said the

                                                                state is willing to forfeit $10

                                                                billion in federal education     Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton walks away af-
                                                                                                 ter announcing Texas’ lawsuit to challenge President Obama’s
                                                                dollars rather than comply.      transgender bathroom order during a news conference in Austin,
                                                                The directive from the  U.S.

                                                                Justice and Education De- Texas, Wednesday May 25, 2016.

                                                                partments represents an          (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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