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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Ban on Transgender Troops

President Trump issued an executive order barring transgender service members from the military as part of a broader attack on transgender rights.

© Allison Robbert for The New York Times

If the justices accept the case, they could schedule oral arguments during the Supreme Court’s term that begins in October.
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Guide Company That Ran Fatal Ski Trip Faces Safety Fine in California

The state levied a $151,300 fine on Blackbird Mountain Guides, which took backcountry skiers into the Sierra Nevada in threatening conditions. Nine died in an avalanche.

© Max Whittaker for The New York Times

A vigil in Truckee, Calif., for the victims of the Sierra Nevada avalanche.
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter

A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

Rescued wild horses at Skydog Ranch and Sanctuary outside Prineville, Ore.
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