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Delaware Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride is the first transgender lawmaker elected to Congress. Democratic Masschusetts Rep. Bill Keating had a meltdown on Tuesday, during a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing, after the subcommittee's chairman called transgender Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride "mister." The exchange occurred during a hearing on arms control and U.S. assistance to Europe. The committee's chairman Keith Self cited a Trump administration order that only recognizes and identifies two genders, which is the person's biological gender. Self, a Texas Republican, introduced McBride, who was the first transgender lawmaker elected to Congress, as "the representative from Delaware, Mister McBride."...

In New York, adultery is no longer illegal. On Friday, Governor Kathy Hochul approved the repeal of 1907 legislation that forbade the conduct. The penal law of New York had previously stated that “a person is guilty of adultery when he/she engages in sexual intercourse with another person at a time when he/she has a living spouse, or the other person has a living spouse.” The law was considered a Class B misdemeanor if broken, which carries a sentence of up to three months. The New York State Senate referred to the law as “outdated,” labeling it Biblically based.“While I’ve...