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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that's unlikely to alter a decades-long push for gender equality. "The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land," Biden said even though presidents have no role in the constitutional process. He did not direct the leader of the National Archives to certify the amendment, as some activists have called for, sidestepping a legal battle. It was the latest in a c...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with a sweeping rejection by American voters, Kamala Harris conceded the presidential election to Donald Trump on Wednesday and encouraged supporters to continue fighting for their vision of the country. The Democratic vice president said the battle would continue "in the voting booth, in the courts and in the public square." "Sometimes the fight takes a while," she said at Howard University, her alma mater, where she had hoped to make a victory speech after the election. "That doesn't mean we won't win." Harris' d...
