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Labor unions can now make direct political contributions to candidates. the decision expands the supreme court's landmark citizens united ruling that applied only to corporate spending on campaigning by independent groups. attempts to hash out an agreement on the debt ceiling hit another snag this week. but it wasn't between republicans and democrats. but between the former president and the obama administration. correspondent doug mcelway has the back and forth. >> as the senate leaves town for a week-long recess, tensions remain high over negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. evidence of t...

Labor unions can now make direct political contributions to candidates. the decision expands the supreme court's landmark citizens united ruling that applied only to corporate spending on campaigning by independent groups. attempts to hash out an agreement on the debt ceiling hit another snag this week. but it wasn't between republicans and democrats. but between the former president and the obama administration. correspondent doug mcelway has the back and forth. >> as the senate leaves town for a week-long recess, tensions remain high over negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. evidence of t...

Combat bullying, they brought in gender spectrum, an activist group whose mission is to create more gender sensitive environments for kids. >> true or false, animals have only two genders. >> these fourth graders were told in nature, things aren't always what they seem. some dolphins have both boy and girl parts and clown fish can switch genders. gender spectrum says that diversity applies to people, too. >> people can be girls. feel like girls. they can feel like boys. they can feel like both and they can even feel like if i said, kind of like music. >> critics say these lessons amount to ind...

Story was first reported, as we mentioned by "the hill" newspaper and finally, laura gordon of washington state is the dairy ambassador which means she promotes milk products all across the county. but she doesn't actually enjoy the dairy products she pitches because she is lactose intolerant. her body can't process milk unless she takes special pills. that is not stopping her from competing next month to be the washington state dairy ambassador. an anti-bullying and anti-discrimination program focused on gender diversity is drawing outrage from some conservative groups. claudia cowan takes a ...

That's too bad for you. you have got to act this way. and i don't care what you think. that can be very upsetting. >> reporter: the whole curriculum was very upsetting for some parents who kept their kids home. they didn't like these kids are taught there are more than two genders and sometimes people can fall in the middle. not all boy, not all girl, maybe a little bit of both, maybe neither. the school says this an effort to combat bullying. but cite, say this is indoctrination by activist groups. they say this could be seen in public schools pending legislation making teaching transgender t...