U.S.-Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., left, and her incoming Deputy Chief of Staff & Communications Director, Michaela Kurinsky-Malos, move out of McBride's Delaware State Senate office at the Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover, Del., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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DOVER, Del. (AP) — Sarah McBride made history in Delaware as the first openly transgender state senator in the United States. Now she's making history again, recently elected as the first openly trans member of Congress.
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U.S.-Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., hugs Delaware State Democrat Senator Laura Sturgeon from District 4 on the Senate floor during a special session, McBride's last day as a Delaware state senator, at the Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover, Del., Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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DOVER, Del. (AP) — It was her last day in session as a Delaware state senator, and Sarah McBride sat in her tiny office at the state Capitol, preparing farewell remarks.
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Balloon sellers wait for customers near Al-Hamidiyeh Souq on New Years Eve, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
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DAMASCUS (AP) — In Damascus, the streets were buzzing with excitement Tuesday as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to many to bring a promise of a brighter future after the unexpected fall of Bashar Assad’s government weeks earlier.
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Sour pickles sit in a bucket of brine at a stall at Picklesburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., Thursday, July 18, 2024. The festival, held just off the city's Market Square each year, brings pickle lovers and permutations of pickles together. (AP Photo/Ted Anthony)
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SHARPSBURG, Pa. (AP) — When did we know for sure?
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