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Brazil: Former V.P. Takes Power as President Rousseff Vows to Fight Impeachment

In today's headlines, in Brazil former Vice President Michel Temer has taken power as interim president, after the Senate removed President Dilma Rousseff and begins impeachment proceedings over accusations she tampered with accounts in order to hide a budget shortfall, the Obama administration is sending out letters to school districts across the country saying students have the right under federal law to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity, Pope Francis says he’ll establish a commission to study whether women could serve as deacons in the Roman Catholic Church, and more.

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