National News at a Glance

Transgender People and Allies Protest Trump Plan

LGBT activists mobilized a fierce campaign that included a protest outside of the White House on Monday to say transgender people cannot be expunged from society, in response to a Trump administration memo that proposes a strict definition of gender based on a person’s genitalia at birth. The memo is the administration’s latest effort to roll back the recognition and protection of transgender people under federal civil rights law. Within hours, the hashtag #WontBeErased circulated on social media. Under the Department of Health and Human Services' proposal, any dispute about one’s sex would have to be clarified using genetic testing.

Oakland Police Will Stop Asking Recruits if They Were Sexually Assaulted

The mayor of Oakland, California, has ordered an end to a Police Department policy that required job applicants to disclose whether they had been sexually assaulted. Since at least 2012, the Oakland Police Department had used a form that allowed staff members to conduct background checks on recruits, including whether a person had been sexually assaulted, school transcripts, credit history and criminal records. The mayor also called for a “top-to-bottom review” of how the department recruited and hired “to ensure no other barriers discourage the hiring of women or minority applicants.”

Presiding Over the Harvard Admissions Trial: A Judge Who Was Rejected From Harvard

Judge Allison D. Burroughs, the daughter of a Harvard graduate, sought to be a Harvard graduate herself, but did not get in. Her rejection became an issue in the trial of Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College on Monday, when someone going by the name “Veritas in Diversitas” sent a mass email to the reporters covering the trial suggesting that Burroughs was biased against Harvard because the college had not accepted her. Before the email had been sent, Burroughs had disclosed in pretrial proceedings that she had applied to Harvard and been rejected.

Guard Shoots Man Who Forced His Way Into Washington TV Station

A security guard shot and wounded a man who forced his way into television station WTTG Fox 5’s building in Washington, police said Monday, stoking fears that journalists have become targets in a highly polarized political environment. The shooting occurred about 3 p.m. when the irate man, who was unarmed, kicked his way through two sets of glass doors to enter the lobby, police said. Nobody else was injured. Police declined to identify the man, was conscious and in stable condition when he was taken to a hospital. His motive was unknown, but he appeared to be angry and agitated.

The Day the West Wing Boiled Over Just Steps From the Oval Office

An argument in February between White House chief of staff John F. Kelly and Corey Lewandowski, an informal adviser to President Donald Trump, turned into a physical altercation that required Secret Service intervention just outside the Oval Office, people familiar with the events said. Kelly was widely hailed as the lone grown-up who could corral a staff full of bombastic and competing personalities. But he has shown little inclination to curb his own instinct for confrontation, from scuffling with a Chinese official during a visit to Beijing to a profanity-laced shouting match with national security adviser John R. Bolton.

Bodega Robbery Ends in Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Man

When Daniel Meeks, 32, jumped over a counter to rob a market in New York City late Sunday night, the store’s owner, Jin Jie Chen, 43, shot him in the face and then called 911, police said. Meeks had no weapon and was later pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center. There are no charges pending against Chen, the district attorney’s office said. Relatives of Meeks and some members of the community said the shooting marked another death of an unarmed black man by gun violence. Other residents, however, have sided with the bodega owner, arguing that he was defending himself.