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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Protecting Transgender Students, Assassination in Syria, IMF on Brexit

The Obama administration warns public schools about civil-rights violations, a top Hezbollah commander is killed in Damascus, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde speaks out, and more.
Source: Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

What We’re Following: A Bold Move for Transgender Rights

The U.S. Education and Justice Departments sent a letter Friday to every public-school district in the country notifying school administrators that discrimination against transgender students violates federal civil-rights law. The letter comes amid a national debate on transgender rights and legislation targeting their bathroom usage in several states.

Mustafa Amine Badreddine, Hezbollah’s senior-most Friday in an explosion near Damascus, the Lebanese Shia militia group said in a statement on the TV station it operates. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for Badreddine’s death.

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