RALEIGH, N.C. — A potentially epic clash over transgender rights took shape Monday when North Carolina and the federal government sued each other over the state's new bathroom law. "This is not a North Carolina issue. It is now a national issue," North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican who is up for re-election in November, declared at a news conference. Billions of dollars in state aid for North Carolina — and a potentially landmark decision regarding the reach of the nation's civil rights laws — are at stake in the dispute. At issue is a fiercely disputed North Carolina law that says transgender people must use public restrooms corresponding to the...
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