President Trump signed an executive order to end gender-affirming medical treatments for children under 19, restricting surgeries, hormone therapy, and other regimens, further diminishing social protections for transgender individuals and directing agencies to limit gender-related procedures. The order also targeted insurance coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act, aiming to halt some gender-affirming care, while instructing federal research and education grant recipients to refrain from providing such procedures. Civil rights groups condemned the administration’s actions, citing the life-saving benefits of gender-affirming care for trans youth, as the administration continued to portray these treatments in a negative light, with the order referring to procedures as “chemical and surgical mutilation.”
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Police in Maryland say a suspect is dead following a stabbing and fire on Easter
An officer-involved shooting occurred on Easter Sunday in National Harbor, Maryland, after police responded to a domestic stabbing incident where both victims had critical wounds. The suspect, who was known to the victims, fled the scene after setting fire to the apartment and was later confronted by officers while still armed with a knife, leading to them discharging their weapons, resulting in the suspect's death at a nearby hospital. The victims remain in critical but...
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