WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a letter advising health care providers, risk managers, and state medical boards to immediately update treatment protocols for minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The agency cited findings from a comprehensive review that questioned the safety and effectiveness of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries used on children and adolescents.

The letter, signed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., references the HHS’s “Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices,” published May 1. According to the review, these interventions are based on “weak evidence” and carry “significant risks,” including infertility, impaired bone density, cardiovascular disease, and adverse mental health outcomes.

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“Health care providers are reminded that when medical interventions pose unnecessary, disproportionate risks of harm, they should refuse to offer them, even when requested or demanded by patients,” the letter states.

Click here to read the entire report by HHS.

The review criticizes international guidelines such as the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care Version 8 (SOC-8), calling them ideologically driven and lacking scientific rigor. It also notes that no international body conducting systematic reviews endorsed WPATH or Endocrine Society guidelines due to their “lack [of] developmental rigour and transparency.”

HHS emphasized its legal obligation to protect children from harm and pointed to growing international concerns, including recent restrictions in the U.K., Sweden, and Finland on medicalized gender treatments for youth. The agency instead recommends prioritizing psychotherapy and other non-invasive approaches.

Additionally, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reminded providers of their duty to adhere to the highest standards of care and whistleblower protections for those reporting abuses in HHS-funded programs were reinforced earlier this year.

Kennedy urged providers to review the findings and revise their clinical practices accordingly. “Our nation’s children must be protected from harmful interventions,” he wrote.

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WASHINGTON D.C. - A group funded by Alexander and George Soros’s network of left-wing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is behind a lawsuit that is now preventing President Donald Trump from deporting violent criminal illegal aliens to South Sudan.

In March, Human Rights First joined two other organizations in suing the Trump administration on behalf of illegal aliens with final deportation orders. The lawsuit claims that a directive from Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) permitting illegal aliens to be deported to countries that are not their home countries is unlawful.

Human Rights First, which is also behind a lawsuit to preserve former President Joe Biden’s parole pipeline for migrants, has deep financial ties to the Soros network, now run by Alex Soros, George Soros’s second-youngest son. Click here to read more.

 

CLARK COUNTY, Wash. - Officials in Oregon are warning people and pet owners about some local waterways that have tested positive for a new type of toxic algae.

A family’s dog died after coming into contact with the algae.

It was October, the last boating day of the season.

The Pang family was taking their boat out on the Columbia River, and their Kavapoo, Cedar, was with them.

“I saw Cedar, he was out. I was watching him the whole time, and he was out kind of playing with my, she was four at the time, my 4-year-old, and they were kind of digging playing in the sand together,” Elise Pang said.

Pang said she noticed her 2-year-old dog had a sick look in his eyes. He collapsed right in front of them, and it all went downhill from there.

“I pretty much immediately started doing CPR on him,” she said.

Cedar was already gone by the time his family raced him to the vet. Test results later showed he died from toxic algae that officials did not even know was in the Columbia River. Click here to read more.

 

CHICAGO, IL - Next to inflation, Americans ranked housing as their top financial worry in a Gallup survey last May. It’s only gotten worse. January home sales were down 5% from last year’s dismal numbers. Record numbers of first-time buyers are stuck on the sidelines as housing affordability stands at the lowest level ever recorded, while one in three Americans now spend over 30% of their income on mortgage or rent.

The housing crisis is not just an American problem, but a global phenomenon that hits the middle and working classes the hardest. Studies of the Canadian, British, European, and East Asian markets have also found that housing prices have risen far faster than household incomes and inflation. A report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development concluded that “housing has been the main driver of rising middle-class expenditure.” In prosperous and communitarian Switzerland, Zurich studios sell for well over $1 million, and small houses even more, making downpayments unaffordable to affluent people despite the overwhelming financial advantages to homeowners. Click here to read more.

 

BOSTON, MASS - On Monday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration was considering giving $3 billion in grant money initially slated for Harvard to trade schools.

This comes right after he tried to block foreign students from attending the school. That move was initially halted by a court, but there is plenty of reason to believe Harvard and other schools are violating federal law and are admitting foreign students who are connected to terrorist groups.

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And if they are and the order stands it won’t be good for Harvard’s current model since 27% of the school’s enrollment is foreign and that’s where it makes a lot of its money.

On Tuesday, Trump tripled down. An administration official said Tuesday that all direct federal aid to the Ivy League school will be stripped. Click here to read more.

 

MARENGO, Ohio — A sheriff’s deputy in Ohio who responded to a domestic violence call at a home was fatally shot by a suspect who was wounded, authorities said.

The Morrow County Sheriff’s office said the shooting occurred Monday night in the town of Marengo, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Columbus. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Sheriff John Hinton identified the deputy as Daniel Sherrer, 31, who had served with the department since May 2021.

Sherrer “always had a smile on his face, never in a bad mood,” Hinton said. He noted the death was a tough blow for the department but said everyone came into work Tuesday because “that’s what we have to do, it’s what he would have wanted.”

In a statement posted on the department’s Facebook page, Hinton said Sherrer was shot shortly after he arrived at the home. The deputy and the suspect were both taken to a hospital, where Sherrer was pronounced dead a short time later.

The sheriff said Tuesday he has not yet viewed body camera footage of the shooting, so he could not provide further details about what occurred. Click here to read more.

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NASHVILLE, TN - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Two federal committees will be conducting an investigation into Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell for allegedly “aiding and abetting” illegal immigration, Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles announced on Monday.

The Congressman, along with a gaggle of Tennessee elected officials at the state level and representatives from law enforcement agencies, announced the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees will look into the mayor, his conduct and whether or not the city used federal dollars “in criminal enterprise” related to immigration.

“I will not back down. I will not relent. I will always stand with law enforcement,” Ogles said during a Memorial Day press conference inside the state capitol building. “I want my community, and I want my country back.”

The investigation stems an ongoing escalation between community members and federal immigration authorities. Ogles called for an investigation into the mayor’s office after O’Connell criticized a “joint safety operation” conducted by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials and troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol at the beginning of May. Click here to read more.

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WASHINGTON D.C. - FDA Commissioner Marty Makary says the “Make America Healthy Again” report on potential causes of chronic diseases in American children calls for a shift from a “reactionary” to a “proactive” healthcare system in the United States.

The Trump administration official, who appeared for “Sunday Morning Futures” interview with Fox News anchor Jackie DeAngelis, argues that more focus should be placed on food and environmental toxins rather than fixating on drugs and treatments.

“Scientists have been waving the flag for years, saying you have got to look at this body of scientific data. And the modern medical establishment really has been disconnected. We have been so busy focusing on treatment, on billing and coding in a high-throughput model,” Makary said. Click here to read more.

 

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas family is suing Airbnb after finding a camera hidden in a smoke detector on one of their trips.

“I looked at my wife and I said, ‘That’s a damn video camera,’” Eliot Young remembered. “And she thought I was crazy and said I was paranoid.”

Young, his wife and their two teen sons flew to Scottsdale, Arizona, for MLB spring training, rest and relaxation last year.

But Young says after unpacking and lying down, the smoke detector right over the bed made him uneasy.

After a Google search the next morning, Young found the exact same smoke detector with a hidden camera online.

“I reached up, pulled the camera down and confirmed it had an SD card slot. It was Wi-Fi accessible,” Young said. Click here to read more.

 

CALICO ROCK, Ark. — A former police chief in Arkansas who is serving decades-long sentences for murder and rape escaped from prison Sunday, state corrections officials said.

Authorities said Grant Hardin, the former police chief in the town of Gateway, was serving a 30-year sentence for first degree murder. ADOC said Hardin was also serving an additional sentence for rape.

The Arkansas Department of Corrections said Hardin was wearing a makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement when he escaped. Officials said Hardin was not wearing a Department of Corrections uniform, and all DOC-issued equipment has been accounted for.

Officials are investigating the events leading up to his escape.

"The Benton County Sheriff's Office is taking every step to assist the Arkansas Department of Corrections in locating Hardin," Lt. Shannon Jenkins said. "Hardin has strong ties to Benton County and we will be on high alert." Click here to read more.

 

NEW YORK, NY - Financial privacy has attracted increased attention in recent months for both better and worse. In some ways, it seems the concerns held by privacy activists are finally being heard. In other ways, it seems that government officials are doubling down even further on decades-old mistakes. So, let’s take a few minutes to review what the government has been doing.

Surveillance at the Border

Starting with both good news and bad news, there have been significant developments at the southern border. The Trump administration called for surveillance of cash transactions over $200 back in March. Since then, however, the Institute for Justice and the Texas Association of Money Services Businesses took the issue to court. Both organizations secured temporary restraining orders after explaining that the costs of the new surveillance requirements would mean the end of many small businesses. Click here to read more.

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