Tag: Policies & Impacts

Arizona County Sheriff Expecting Surge in Human Smuggling, Drug Trafficking With End of Title 42

FLORENCE, Ariz.—A southern Arizona county sheriff said he expects illegal U.S.-Mexico border crossings, drug, and human smuggling to increase “exponentially” following the end of Title 42. “While there is certainly an influx of people, this has been a disaster for a while,” Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb said in an interview with The Epoch Times…


Two Youths Commit Suicide in Taxpayer-Funded Cross-Sex Hormone Study

Lawmakers are demanding answers after the suicide deaths of two young people involved in a transgender hormone study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additionally, 11 participants reported suicidal thoughts during the study, according to a January article by researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). In a letter to Dr. Lawrence Tabak, acting…


Concerns Raised in Congress as 2 Youths Commit Suicide in Taxpayer-Funded Cross-Sex Hormone Study

Lawmakers are demanding answers after the suicide deaths of two young people involved in a transgender hormone study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additionally, 11 participants reported suicidal thoughts during the study, according to a January article by researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). In a letter to Dr. Lawrence Tabak, acting…


Drug Poisoning Victims’ Families Demand Legislative Action on National Fentanyl Awareness Day

Protesters gathered in front of California Sen. Toni Atkins’s (D-San Diego) office in San Diego on May 9—National Fentanyl Awareness Day—requesting the majority leader take a bipartisan fentanyl bill to the floor for a vote. Family members wearing t-shirts and carrying pictures of their deceased loved ones joined with advocacy groups in a unified call…


TORNADO Act Progresses, Seeks to Improve Forecasting and Warning Times

A bipartisan bill intent on bringing better understanding, increased forecasting and warning times for tornadoes and severe weather passed the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Wednesday, May 10. The TORNADO Act, short for Tornado Observations Research and Notification Assessment for Development of Operations, was reintroduced this year by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)…


Mental Health Care Key to Keeping Police Officers Safe at Work, Spokesperson Says

Sixty police officers in 28 states and the District of Columbia were killed by criminals in 2022. While this is an 8 percent decrease from the 73 killed in 2021, a spokesperson for the National Police Association (NPA) said the figures highlight the need for better funding of mental health services. With calls for police…


Florida Bans Diversity Programs and Pronouns

A set of Florida bills ban diversity, equity, and inclusion programs as well as the use of personal pronouns. On May 3, Florida’s Republican legislators passed a collection of bills that cut funding for diversity programs and banned teachers from using preferred pronouns or names that don’t correspond to their assigned birth sex. The sister…


Biden Family Received $10 Million in Payments From China, Foreign Interests: Congress

President Joe Biden is being accused of money laundering and influence peddling. This is the latest chapter in the Hunter Biden saga, where the president’s son was suspected of selling his father’s influence to foreign governments and businesses. On Wednesday, members of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a press conference. They detailed…


Parents Who Had Children Taken in Police Raid Sue Massachusetts in Federal Court

Two parents are suing state and local officials in Massachusetts in federal court for heavy-handed treatment during a bungled investigation into allegations of child abuse that were later discredited. The plight of the family received national attention in December 2022 when The Washington Post and Reason magazine told their tale. The family is represented by…


Nearly 73,000 Lose Medicaid Coverage in Arkansas as Pandemic Relief Expires

Nearly 73,000 Arkansans lost Medicaid coverage in April as pandemic-relief programs wind down nationwide. About 15 million people could lose Medicaid coverage around the country over the next year, as states start to determine eligibility for assistance after a provision under the 2020 federal COVID-19 public health emergency law expires in May. At least 93…