‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgery Leaves People Lonelier and Depressed, Study by Transgender Surgery Department Chairman Finds

The head of a facility that carries out so-called “gender-affirming care” has published a study confirming that transgender surgeries do not improve mental health and make people feel lonelier than those who avoided surgical intervention altogether. “In our study, the level of life satisfaction in transgender people was not increased in transgender people who had undergone gender-affirming surgery as compared to those who were unoperated,” says a study published Tuesday in BMC Public Health, a peer-reviewed scientific journal. “[O]ur data indicate that transgender and gender-diverse people, who have undergone gender reassignment surgery…

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Chairman McCaul threatens to hold Secretary of State Blinken in contempt of Congress

The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for not turning over confidential messages from career diplomats. Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Blinken hasn’t complied with a subpoena demanding access to so-called dissent channel cables from State Department personnel during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The dissent channel serves as a forum for diplomats to critique department policy decisions. McCaul said a State Department briefing last month on the content of those cables fell short…

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Trump cannot fire Fed Chairman Powell: Morgan Stanley – CNBC

CNBC Trump cannot fire Fed Chairman Powell: Morgan StanleyCNBCU.S. law says Fed officials — and those of other independent agencies — can be "removed for cause," according to a report by The Washington Post on Wednesday. The "cause" often means more than a policy disagreement with the president, the Post added …US President Trump says again he is not happy with Fed Chair PowellForexLive all 2,335 news articles » us president – Google News

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Exclusive: US government wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman – CNN

CNN Exclusive: US government wiretapped former Trump campaign chairmanCNNWashington (CNN) US investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election, sources tell CNN, an extraordinary step involving a high-ranking campaign official now at the center of …With a Picked Lock and a Threatened Indictment, Mueller's Inquiry Sets a ToneNew York Times Manafort's Home Searched as Part of Mueller InquiryNew York Timesall 109 news articles » us politics – Google News

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