US judge rules prisons must provide gender-affirming care for trans people

Ruling in Washington comes despite executive order signed by Donald Trump that targeted funding for such care

A US judge on Tuesday ruled the US Bureau of Prisons must keep providing transgender inmates gender-affirming care, despite an executive order Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office to halt funding for such care.

US district judge Royce Lamberth in Washington DC allowed a group of more than 2,000 transgender inmates in federal prisons to pursue a lawsuit challenging the order as a class action. He ordered the Bureau of Prisons to provide them with hormone therapy and accommodations such as clothing and hair-removal devices while the lawsuit plays out.

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Macron and Meloni Meet, Searching for Unity in a World of Conflict – The New York Times

  1. Macron and Meloni Meet, Searching for Unity in a World of Conflict  The New York Times
  2. Macron and Meloni meet in Rome after tensions on Ukraine, trade  Reuters
  3. Meloni meets Macron and Fico with war in Ukraine topping talks agenda  Euronews
  4. Macron and Meloni Aim to Reconcile as Europe Seeks United Front  Bloomberg.com
  5. How Macron and Meloni are trying to patch up their tattered relationship  Financial Times
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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation names US evangelical leader as new chair

Johnnie Moore, also an adviser to Trump, named as US- and Israeli-backed initiative tries to recover from resignations

An evangelical leader and adviser to Donald Trump on interfaith issues has been appointed the new head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) as the controversial US- and Israeli-backed initiative attempts to recover from top-level resignations during a tumultuous rollout last week.

Johnnie Moore, a member of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and founder of the boutique advisory firm Kairos Company, was appointed the new head of the GHF after Jake Wood, a former marine, resigned, saying that he could not guarantee the GHF’s independence from Israeli interests.

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Geert Wilders: Dutch government collapses as far-right leader exits coalition – BBC

  1. Geert Wilders: Dutch government collapses as far-right leader exits coalition  BBC
  2. Dutch Government Collapses After Geert Wilders Withdraws Right-Wing Party  The New York Times
  3. ‘He put himself first’: Wilders burns allies in Dutch collapse  Financial Times
  4. The Netherlands' government collapses as far-right leader Wilders quits coalition  NBC News
  5. Far-right leader Geert Wilders throws Dutch politics into turmoil by pulling party from ruling coalition  PBS
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