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A Study Suggests Mental Health Worsened After Youths Had Transgender Surgery

Bahamas Police Release Husband After Wife's Disappearance

Police in the Bahamas have released a Michigan man who said his wife disappeared after falling overboard from a small boat in waters off the island nation, authorities said Monday. Brian Hooker, of Onsted in southern Michigan, had been in police custody since April 8 after being questioned by authorities. He told CBS News shortly after his release that he wants to believe his wife is still alive and plans to go back out to look for her as soon as possible. “I won’t be able to stop looking,” Hooker said, getting emotional. Law enforcement freed him after consulting with prosecutors who recommended against filing charges at this time, with investigations underway. Brian Hooker told police that Lynette Hooker, 55, fell overboard the night of April 4 as they were traveling in an 8-foot (2.4-meter) motorboat from Hope Town to Elbow Cay, a group of small islands on the eastern end of the Bahamas. He said Lynette had the boat's keys, causing its engine shut off and forcing him to paddle ashore. “Strong currents subsequently carried her away, and he lost sight of her,” police said in a statement. After reaching shore, Brian Hooker alerted someone about his wife's disappearance early the following day, according to authorities. Hooker has denied any wrongdoing, according to his attorney, Terrel Butler. She did not immediately respond to an email Monday from The Associated Press requesting comment on Brian Hooker's release. The U.S. Coast Guard has opened an investigation separate from the one being conducted by authorities in the Bahamas. The couple has been married for more than 20 years and chronicled their adventures sailing around the Caribbean on their “Sailing Hookers” Facebook page. They posted videos in 2023 of buying a sailboat they named Soul Mate in the coastal town of Rockport, Texas, and then embarking on a cruise through the Gulf of Mexico from the port town of Kemah, Texas. The couple’s home in Onsted is about 70 miles (120 kilometers) southwest of Detroit. Lynette Hooker’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, told NBC News that it is unlikely her mother would “just fall” off the boat, saying she was an experienced sailor. She noted the couple had been sailing for years on their voyages. The couple has had a history of contention, with Brian and Lynette Hooker accusing each other in 2015 of assault, according to a Kentwood, Michigan, police report obtained by NBC. Brian Hooker, who was intoxicated and bleeding from the nose, told police at the time that his wife had struck him multiple times in the face, the report said. He told officers Lynette also was drunk. She was arrested and spent the night in jail. A warrant was denied because it wasn’t clear “who started the assault.”

DOJ Fires 4 Prosecutors Accused Of Bias Against Anti-Abortion Activists

The Trump administration fired four Justice Department prosecutors involved in cases against anti-abortion activists, accusing the Biden administration on Tuesday of abusing a law designed to protect abortion clinics from obstruction and threats. The firings are the latest wave of terminations of employees involved in cases criticized by conservatives or because they were perceived as insufficiently loyal to President Donald Trump's agenda. The terminations came before the release of a report accusing the Biden administration of biased prosecutions under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act or “FACE Act." “This Department will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice,” Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said in a statement. "No Department should conduct selective prosecution based on beliefs. The weaponization that happened under the Biden Administration will not happen again, as we restore integrity to our prosecutorial system.” The report is the first released from the Justice Department's “Weaponization Working Group,” created by former Attorney General Pam Bondi to scrutinize the federal prosecutions of Trump and other cases criticized by conservatives. Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, and Jack Smith, the special counsel who prosecuted Trump, have said they followed only the facts, the evidence and the law in their decisions. Critics of the Trump administration say Bondi — who was fired by Trump this month — and Blanche are the ones who politicized the agency, with the norm-breaking actions that have stirred concern that the institution is being used as a tool to advance Trump’s personal and political agenda. The Biden administration brought cases against dozens of defendants under the FACE Act, which makes it illegal to physically obstruct or use the threat of force to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking reproductive health services, and prohibits damaging property at abortion clinics and other centers. It was signed into law in 1994, when clinic protests and blockades were on the rise along with violence against abortion providers such as Dr. David Gunn, who was murdered. The Trump administration alleges in the report that prosecutors under Biden often “ignored and downplayed” attacks against pregnancy resource centers or houses of worship, which are also protected under the law. It also claims that the Biden administration pushed for harsher sentences against anti-abortion activists than it did in cases against abortion-rights defendants. Trump last year pardoned anti-abortion activists convicted of blockading abortion clinic entrances, calling them “peaceful pro-life protesters.” Kristen Clarke, who led the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division under Biden, defended the prosecutions, saying the attorneys "enforced the law even-handedly and put public safety at the center of this work.” “The Civil Rights Division brought law enforcement leaders, crisis pregnancy center representatives, faith leaders, and reproductive health care staff together to address the real violence, threats of violence, and obstruction that too many people face in our country when it comes to reproductive health care," Clarke said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. The firings are part of a broader personnel purge that has shaken career Justice Department lawyers generally insulated from changes in administrations thanks to long-recognized civil service protections. Justice Connection, a network of former department employees, said the agency leadership’s “cruelty and hypocrisy are on full display in this report.” “They insist on zealous advocacy by career staff in advancing the President’s priorities, while shaming and firing those who did just that in the prior administration,” Stacey Young, a former department lawyer who founded Justice Connection, said in a statement. "They’ve put career employees on notice: if they do their jobs, they face potential termination if future political leadership disagrees with the policy goals of prior leadership.”

The Writing was on the Wall with Eric Swalwell

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Diplomats Seek 2nd Round Of U.S.-Iran Talks

The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran’s ports. Tehran threatened to strike targets across the region, and Pakistan said it was racing to bring the sides together for more talks. Though last week’s ceasefire appeared to hold, the showdown over the Strait of Hormuz risked reigniting hostilities. Meanwhile in Washington, direct talks between Israel and Lebanon were set to begin. They would be the first such negotiations in decades. Talks aimed at permanently ending the conflict in Iran failed to produce an agreement last weekend. Pakistan has proposed hosting a second round in the coming days.

Severe Storms Damage Plains & Midwest Communities

A day after severe storms damaged communities in the Plains and the Midwest, forecasters warned that storms could bring giant hail, tornadoes and severe wind gusts to the regions again on Tuesday afternoon and evening. Authorities in Kansas reported several people with minor injuries after storms passed through on Monday. Three people were left with minor injuries in rural Franklin County, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Kansas City, according to the sheriff’s office. In Ottawa, a city of about 13,000 people, officials said there was structural damage, but there were no deaths or injuries. Power lines and trees were damaged, as well as several businesses, including one where outside walls were gone. A National Weather Service survey team will assess damage in the Ottawa area on Tuesday to determine whether a tornado passed through there, according to Chelsea Picha, a meteorologist with the weather service’s office in Topeka. In neighboring Miami County, two people reported minor injuries, several homes were destroyed and recreational vehicles and campers were overturned, according to the sheriff’s office. Power lines were de-energized in Hillsdale until cleanup could be safely completed, the sheriff’s office said. Three tornadoes touched down in southern Minnesota, where some damage to farms was reported, according to Jake Beitlich, a meteorologist in the Twin Cities office. There were also reports of baseball-sized hail that caused damage to vehicles in the area, he said. A tornado touched down near Gilman, a village of about 380 people in northwestern Wisconsin, said Jeff Boyne, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s La Crosse, Wisconsin, office, but he said the damage was minor. The weather service was still working to determine the tornado’s rating. The storms peeled the roof off a manufactured home in Steuben, a village of about 120 people in southwestern Wisconsin, he said, but there have been no reports of any injuries in the state. A number of schools around the Madison area were forced to close Tuesday morning due to lack of power. More than 25,000 customers were without power in Wisconsin on Tuesday morning, according to poweroutage.us. Forecasters warned of significant river and small stream flooding expected through the end of the week in the Upper Great Lakes with the heaviest rainfall expected overnight into Wednesday with scattered flash flooding. In Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency Friday at the Cheboygan Lock and Dam Complex as record snowfall in March and the recent rain have elevated water levels. More pumps were being added to help push water toward Lake Huron on Monday. As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, the water level was 7.68 inches (19.5 centimeters) below the top of the structure, according to a state website.

2 Members Of Congress Resigning Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations

The announced resignation of two members of Congress this week could affect the balance of power in the House of Representatives. California Democrat Eric Swalwell said he will leave Congress after facing sexual misconduct allegations. And a short time later on Monday evening, Republican Tony Gonzales of Texas announced his retirement after recently admitting to an affair with a staff member who later died by suicide. Given the razor-thin GOP majority in the House, the timing of the Swalwell and Gonzales departures and who wins the special elections could shift the balance of power.

Super Typhoon Sinlaku Pounds Remote U.S. Islands In Pacific

A super typhoon with ferocious winds and heavy rains is battering a group of remote U.S. island in the Pacific Ocean. The National Weather Service says the center of the monster storm is roaring along the Northern Mariana Islands early Wednesday. Super Typhoon Sinlaku is the strongest tropical typhoon on Earth so far this year. It was packing winds that were likely to bring power outages to the islands that are home to roughly 50,000 people. The typhoon slowed to a crawl as it approached the islands. That's raising fears that the fierce winds won’t go away quickly and will worsen its impact.

Quiet ICE Ops Still Delivering Record Results Nationwide

Commonsense cooperation between local cops and federal agents works: illegal immigration enforcement is up dramatically, American communities are safer, and the law is finally being applied without apology.

Mike Gallagher: Pontiff or politician?

Is President Trump right to call out Pope Francis for acting more like a partisan operative than a spiritual leader?

The Strait Of Hormuz & Oil Prices

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M & M Experience: Trump's Cosplay As Jesus

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Viktor Orban Defeated In Hungary

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Faith & Freedom 250 - Episode 23: How Christians Led The Abolitionist Movement

Faith & Freedom 250 - Episode 23: How Christians Led The Abolitionist Movement Courtesy of The Herzog Foundation.

Man Charged In Attack Targeting OpenAI CEO

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins says a 20-year-old man has been charged in connection with an attack targeting OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Prosecutors say the suspect threw an incendiary device at the gate of Altman’s home on April 10 and threatened a security guard during the incident. He was later arrested near OpenAI’s headquarters, where police say he made additional threats to burn down the company. Officials say court documents indicate the suspect was opposed to artificial intelligence and had a list of other technology executives.

Judge dismisses Trump defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal

A federal judge has dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case stemmed from a report concerning Trump’s alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein, including a described letter the newspaper said bore his signature. The judge ruled that Trump failed to sufficiently demonstrate the article was published with actual malice, but allowed him the opportunity to file an amended complaint. Trump denies the allegations and says he intends to move forward with what he calls a “powerful case,” signaling he plans to refile the lawsuit.

Vance says progress being made in talks with Iran

Vice President J.D. Vance says there has been progress in ongoing negotiations with Iran, even as key issues remain unresolved following recent high-level talks in Islamabad. Speaking after a series of marathon discussions that stretched for more than 20 hours, Vance said the U.S. and Iran had made meaningful headway on several topics, particularly related to nuclear concerns. “We’ve had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians, that’s the good news,” Vance said in remarks. “The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement.” He emphasized that the central question remains Iran’s long-term commitment to not developing a nuclear weapon, adding that Washington has not yet seen sufficient assurances from Tehran. “The simple question is, do we see a fundamental commitment of will for the Iranians not to develop a nuclear weapon… We haven’t seen that yet,” he said. The comments come after tense negotiations in Pakistan that ended without a final deal, though both sides have indicated openness to continued diplomacy amid heightened regional tensions and uncertainty over the fragile ceasefire.

Trump promotes tax policy with Oval Office food delivery

President Donald Trump used a White House food delivery event to promote a tax policy aimed at benefiting tip earners. A DoorDash driver from Arkansas delivered cheeseburgers and fries to the White House, where the president tipped her 100 dollars. The staged event was designed to highlight a proposed tax deduction that would allow workers to deduct up to 25,000 dollars in tip income. The White House says Trump also personally delivered the food to staff inside the West Wing as part of the promotional push ahead of Tax Day.

Israel, Lebanon Hold Rare Direct Talks In Washington

Israel and Lebanon are set to hold their first direct diplomatic talks in decades, with a meeting scheduled today in Washington. The talks come after more than a month of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which has intensified tensions along the border region. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to join both sides as they discuss efforts to reduce violence and potentially chart a path toward de-escalation. Lebanese officials say they hope the talks will help bring an end to the fighting, while Israel continues operations in southern Lebanon aimed at establishing a security zone along its northern border.

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When Dr. Sebastian Gorka was growing up, he listened to talk radio under his pillow with a transistor radio, dreaming that one day he would be behind the microphone. Beginning New Year’s Day 2019, he got his wish. Gorka now hosts America First every weekday afternoon 3 to 6pm ET. Gorka’s unique story works well on the radio. He is national security analyst for the Fox News Channel and author of two books: "Why We Fight" and "Defeating Jihad." His latest book releasing this fall is “War For America’s Soul.” He is uniquely qualified to fight the culture war and stand up for what is great about America, his adopted home country.

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Sean Hannity is a conservative radio and television host, and one of the original primetime hosts on the Fox News Channel, where he has appeared since 1996. Sean Hannity began his radio career at a college station in California, before moving on to markets in the Southeast and New York. Today, he’s one of the most listened to on-air voices. Hannity’s radio program went into national syndication on September 10, 2001, and airs on more than 500 stations. Talkers Magazine estimates Hannity’s weekly radio audience at 13.5 million. In 1996 he was hired as one of the original hosts on Fox News Channel. As host of several popular Fox programs, Hannity has become the highest-paid news anchor on television.

Michelle Malkin is a mother, wife, blogger, conservative syndicated columnist, longtime cable TV news commentator, and best-selling author of six books. She started her newspaper journalism career at the Los Angeles Daily News in 1992, moved to the Seattle Times in 1995, and has been penning nationally syndicated newspaper columns for Creators Syndicate since 1999. She is founder of conservative Internet start-ups Hot Air and Twitchy.com. Malkin has received numerous awards for her investigative journalism, including the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) national award for outstanding service for the cause of governmental ethics and leadership (1998), the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award for Investigative Journalism (2006), the Heritage Foundation and Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity's Breitbart Award for Excellence in Journalism (2013), the Center for Immigration Studies' Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration Award (2016), and the Manhattan Film Festival's Film Heals Award (2018). Married for 26 years and the mother of two teenage children, she lives with her family in Colorado. Follow her at michellemalkin.com. (Photo reprinted with kind permission from Peter Duke Photography.)

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