Letters arguing research could harm participating children sent to medical regulators, health secretary and NHS Campaigners have began a legal process intended to suspend a clinical trial of puberty blockers on the grounds that the research could prove harmful to the children taking part. The study was commissioned in response to last year’s Cass review of gender identity services which found that gender medicine was an “area of remarkably weak evidence” and “built on shaky foundations”. Continue reading...

Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US All tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), would also require any email addresses and telephone numbers visitors have used in the same period, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members, including children. Continue reading...

Some Republicans in the Indiana Senate have resisted a new congressional map despite lobbying from the White House and threats of political consequences.