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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)2025-12-18T16:11:14Z WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions on transgender Americans.The sweeping proposals the most significant moves this administration has taken so far to restrict the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgical interventions for transgender children include cutting off federal Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to children and prohibiting federal Medicaid dollars from being used to fund such procedures. This is not medicine, it is malpractice, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said of gender-affirming procedures on children in a news conference on Thursday. Sex-rejecting procedures rob children of their futures. Kennedy also announced Thursday that the HHS Office of Civil Rights will propose a rule excluding gender dysphoria from the definition of a disability.In a related move, the Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to a dozen companies that market chest-binding vests and other equipment used by people with gender dysphoria. Manufacturers include GenderBender LLC of Carson, California and TomboyX of Seattle. The FDA letters state that chest binders can only be legally marketed for FDA-approved medical uses, such as recovery after mastectomy surgery. Proposed rules would threaten youth gender-affirming care in states where it remains legal Medicaid programs in slightly less than half of states currently cover gender-affirming care. At least 27 states have adopted laws restricting or banning the care. The Supreme Courts recent decision upholding Tennessees ban means most other state laws are likely to remain in place.Thursdays announcements would imperil access in nearly two dozen states where drug treatments and surgical procedures remain legal and funded by Medicaid, which includes federal and state dollars.The proposals announced by Kennedy and his deputies are not final or legally binding. The federal government must go through a lengthy rulemaking process, including periods of public comment and document rewrites, before the restrictions becoming permanent. They are also likely to face legal challenges.But the proposed rules will likely further intimidate health care providers from offering gender-affirming care to children and many hospitals have already ceased such care in anticipation of federal action.Nearly all U.S. hospitals participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the federal governments largest health plans that cover seniors, the disabled and low-income Americans. Losing access to those payments would imperil most U.S. hospitals and medical providers. The same funding restrictions would apply to a smaller health program when it comes to care for people under the age of 19, the State Childrens Health Insurance Program, according to a federal notice posted Thursday morning. Moves contradict advice from medical organizations and transgender advocatesDr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Thursday called transgender treatments a Band-Aid on a much deeper pathology, and suggested children with gender dysphoria are confused, lost and need help. Polling shows many Americans agree with the administrations view of the issue. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey conducted earlier this year found that about half of U.S. adults approved of how Trump was handling transgender issues.Chloe Cole, a conservative activist known for speaking about her gender-transition reversal, spoke at the news conference to express appreciation. She said cries for help from her and others in her situation, have finally been heard. But the approach contradicts the recommendations of most major U.S. medical organizations, including the American Medical Association, which has urged states not to restrict care for gender dysphoria.Advocates for transgender children strongly refuted the administrations claims about gender-affirming care and said Thursdays moves would put lives at risk. In an effort to strongarm hospitals into participating in the administrations anti-LGBTQ agenda, the Trump Administration is forcing health care systems to choose between providing lifesaving care for LGBTQ+ young people and accepting crucial federal funding, Dr. Jamila Perritt, a Washington-based OB/GYN and president and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health, said in a statement. This is a lose-lose situation where lives are inevitably on the line. Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, senior vice president at The Trevor Project, a nonprofit suicide prevention organization for LBGTQ+ youth, called the changes a one-size-fits-all mandate from the federal government on a decision that should be between a doctor and patient. The multitude of efforts we are seeing from federal legislators to strip transgender and nonbinary youth of the health care they need is deeply troubling, he said. Actions build on a larger effort to restrict transgender rights The announcements build on a wave of actions President Donald Trump, his administration and Republicans in Congress have taken to target the rights of transgender people nationwide.On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order that declared the federal government would recognize only two immutable sexes: male and female. He also has signed orders aimed at cutting off federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19 and barring transgender athletes from participating in girls and womens sports. On Wednesday, a bill that would open transgender health care providers to prison time if they treat people under the age of 18 passed the U.S. House and heads to the Senate. Another bill under consideration in the House on Thursday aims to ban Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for children. Young people who persistently identify as a gender that differs from their sex assigned at birth are first evaluated by a team of professionals. Some may try a social transition, involving changing a hairstyle or pronouns. Some may later also receive hormone-blocking drugs that delay puberty, followed by testosterone or estrogen to bring about the desired physical changes in patients. Surgery is rare for minors.___Shastri reported from Milwaukee. Associated Press writer Geoff Mulvihill contributed to this report. ALI SWENSON Swenson covers politics and the information landscape for The Associated Press. She is based in New York. twitter MATTHEW PERRONE Perrone covers the intersection of medicine, business and health policy. He is based in Washington. twitter mailto DEVI SHASTRI Shastri is a public health reporter for The Associated Press, based in Milwaukee. She covers housing access, the social safety net, medical misinformation and other topics that influence the health of communities broadly. twitter mailto

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a company that makes AI agents to rapidly track down targets. The company claims the skip tracing AI agents help agencies find people of interest and map out their family and other associates more quickly. According to the procurement records, the companys services were specifically for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), the part of ICE that identifies, arrests, and deports people.The contract comes as ICE is spending millions of dollars, and plans to spend tens of millions more, on skip tracing services more broadly. The practice involves ICE paying bounty hunters to use digital tools and physically stalk immigrants to verify their addresses, then report that information to ICE so the agency can act.The contractor, AI Solutions 87, claims on its website that its agents deliver rapid acceleration in finding persons of interest and mapping their entire network. It says the AI agents map out a targets services, locations, friends, family, and associates.Do you know anything else about the technology ICE is using? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.The website does not detail how exactly its AI agents work or what large language model, if any, they are based on. Typically AI agents are customized versions of commercially available AI tools, such as ChatGPT, that can go onto the wider internet and perform tasks for the user, such as generating sales leads or drafting emails. In this case, AI Solutions 87 is advertising its AI agents for locating people.On Tuesday, ICE contracted with AI Solutions 87 for $636,500, according to public procurement records. The record says the contract is specifically for skip tracing services for ICEs ERO, the agencys main deportation arm. Another procurement record says AI Solutions 87 is providing ICE with skip tracing services nationwide.AI Solutions 87 did not respond to a request for comment on how its AI agents work. ICE did not respond to a request for comment on whether the agency specifically bought AI Solutions 87s AI agent product.Screenshot from AI Solutions 87's website.In October, the Intercept reported on ICEs intention to use bounty hunters or skip tracers to find targets. The skip tracing industry usually works on insurance fraud or finding people who skipped bail. Private investigators and skip tracers 404 Media spoke to had mixed reactions to ICEs plan of using private industry in this context, with one being concerned and another saying they would do the work.In November, 404 Media reported ICE had allocated as much as $180 million to pay these bounty hunters and private investigators. Those procurement records said ICE was seeking assistance with a docket size of 1.5 million. The agency would give vendors batches of 50,000 last known addresses of aliens residing in the U.S., with the bounty hunters then verifying the peoples addresses or current location, and giving that information to ICEs ERO. In the records, ICE said contractors should start with online research or commercial data before conducting physical surveillance.It is not clear how exactly AI Solutions 87s AI agent tool would fit into that model, but AI agents are generally used to speed up or handle repetitive tasks. Skip tracing, broadly, can be monotonous work, according to conversations with multiple members of the skip tracing and private investigator industry.In November, 404 Media found one contractor recruited people on LinkedIn to physically track immigrants on ICEs behalf for $300. The project aimed to pay former law enforcement and military officers, with no indication that those being recruited were licensed private investigators, and instead was open to people who were essentially members of the general public.ICE has spent at least $11.6 million on skip tracing services since October, according to 404 Medias review of procurement records. That includes large federal contractors like B.I. Incorporated and SOS International LLC, and companies focused on recovering assets like Global Recovery Group LLC.AI Solutions 87 is registered to a residential building in West Bend, Wisconsin. AI Solutions 87 shares that address with two other companies called DC Gravity LLC and SDNexus Dataops LLC formed this May, according to incorporation records. Greg Behm, who is listed as an officer for each of those companies, did not respond to a request for comment.

Nature, Published online: 18 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04107-zThe COVID-19 pandemic, Ebola, mpox and AIDS all show the importance of strengthening Africa-wide surveillance and response systems that protect everyone.

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The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, Nov. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, file)2025-12-18T18:31:53Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trumps handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washingtons leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said.Press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the vote on social media, saying it was because of the unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building. Not only from the standpoint of its reconstruction, but also financially, and its reputation.Trump, a Republican whos chairman of the board, often refers to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which is named for a Democratic predecessor, as the Trump Kennedy Center.Asked on Dec. 7 as he walked the red carpet for the Kennedy Center Honors program whether he would rename the venue after himself, Trump said such a decision would be up to the board.Earlier this month, Trump talked about a big event on Friday at the Trump Kennedy Center before saying, excuse me, at the Kennedy Center, as his audience laughed. He was referring to the FIFA World Cup soccer draw for 2026, in which he participated. A name change wont sit well with some Kennedy family members. Maria Shriver, a niece of John F. Kennedy, referred to the legislation introduced in Congress to rebrand the Kennedy Center as the Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts as insane in a social media post in July.It makes my blood boil. Its so ridiculous, so petty, so small minded, she wrote. Truly, what is this about? Its always about something. Lets get rid of the Rose Garden. Lets rename the Kennedy Center. Whats next?Trump earlier this year turned the Kennedy-era Rose Garden at the White House into a patio by removing the lawn and laying down paving stones.Another Kennedy family member, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., serves in Trumps Cabinet as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. DARLENE SUPERVILLE Superville covers the White House for The Associated Press, with a special emphasis on first ladies and first families. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson describes a sprawling fraud investigation involving state-run programs in Minnesota at a news conference Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)2025-12-18T18:15:12Z MINNEAPOLIS (AP) At least 14 state-run programs in Minnesota have been flagged for fraud, a prosecutor said Thursday as he announced new charges in several schemes.First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson said during a news conference that federal officials suspect a significant portion of roughly $18 billion paid out by Medicaid to Minnesota programs was fraudulent.What we see in Minnesota is not a handful of bad actors committing crimes, Thompson said. Its swamping Minnesota.Investigators new findings may bolster President Donald Trump in his claims that Minnesota is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity under Gov. Tim Walz, who was the Democrats vice presidential nominee in last years presidential election. Trump has capitalized on the fraud cases to target the Somalian diaspora in Minnesota, calling them garbage and saying he doesnt want immigrants from the East African country in the U.S. Thompson said 14 state-run programs have been flagged as having significant fraud problems, and many of the defendants were getting money from multiple Medicaid programs. What were seeing is programs that are entirely fraudulent, he said.Five new defendants have been charged in connection with a Minnesota housing services fraud, Thompson said. Two defendants pocketed $750,000 instead of helping Medicaid recipients find stable housing, he said. Prosecutors allege they used the proceeds to travel to international destinations, including London, Istanbul and Dubai. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on One defendant submitted $1.4 million in fraudulent claims, using some to purchase cryptocurrency, Thompson said. Federal officials say he fled the country after receiving a subpoena. The five new defendants join eight others charged in September for their alleged roles in the scheme to defraud the Minnesota Housing Stability Services Program.Prosecutors also named a new defendant accused of defrauding another state-run, federally funded program that provides services for children with autism, alleging he submitted millions of dollars worth of claims for Medicaid reimbursement. One woman previously charged for exploiting that program pleaded guilty Thursday morning, officials said. He called Minnesota an outlier, saying that the scale of fraud outpaces that of other states and that he sees more red flags than legitimate business in the claims providers are submitting. Asked who is to blame, Thompson said the state has not done a good job of mining these programs. The fraud puts government-run services at risk for people who really need them, Thompson said. Theres real patients, real clients, real people who need services and arent getting them, he said. HANNAH FINGERHUT Fingerhut is a government and politics reporter based in Des Moines, Iowa. mailto GIOVANNA DELLORTO DellOrto is a multimedia reporter with The APs Global Religion team. She has reported across the United States, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, covering events and issues ranging from the conclave to the Israel-Hamas war to the Olympics, from immigration to the intersection of Indigenous spirituality and the environment.

DNC chair candidate Ken Martin speaks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)2025-12-18T18:19:31Z ATLANTA (AP) Democrats will not issue a postelection report on their 2024 shellacking after all.The Democratic National Committee head has decided not to publish a formal assessment of the partys defeat that returned Donald Trump to power and gave Republicans complete control in Washington.Ken Martin, a Minnesota party leader who was elected national chair after Trumps election, ordered a thorough review of what went wrong and what could be done differently, with the intent they would circulate a report as Republicans did after their 2012 election performance. Martin now says the inquiry, which included hundreds of interviews, was complete but that there is no value in a public release of findings that he believes could lead to continued infighting and recriminations before the 2026 midterms when control of Congress will be at stake. Does this help us win? Martin said in a statement Thursday. If the answer is no, its a distraction from the core mission.Martins decision, first reported by The New York Times, spares top Democrats from more scrutiny about their campaigns, including former President Joe Biden, who withdrew from the race after announcing his second-term run, and his vice president, Kamala Harris, who became the nominee and lost to Trump. Keeping the report under wraps also means Martin does not have to take sides in the tug-of-war between moderates and progressives or make assessments about how candidates should handle issues that Trump capitalized on, such as transgender rights. We are winning again, Martin said. Martins announcement follows a successful string of 2025 races, both in special elections and off-year statewide votes, that suggest strong enthusiasm for Democratic candidates.In November, Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill won races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, respectively. In New Yorks mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, defeated establishment Democrat-turned-independent Andrew Cuomo. In U.S. House special elections throughout 2025, Democratic nominees have consistently outperformed the partys 2024 showing, often by double-digit percentages. Democrats have flipped state legislative districts and some statewide seats around the country, even in Republican-leaning places. Although the DNCs report will not be made public, a committee aide said some conclusions will be integrated into the partys 2026 plans. For example, the findings reflect a consensus that Democratic candidates did not adequately address voter concerns on public safety and immigration, two topics that Trump hammered in his comeback campaign. They also found that Democrats must overhaul their digital outreach, especially to younger voters, a group where Trump saw key gains over Harris compared with previous elections. BILL BARROW Barrow covers U.S. politics for The Associated Press. He is based in Atlanta. twitter mailto

Nature, Published online: 18 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04060-xWith so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.

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WASHINGTONPraising the recipients for their acts of true Americancowardice, President Donald Trump proudly announced a new Dodger Dividend on Wednesday night for anyone who successfully avoided military service. Today, we celebrate the millions of patriots willing to step up and do whatever it takes to avoid being shipped off to war and getting themselves killed, Trump said in a primetime televised address, claiming that the $1,776 payments were the least he could do for those willing to risk everything by faking a medical condition, falsifying a student deferment, or forging National Guard reserve-duty papers on behalf of the nation. Whether their wealthy father paid a doctor to claim they had bone spurs, or they got drunk and shot a bullet straight through their foot,or they spent an entire week soiling their pants before visiting the draft office, theseAmericans deserve every penny. To those who claimed family hardship after backing their car over their grandmother in the driveway, we salute you. Youve earned it. Trump added that he would also be awarding a Deserter Dividend to anyone who willfully abandoned their post or went AWOL while serving.The post Trump Announces New Dodger Dividend For Anyone Who Avoided Military Service appeared first on The Onion.

President Donald Trump displays an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)2025-12-18T19:06:22Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done.The switch would move marijuana away from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD. Cannabis would instead be a Schedule III substance, like ketamine and some anabolic steroids.Reclassification by the Drug Enforcement Administration would not make it legal for recreational use by adults nationwide, but it could change how the drug is regulated and reduce a hefty tax burden on the cannabis industry.The Republican president said he had received a deluge of phone calls supporting the move and its potential to help patients. We have people begging for me to do this. People that are in great pain, he said. Similarly, the Justice Department under Trumps Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, proposed reclassifying marijuana to a Schedule III substance. Unlike Biden, Trump did not have open encouragement from across his party for the move. Some Republicans have spoken out in opposition to any changes and urged Trump to maintain current standards. Such a switch typically requires an arduous process, including a public comment period that has drawn tens of thousands of reactions from across the U.S. The DEA was still in the review process when Trump took office in January. Trumps order is expected to speed the process along, though it was not immediately clear how long it might take. Many states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana for adults or allow it for medical purposes. But U.S. laws have remained stricter, potentially leaving people subject to federal prosecution.Polling from Gallup shows more Americans back a less restrictive approach: Support for marijuana legalization has grown significantly, from just 36% support in 2005 to 68% last year. Trumps order also calls for expanded research and access to CBD, a legal and increasingly popular hemp-derived product whose benefits are debated by experts. A new Medicare program would allow older adults to access legal hemp-derived CBD at no cost, if recommended by a doctor, said Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. More than 20 Republican senators, several of them staunch Trump allies, signed a letter this year urging the president to keep marijuana a Schedule I drug. Led by North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd, the group argued that marijuana continues to be dangerous and that a shift would undermine your strong efforts to Make America Great Again. They argued, too, that marijuana negatively affects users physical and mental health, as well as road and workplace safety. The only winners from rescheduling will be bad actors such as Communist China, while Americans will be left paying the bill, the letter said, referring to Chinas place in the cannabis market.As for decriminalizing marijuana, Trump has not previously committed to such a move, though he had considered reclassifying it for much of his second term. He once said as a candidate that it should remain a state-by-state issue. As president, he has made his crusade against other drugs, especially fentanyl, a feature of his second term, ordering U.S. military attacks on Venezuelan and other boats the administration insists are ferrying drugs.He signed another executive order declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction.___Barrow reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writer Seung Min Kim contributed to this report. LINDSAY WHITEHURST Whitehurst covers the Supreme Court and legal affairs for The Associated Press. Shes won multiple journalism awards in a career thats spanned two decades. twitter mailto BILL BARROW Barrow covers U.S. politics for The Associated Press. He is based in Atlanta. twitter mailto

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