World Swimming Association Effectively Bans Transgender Athletes

FINA, the world’s top international swimming association, announced a new policy on Sunday that places new restrictions on biological males who believe they are females competing in swimming competitions. “We have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially the women’s category at FINA competitions,” FINA President Husain Al-Musallam said in a statement. Under the new policy, which will come into effect on June 20, 2022, biological males can only compete against women if they have had “male puberty suppressed beginning at Tanner Stage 2 or before

FDA Approves COVID Vaccines For Kids As Young As 6 Months

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On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months. “For the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, the FDA amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) to include use of the vaccine in individuals 6 months through 17 years of age. The vaccine had been authorized for use in adults 18 years of age and older,” the FDA wrote in a statement. “For the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, the FDA amended the EUA to include use of the vaccine in individuals 6 months through 4 years of age. The vaccine had been

API Releases 10-Point Plan For Biden To Fix Record High Gas Prices

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The American Petroleum Institute (API) has released a 10-point plan for President Biden to follow to help bring down the record high gas prices that have occurred under his administration. “While members of your administration have recently discussed the need for additional supplies to solve the energy crisis, your administration has restricted oil and natural gas development, canceled energy infrastructure projects, imposed regulatory uncertainty and proposed new tax increases on American oil and gas producers competing globally. Respectfully, the American people need a different direction to solve this crisis,” API’s CEO Mike Sommers said in a letter to Biden. “API’s

Over 100 GOP Lawmakers Urge DOJ To Investigate Attacks On Pro-Life Centers As Domestic Terrorism

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On Wednesday, a group of more than 100 Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to investigate attacks on pro-life religious organizations and pregnancy centers as domestic terrorism. “We write to express serious concerns over recent attacks targeting religious organizations and crisis pregnancy centers and request the Department of Justice respond with how its National Security Division plans to investigate these acts of domestic terrorism,” the group wrote. The group then noted that these types of attacks have surged since a draft Supreme Court’s majority opinion intending to overturn Roe v.

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