Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Transgender Swimmers, Border Security, Afghanistan

Today's News

  • The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, condemned USA Swimming for its abrupt about-face on inclusion of transgender swimmers. Read it

  • U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) said Congress must take strong action to overcome inaction by the Biden administration to secure the southern border, calling the record-breaking crisis of illegal crossings by migrants, criminals, and illicit drugs into the United States “beyond a cause for alarm.” Read it

  • U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has responded after a closed briefing about Afghanistan with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: “I don’t think this briefing should have been in an entirely classified format. Many Americans — especially our service members and veterans — were disturbed by what they saw last summer, and they want this information as much as I did. So today, I secured commitments from both Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin to return for a public hearing on Afghanistan.” Read more