• SCOTUS hears oral arguments on biological gender affirmation: “Gender-affirming care” is the euphemistic term used by trans activists to mislead about the process of using hormones and surgeries to poorly mimic the opposite sex. Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that may allow true gender-affirming care to be practiced. Kaley Chiles is a Christian therapist in Colorado who wants to try helping gender dysphoric patients learn how to live the way God intended. Chiles argues that a Colorado law prohibiting conversion therapy also restricts her from trying to help a gender dysphoric girl learn to accept her femininity. Even the Women’s Liberation Front, a traditionally leftist group, sided with Chiles, filing an amicus brief contending that the law will effectively “trans the gay away” by transitioning those who otherwise would identify as gay. Based on yesterday’s hearing, the prospects look good for Chiles and gender realists everywhere.

• Pam Bondi visits the Senate: On Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a scheduled oversight hearing, which was her first hearing since her confirmation. Like several prior hearings between Trump administration officials and Democrat lawmakers, it quickly devolved into verbal conflict and insults, with both Democrats and Republicans using the occasion to score political points. Democrats accused the Justice Department of targeting Donald Trump’s political enemies. Meanwhile, Bondi blasted Democrat lawmakers for lying, spinning deceitful narratives, and failing to stand up for actual justice for everyday Americans, noting the high crime problems in many blue states and cities. Trump officials have come to these hearings with the goal of standing up to Democrat lawmakers and engaging in a verbal jousting match.

• Mamdani loves Hamas: Zohran Mamdani, an openly socialist Muslim and the frontrunner in New York City’s mayoral race, was obligated yesterday to make a statement on the second anniversary of October 7 — one of the worst Islamic terrorist attacks in history. He dedicated the first paragraph to condemning Hamas’s attack and paying lip service to the hostages still being held two years later. The ensuing paragraphs, however, were devoted to whataboutism and the false idea that Israel’s war in Gaza is genocidal. Twenty-four years ago, New York City suffered the most devastating Islamic terrorist attack in history; now it’s about to elect a Muslim who carries water for Islamic terrorists.

• Senate confirms 107 Trump nominees: Senate Republicans confirmed 107 of Trump’s nominees in a bloc vote yesterday, possibly leaving Democrats wishing government shutdowns actually meant anything. Confirming Senate nominees by bloc votes is a recent development made necessary by Senate Democrats’ universal filibuster of sub-cabinet-level positions. This brings the backlog of nominees that have advanced out of committee and not yet been confirmed to just 26. The confirmed nominees included 16 attorneys, key roles in most cabinet departments, and more than two dozen ambassadors. Herschel Walker, the former NFL player and Senate candidate, scored the ambassadorship to the Bahamas, a position that had been vacant for 15 years.

• Carney and Trump meet to discuss trade deal: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited with Donald Trump at the White House yesterday to continue negotiating a trade deal in lieu of the tariffs Trump imposed on Canadian goods. “It’s a natural business conflict — nothing wrong with it,” Trump said, “and I think we’ve come a long way over the past few months.” Carney was also positive, calling Trump a “transformative president,” noting his success in tackling global conflicts. The issue at hand is reworking the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Trump wants to see the trade imbalance between the U.S. and Canada leveled. He’s also demanding that Canada do more to prevent fentanyl trafficking across the border. Canada has backed off a number of its taxes and tariffs, including rescinding a digital tax on U.S. tech companies. Despite continued disagreement, Trump called Carney a “great man.”

• Kimmel craters: The hype surrounding late-night host Jimmy Kimmel after he was temporarily suspended over his false and inflammatory remarks in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination has completely died down. While his middling show saw a massive viewership boost immediately upon his return, thanks to Democrats and leftists falsely framing his suspension as speech suppression, that boost is now gone. Last Thursday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” averaged just 1.9 million viewers, representing a 71% drop since his return. Even more problematic for the network is that the targeted 25-54-year-old demographic viewership has dropped 85% since his return. Kimmel’s viewership numbers are now effectively back down to what they were prior to his suspension. The question is, given this reality, will ABC renew his contract next year?

• Latin Kings gang leader fooled around and found out: Chicago is the latest target of an ICE crackdown and therefore of anti-ICE crime. Unsurprisingly, a Latin Kings gang leader put a $10,000 price on the head of Chief Gregory Bovino, commander at large of the U.S. Border Patrol. He also instructed gang members to go armed and loiter in the area of Saturday’s ICE ambush in which 10 vehicles surrounded ICE agents as they drove around the city. Hits on law enforcement may work in Mexico or other Latin American nations, but in the U.S., law enforcement strikes back. On Monday, this gang leader was arrested, and Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that he would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

• Leftists conjure up right-wing arson hoax: Over the weekend, a multimillion-dollar waterfront home in Colleton County, South Carolina, belonging to Circuit Court Judge Diane Schafer Goodstein burned to the ground. Thankfully, the judge was not at home when the house caught fire; however, her husband who is a former state senator, their son, and another family member were at the residence at the time and sustained injuries requiring hospitalization. Due to Goodstein having recently ruled against the Trump administration, a number of online leftists began asserting that the fire was targeted arson by a Trump supporter. MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace also framed the fire as retribution against the judge. There’s one major problem: “At this time, there is no evidence to indicate the fire was intentionally set,” explained local Police Chief Mark Keel. “[South Carolina Law Enforcement Division] agents have preliminarily found there is no evidence to support a pre-fire explosion.”

Headlines

• James Comey enters plea on perjury, obstruction charges (Daily Signal)

• Everytown for Gun Safety quietly scrubs endorsement of Jay Jones (Washington Free Beacon)

• Trump suggests not all furloughed workers will get back pay (CNBC)

• Bessent picks Social Security chief Frank Bisignano as IRS CEO (WSJ)

• War Department reverses course on media reporting restrictions (Washington Examiner)

• FBI fires agents, dismantles corruption squad after probe unveils monitoring of GOP senators (Fox News)

• Joe Biden’s team blocked CIA from distributing report on son Hunter’s Ukraine business dealings (Just the News)

• Male bus driver who goes by “Ms Sharon” charged with sexually abusing multiple boys (NY Post)

• In defiance of U.S. government, Houston uses federal money to repaint rainbow crosswalks (Not the Bee)

• Humor: Chicago mayor hoping his ICE-free zones work better than his gun-free zones (Babylon Bee)

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