<p>Gun control activist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/david-hogg">David Hogg</a> has deleted a viral tweet and apologized after a staffer for Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marco-rubio">Marco Rubio</a> (R-FL) accused him of lying about the senator for &#8220;self-promotion.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Rubio staff said I can&#8217;t meet with him or his staff because I &#8216;trigger&#8217; him,&#8221; claimed Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/parkland-shooting">Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School</a> shooting. &#8220;I just wanna have a conversation. Please meet with me @marcorubio I just want to figure out how we can stop these things from happening. We have to end the continuous debate and find what we can agree on.&#8221;</p>
<p>A spokesman for Rubio told The Daily Wire on Thursday that this claim was false: Rubio&#8217;s office had a meeting scheduled for 2 p.m. on Thursday with both <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control">Hogg</a> and the March for Our Lives team, but they canceled after they saw his fabricated tweet.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;No one said such a thing,&#8221; Rubio&#8217;s Chief of Staff Michael Needham responded to Hogg. &#8220;As for the meeting, you must be confused as we had a 2p meeting scheduled with you. However, since you are lying and clearly using this all for self-promotion, that meeting is now cancelled [sic].&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Also,&#8221; Needham added, &#8220;the reporter doing a profile of you knows the meeting is real since she was emailing yesterday with our comms team about it. Don’t lie again — we have receipts.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Also, the reporter doing a profile of you knows the meeting is real since she was emailing yesterday with our comms team about it. Don’t lie again — we have receipts.</p>
<p>— Michael Needham (@MikeNeedham) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeNeedham/status/1534934071427706882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;Got our meetings confused in the flurry and my staff misinformed me,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I apologize. We’d still love to meet with you and have an honest, respectful discussion. Deleted the tweet [because] it wasn’t true but attaching here for transparency.&#8221; </span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@marcorubio</a> an honest mistake, got our meetings confused in the flurry and my staff misinformed me. I apologize. We’d still love to meet with you and have an honest, respectful discussion. Deleted the tweet bc it wasn’t true but attaching here for transparency. <a href="https://t.co/icmaLoSA0C">pic.twitter.com/icmaLoSA0C</a></p>
<p>&mdash; David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1534947849376518150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Hogg is in Washington, D.C., calling for gun control following the deadly mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults.</p>
<p>&#8220;PARENTS WAKE UP this could have been your kid and it still could be,&#8221; Hogg tweeted earlier this week. &#8220;We never thought it could happen in Parkland either. Act on this before you become part of the club that nobody wants to be part of.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">PARENTS WAKE UP this could have been your kid and it still could be. We never thought it could happen in Parkland either. Act on this before you become part of the club that nobody wants to be part of. <a href="https://t.co/odYs3nfeM3">https://t.co/odYs3nfeM3</a></p>
<p>&mdash; David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1534737489511993351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2022</a></p></blockquote>

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<p>WASHINGTON— The State Department will inform employees on Thursday evening that it will soon begin mass layoffs, a document obtained by The Daily Wire shows.</p>
<p>Over 1500 employees will receive &#8220;Reduction in Force&#8221; (RIF) notices, a State Department official shared with The Daily Wire on Thursday.</p>
<p>The move comes after the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1174_h3ci.pdf">lifted a lower court order</a> on Tuesday blocking President Donald Trump from laying off federal workers at almost two dozen agencies, clearing the way for the president to move forward with his plans for reorganizing and downsizing federal agencies.</p>
<p>The State Department email, sent Thursday evening from Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Michael Rigas to State Department staff, says that once employees have received their RIF notices, State will enter its final stage of reorganization and focus its attention on delivering &#8220;results-driven diplomacy.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_945573" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/?attachment_id=945573" rel="attachment wp-att-945573"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-945573" class="wp-image-945573 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2223713664-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2223713664-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2223713664-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2223713664-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2223713664.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-945573" class="wp-caption-text">US Secretary of State Marco Rubio deplanes upon arrival at Subang Air Base, outside of Kuala Lumpur, on July 10, 2025.  (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)</p></div>
<p>“Secretary Rubio, at the direction of President Trump, has undertaken a historic reorganization of the State Department, which was thoughtfully and deliberately executed by department leadership,&#8221; a senior State Department official told The Daily Wire. &#8220;The America First State Department will better serve the American people.”</p>
<p>More communications and guidance will be distributed in the coming weeks, Rigas told the State Department employees.</p>
<p>&#8220;On behalf of Department leadership, we extend our gratitude for your hard work and commitment to executing this reorganization and for your ongoing dedication to advancing U.S. national interests across the world,&#8221; he concluded.</p>
<p>The move is part of Secretary Marco Rubio&#8217;s effort to conduct the largest reorganization of the State Department in decades, focusing resources on policy priorities and eliminating &#8220;redundant functions,&#8221; as Rigas noted. Rubio had reviewed and approved plans to target reduction in the department&#8217;s domestic workforce in May.</p>
<p>Rubio said at the time that State&#8217;s domestic operations had grown exponentially, &#8220;resulting in more bureaucracy, higher costs, and fewer results for the American people.&#8221; He elaborated on the plan submitted to Congress, saying it was the result of thoughtful and deliberative work by senior State Department leadership.</p>
<p>&#8220;Since my first day as Secretary, I have said that this Department must move at the speed of relevancy and, in April, announced a broad reorganization of the Department to better achieve that goal,&#8221; he noted. &#8220;Today, we took the next step in that process by notifying Congress of how we plan to do that.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The reorganization plan will result in a more agile Department, better equipped to promote America’s interests and keep Americans safe across the world,&#8221; he promised.</p>

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<p>WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has arrested two MS-13 gang leaders wanted in El Salvador for violent crimes that include murder, drug trafficking, and gang conspiracy.</p>
<p>One of these gang leaders, The Daily Wire can exclusively report, is Rene Escobar-Ochoa, arrested on July 9 during a coordinated enforcement operation in Omaha, Nebraska. Though U.S. Border Patrol encountered him as far back as 2023, he was allowed to remain in the country under President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration, DHS shared.</p>
<p>Escobar-Ochoa faces an &#8220;INTERPOL Red Notice&#8221; from El Salvador for conspiracy to commit murder and drug trafficking, DHS said.</p>
<div id="attachment_945407" style="width: 319px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-ice-nabs-two-ms-13-ringleaders-in-midwest-raids/image001-3" rel="attachment wp-att-945407"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-945407" class="wp-image-945407 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image001.png" alt="Rene Escobar-Ochoa, photo courtesy of DHS. " width="309" height="284" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image001.png 309w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image001-300x276.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-945407" class="wp-caption-text">Rene Escobar-Ochoa, photo courtesy of DHS.</p></div>
<p>The second gang member, who is a Salvadoran national, is not named by <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-one-el-salvadors-top-100-most-wanted-hiding-nebraska">ICE</a> but is on El Salvador&#8217;s 100 Most Wanted Fugitives list, according to DHS. Fox News first reported his arrest on Thursday afternoon.</p>
<p>He is wanted for five counts of murder, and U.S. authorities had previously convicted him for illegally crossing the border. He was arrested in Council Bluffs, Iowa.</p>
<div id="attachment_945409" style="width: 318px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-ice-nabs-two-ms-13-ringleaders-in-midwest-raids/image002-4" rel="attachment wp-att-945409"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-945409" class="wp-image-945409 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image002.png" alt="A Salvadoran national on El Salvador's 100 Most Wanted list. " width="308" height="315" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image002.png 308w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image002-293x300.png 293w" sizes="(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-945409" class="wp-caption-text">A Salvadoran national on El Salvador&#8217;s 100 Most Wanted list. Photo courtesy of DHS.</p></div>
<p>“The Biden Administration allowed two ringleaders of MS-13, one of the most violent gangs in the world, straight into our country,&#8221; DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said on Thursday. &#8220;One of these depraved aliens is on El Salvador’s 100 Most Wanted Fugitives list and is wanted for five counts of murder. The other has an INTERPOL notice for drug trafficking.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;These are the kinds of scum-bags sanctuary politicians are protecting and letting walk free on America’s streets,&#8221; McLaughlin added.</p>
<p>Both arrests were led by HSI Omaha with support from federal and international law enforcement partners, and ICE is holding both gang members in custody as ICE coordinates with El Salvadoran authorities to send them back to their home country to &#8220;face justice.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">DHS emphasizes that the MS-13 gang members&#8217; ability to get into the United States only highlights the danger that open border policies present to American citizens, as well as President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration&#8217;s efforts to stem the border crisis.</p>
<p>In the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, ICE <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/100-days-record-breaking-immigration-enforcement-us-interior">arrested</a> 66,463 illegal aliens and removed 65,682 aliens, &#8220;including criminals who threaten public safety and national security.&#8221; Three in four of the arrests were criminal illegal aliens, the agency said.</p>
<p>Criminal records of the aliens arrested include 9,639 assaults, 6,398 DWIs or DUIs, and 1,479 weapon offenses.</p>
<p>“We removed over 65,000 illegal aliens to countries across the world,” ICE acting Director Todd M. Lyons said in June when ICE released the numbers from the first 100 days. “We’re just 100 days into this administration and thanks to President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is using every tool at its disposal to enforce our country’s immigration laws and protect our communities.”</p>

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EXCLUSIVE: ICE Nabs Two MS-13 ‘Ringleaders’ In Midwest Raids

<p>WASHINGTON—The Defense Department is withdrawing the nomination of Rear Adm. Michael &#8220;Buzz&#8221; Donnelly, The Daily Wire can first report, under whose command drag performances took place on board the USS Ronald Reagan.</p>
<p>Donnelly served as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier from April 2016 to September 2018, during which time Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley performed as a drag queen under the name &#8220;Harpy Daniels&#8221; at a department-sanctioned &#8220;Morale, Welfare, and Recreation&#8221; event on the aircraft carrier.</p>
<p>The Defense Department <a href="https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-06-24/7th-fleet-nomination-buzz-donnelly-18232720.html">announced </a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-06-24/7th-fleet-nomination-buzz-donnelly-18232720.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on June 18</a> that President Donald Trump had nominated Donnelly for promotion to vice admiral and an appointment as commander of the 7th Fleet</span>, the largest overseas force that the Navy has.</p>
<p>Following inquiries from The Daily Wire about Donnelly and the drag queen shows he permitted on board the USS Ronald Reagan, a source at the Defense Department said that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is withdrawing Donnelly&#8217;s nomination to lead the 7th Fleet.</p>
<p>Hegseth is looking for a new 7th Fleet commander, the source shared.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">This dude got his start doing drag shows on the USS Ronald Reagan in 2017.</p>
<p>The commander of the Reagan in 17, Michael P. Donnelly, is up for promotion now. Thankfully, <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTuberville?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenTuberville</a> is holding up his nom over the Pentagon funding abortions.</p>
<p>This is a fight worth having. <a href="https://t.co/WkeZuySz6e">https://t.co/WkeZuySz6e</a></p>
<p>— William Thibeau (@WilliamThibeau) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamThibeau/status/1653799409530855424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Donnelly drew national attention in 2023 when Sen. Tommy Tuberville held up his promotion to rear admiral as part of his blockade on Defense Department promotions. The Alabama Republican was fighting President Joe Biden&#8217;s policy providing three weeks of paid leave and reimbursement of travel expenses for military personnel and their dependents who wanted abortions.</p>
<p>Tuberville argued that the policy was one of many taxpayer-funded Defense Department initiatives unrelated to the agency&#8217;s mission of protecting the United States. He called on the former Navy leadership in a May 2023 letter to name the officers responsible for funding and promoting drag queen performances.</p>
<div id="attachment_945215" style="width: 471px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-pentagon-ditches-admiral-who-allowed-drag-queen-performances-on-aircraft-carrier/231126-n-ty650-1169" rel="attachment wp-att-945215"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-945215" class="wp-image-945215 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-461x576.jpeg" alt="Defense Department photo of Admiral Donnelly. " width="461" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-461x576.jpeg 461w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-240x300.jpeg 240w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-768x960.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-1639x2048.jpeg 1639w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/231126-N-TY650-1169-scaled.jpeg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-945215" class="wp-caption-text">Defense Department photo of Admiral Donnelly.</p></div>
<p>A number of legacy media outlets, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/navy-drag-queen-harpy-daniels-serving-looks-country-n905056">including NBC</a> and the Military Times, had highlighted the drag shows that occurred during Donnelly&#8217;s tour.</p>
<p>&#8220;Navy drag queen &#8216;Harpy Daniels&#8217; is serving looks — and the country,&#8221; NBC headlined their story. The Military Times report was replete with photos of Kelley in drag, including one where he is doing a split in front of his fellow service members.</p>
<p>This type of significant press attention would have been &#8220;a standard reporting requirement directly to Captain Donnelly at the time,&#8221; William Thibeau, director of The American Military Project at The Claremont Institute, <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/05/19/tuberville-blocking-promotion-navy-captain-who-allowed-drag-shows-uss-ronald-reagan/">told The Daily Signal at the time</a>.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Every military officer takes command of units large and small with the understanding they are responsible for everything that does and does not happen under their command,&#8221; Thibeau explained in 2023. &#8220;It&#8217;s the basic truth of military leadership, whether you command an infantry company or an aircraft carrier.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The USS Ronald Reagan drag shows of 2017 and 2018 were not random acts of entertainment for sailors, but were sanctioned Navy programs under the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) department of the ship,&#8221; he noted. &#8220;As commander of the ship, Captain Donnelly would have been ultimately responsible for this program.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Donnelly is a 2002 graduate of the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island and served as commanding officer for Strike Fighter Squadron 154 (VFA-154), the last commanding officer of USS Denver deployed to Sasebo, Japan, commanding officer of USS Ronald Reagan deployed to Yokosuka, Japan and commander of Task Force Seven Zero/Carrier Strike Group Five.</p>

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EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Ditches Admiral Who Allowed Drag Queen Performances On Aircraft Carrier

<p>WASHINGTON—In a major move against the transgender medical industry, the Federal Trade Commission hosted a workshop Wednesday in Washington, D.C., examining the dangers of so-called gender-affirming care.</p>
<p>The FTC&#8217;s workshop, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-federal-trade-commission-is-setting-its-sights-on-transgender-procedures-on-kids">first reported by The Daily Wire</a> in late May, has sparked the ire of leftist activists and Democrats, who argue that the focus is inappropriate. Yet the academics, commentators, detransitioners, parents, and doctors present at the workshop argued that the transgender medical industry is pushing ideology upon American children who are not able to fully consent to these life-altering procedures.</p>
<p>&#8220;The issue of gender medicine has shattered political boundaries,&#8221; said Texas Children&#8217;s whistleblower Vanessa Sivadge. &#8220;Not because of ideology, but because of conscience. This is not a partisan battle, but a battle of good and evil.&#8221;</p>
<p>At the beginning of the panel, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson addressed the objection that transgender issues are outside his agency&#8217;s purview. In fact, Ferguson said, the FTC targets industries and entities that lie or deceive the public, emphasizing that the FTC has a sworn duty to protect American citizens from false and misleading claims.</p>
<p>He then immediately launched into the stories of detransitioners, young people who shared that they attempted gender transitions because they were told they were born in the wrong body — and that undergoing these surgeries and hormonal procedures would save them from suicide.</p>
<p>Simon Amaya Price and his father, Gareth Amaya Price, shared how Simon was bullied as a child and attempted a social transition as a teenager, spurred on by the medical professionals who allegedly asked, &#8220;Would you rather have a dead son, or a living daughter?&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_944895" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-blatant-consumer-fraud-inside-the-ftcs-panel-on-transgender-procedures/monopoly-man-highlights-ftc-leaders-for-their-focus-on-childrens-gender-identities" rel="attachment wp-att-944895"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-944895" class="wp-image-944895 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2224298218-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2224298218-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2224298218-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2224298218-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2224298218.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-944895" class="wp-caption-text">Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Ian Madrigal</p></div>
<p>Detransitioner Claire Abernathy emotionally shared how medical professionals encouraged her to undergo transgender surgeries when she was too young to get a tattoo, too young to drive, and hadn&#8217;t even learned algebra.</p>
<p><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">&#8220;It&#8217;s not healthcare,&#8221; she argued,</span><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3"> &#8220;it&#8217;s blatant consumer fraud.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Elvira Syed, the mother of a girl who took her own life as she attempted a gender transition, broke down sobbing as she shared her child&#8217;s story, saying through her tears: &#8220;They treated her ideology, not her illness.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I lost my 18-year-old daughter to gender ideology,&#8221; she sobbed.</p>
<p>Ferguson, who moderated the panel, was clearly affected as he promised the destransitioners and survivors: &#8220;the FTC hears you, we hear all of you, and we want to understand how the law is being broken.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the workshop, the Justice Department&#8217;s Chad Mizelle announced that the agency has issued nearly 20 subpoenas against clinics that are engaged in transgender transition attempts, noting that the Justice Department&#8217;s investigations include healthcare fraud, false statements, and more.</p>
<p>Mizelle urged Americans to come forward if they could provide information about deceptive practices in the transgender medicine industry.</p>
<p>Immediately following his announcement, Mizelle introduced another panel of detransitioners and parents, including Prisha Mosley, Soren Aldaco, Beth Bourne, Forrest Smith, Helen Spiegel Lee, and Gwen Turecki, individuals who emotionally shared their experiences as they navigated gender transition attempts or helped — or lost — a family member who attempted to transition.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Made it to today’s FTC workshop, “The Dangers of Gender-Affirming Care for Minors.”</p>
<p>Detransitioners, parents, medical professionals, and whistleblowers will be sharing their experiences and expertise during today’s conference.</p>
<p>Blessed to be alongside these incredible souls. <a href="https://t.co/Enrzt11ZcN">pic.twitter.com/Enrzt11ZcN</a></p>
<p>— Chloe Cole ⭐️ (@ChoooCole) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChoooCole/status/1942947548756423006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Ferguson shared with The Daily Wire that this emphasis on personal stories was very purposeful.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;This is about the people we heard from and the suffering that they have had to endure,&#8221; he said in a brief interview. &#8220;As we learn more, it will be our normal enforcement process to figure out what&#8217;s going on, who&#8217;s been doing it, and take appropriate action.&#8221; </span></p>
<p>As for the Justice Department&#8217;s news, Ferguson said he was &#8220;thrilled,&#8221; but not surprised.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;They have been moving at the speed of light, implementing the president&#8217;s agenda,&#8221; he commented, &#8220;and they have a ton of talented lawyers.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled because, hearing from DOJ or the FTC if you&#8217;re a business can be a very intimidating thing, and if you&#8217;re breaking the law, a lot of times just hearing from the government that like &#8230; can curb illegal behavior on its own,&#8221; he noted. &#8220;So </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">I think it&#8217;s great that DOJ is taking this seriously.&#8221; </span></p>
<p>The FTC will issue a request for information from the public in the coming days, Ferguson said. As The Daily Wire previously reported, an FTC workshop is typically an indicator of the agency&#8217;s intentions, given that the commission often holds such events before initiating legal action against an industry to gather information, collect evidence, and solicit input from affected Americans.</p>
<p>The chairman noted to The Daily Signal that he believes the best way to hold the transgender medical industry accountable for deceiving patients is to bring enforcement actions against violators, saying: &#8220;If people are making material misstatements, sue them … but I think it&#8217;s taking people to court if the law is being broken, rather than undertaking a two year long rule making process followed by lengthy litigation.&#8221;</p>
<p>He also brushed off backlash from the Left and Democrats with concerns about the FTC&#8217;s focus on the transgender medicine industry.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I don&#8217;t really care what Democrats think about this,&#8221; he said. &#8220;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">They don&#8217;t like the stuff that we do, that&#8217;s the nature of the party system. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">And so I sort of just price in almost everything we do is going to generate backlash from the other party. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">That is what it is. M</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">y job is to do the right thing and the right thing is protecting kids. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">I&#8217;ve been saying that since the day that I took this job in January.&#8221; </span></p>
<p>Trump has made protecting children a priority, Ferguson pointed out.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;If there is this material deception going on in this market, it is picking on the most vulnerable human beings in America at the worst possible moment of their lives and brutalizing them,&#8221; he stressed. &#8220;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">And frankly, the ability of people to turn away from this and say &#8216;no action should be taken&#8217; boggles my mind. So</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the end of the day, it is the right thing to do.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It is the policy of the administration set by President Trump and naysayers on the left, naysay everything, and that&#8217;s just priced in.&#8221; </span></p>

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<p>WASHINGTON—Asked about a Catholic bishop in California who told illegal immigrants they no longer have to go to Sunday mass, White House Border Czar Tom Homan did not mince words.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is BS,&#8221; he told The Daily Wire in response to news that San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas issued a decree on July 8 dispensing those in his diocese from attending Mass &#8220;due to potential immigration enforcement actions by civil authorities&#8221; if they have &#8220;genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions.&#8221; His dispensation is in effect until &#8220;such time as this decree is revoked or amended.&#8221;</p>
<p>The bishop was referring to President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration actions, which include ICE raids throughout the country. Rojas stated that he is &#8220;guided by the Church&#8217;s mission to care for the spiritual welfare of all entrusted to my care, particularly those who face fear or hardship.&#8221;</p>
<p>Homan dismissed the announcement, saying, &#8220;I do not know of a single incident of a church arrest.&#8221;</p>
<p>The bishop&#8217;s decree may stem in part from the Trump administration&#8217;s reversal of a Biden-era policy blocking immigration officials from making arrests at schools, houses of worship, or other &#8220;sensitive locations.&#8221; The Department of Homeland Security said in January that it would not &#8220;tie the hands of our brave law enforcement, and instead trusts them to use common sense.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We would only go in if there was a violent criminal who was actively hiding out there or something,&#8221; Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire, suggesting that an arrest at a church only might occur if an MS-13 gang member was inside.</p>
<p>The Diocese of San Bernardino did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.</p>

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has issued nearly 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics involved in performing transgender medical procedures on children, a DOJ official announced on Wednesday. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Justice Department&#8217;s Chad Mizelle made the announcement during the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop on the “Dangers of ‘Gender Affirming-Care’ For Minors” in Washington, D.C. Mizelle shared that DOJ has issued nearly 20 subpoenas against clinics who are engaged in transgender transition attempts, noting that the DOJ&#8217;s investigations include healthcare fraud, false statements, and more. </span></p>
<p>Mizelle urged Americans to come forward if they could provide information about deceptive practices in the transgender medicine industry, saying Wednesday: &#8220;If you are someone who has been harmed please come forward and let us know.&#8221;</p>
<p>Immediately following his announcement, Mizelle introduced a panel of detransitioner survivors and parents, including Prisha Mosley, Soren Aldaco, Beth Bourne, Forrest Smith, Helen Spiegel Lee, and Gwen Turecki, individuals who emotionally shared their experiences as they navigated gender transition attempts or helped — or lost — a family member who attempted to transition.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The workshop signals the FTC’s interest in combatting the transgender medicine industry, following the directives of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on protecting children from transgender procedures and combatting radical ideology. </span></p>
<p>During Wednesday&#8217;s event, doctors, medical ethicists, whistleblowers, detransitioners, and parents of survivors focused on the deceptive practices often found within the transgender medicine industry. One mother, Elvira Syed, broke down sobbing as she described how her daughter ultimately committed suicide.</p>
<p>&#8220;I lost my 18-year-old daughter,&#8221; she sobs. &#8220;To gender ideology.&#8221;</p>
<p>The FTC notes, in a description of the event, that &#8220;Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act gives the FTC broad authority to protect consumers from unfair or deceptive acts or practices.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This authority could be implicated if there is evidence that medical professionals or others omitted warnings about the risks or made false or unsupported claims about the benefits and effectiveness of gender-affirming care for minors,&#8221; the description notes. &#8220;The workshop will help the FTC to understand whether consumers are being or have been exposed to false or unsupported claims about &#8216;gender-affirming care&#8217; and to gauge the harms consumers may be experiencing.&#8221;</p>

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