News Brief: DOJ Charges Children’s Hospital Surgeon, Secret Service Agent Robbed at Gunpoint, and New Boeing Whistleblower Steps Forward

Published on June 19, 2024

Good morning, and welcome to The Epoch Times News Brief for Wednesday, June 19, 2024. I’m Bill Thomas, and I’m glad you’re here today because we’ve got some very important stories to share with you. The DOJ is going after a surgeon who blew the whistle about a hospital’s transgender program, New York’s appeals court sides with prosecutors against the former president, and the current president, Joe Biden, announces executive action aimed at protecting hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. Also, a federal agent is robbed at gunpoint, and another whistleblower is speaking out against Boeing. We’ll get to each one of those stories, but first up, we take a look at the hot-button issue of so-called transgender care for children....

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