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Biden Nominates Roselyn Tso, of the Navajo Nation, to Run Indian Health Service

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Biden Nominates Roselyn Tso, of the Navajo Nation, to Run Indian Health Service

WASHINGTON — President Biden mentioned Wednesday he would nominate Roselyn Tso to function director of the Indian Well being Service, elevating hopes of a recent begin for an company that has drawn intense criticism through the years for failing to supply enough care to tribal communities.

Ms. Tso, a member of the Navajo Nation, is presently the director of the Navajo Space of I.H.S., overseeing the supply of well being companies to greater than 240,000 Native People within the Southwest.

If confirmed, she would change Elizabeth A. Fowler, a member of the Comanche Nation descended from the Jap Band of Cherokee Indians, who has led the company on an interim foundation since January 2021. Rear Adm. Michael Weahkee led the company throughout the Trump administration, however served in an performing capability till April 2020.

Mr. Biden’s selection of Ms. Tso comes greater than a yr into his presidency. He made a marketing campaign promise to deal with the longstanding points plaguing the Indian Well being Service, which has suffered from a scarcity of constant everlasting management.

Ms. Tso has been with the company since 1984, with stints on the Portland Space workplace, in Oregon, and the company’s headquarters in Rockville, Md.

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“The Indian Well being Service director performs a essential position in elevating the well being standing of Native peoples and upholding the federal authorities’s belief duty to Native communities,” mentioned Senator Brian Schatz, Democrat of Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. “I’m dedicated to in search of Indian Nation’s enter on Ms. Tso’s nomination because the committee fastidiously considers her {qualifications}.”

The Indian Well being Service consists of 26 hospitals, 56 well being facilities and 32 well being stations, and offers care to 2.6 million members of the nation’s tribal communities — roughly half. The hospitals, scattered throughout a dozen administrative areas, vary in measurement from 4 beds to 133.

The company has lengthy confronted shortages of funding and provides, however the pandemic introduced these disparities to the fore, with disproportionally excessive charges of an infection and demise amongst Native People.

Critics say the company, with an annual funds of greater than $6 billion, has been chronically uncared for by Congress and successive administrations. Staffing vacancies abound in its hospitals, and the Native American communities it serves have a number of the worst well being outcomes within the nation.

The Nationwide Congress of American Indians, in an announcement, applauded the Biden administration for taking steps to fill a place that’s essential to creating positive that I.H.S. is ready to satisfy the wants of Indian Nation.

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Navajo Nation, which incorporates elements of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, was among the many hardest-hit areas of the US throughout the pandemic. Jonathan Nez, the president of the Navajo Nation, mentioned he endorsed Ms. Tso to guide the company.

He mentioned Ms. Tso’s expertise main the company’s largest service space has ready her to run the company, which is a part of the Division of Well being and Human Providers.

Mr. Nez mentioned Indian Nation has longed for everlasting management on the Indian Well being Service and hoped that Ms. Tso may transfer via the affirmation course of directly.

“There may be an urgency to get this I.H.S. director place crammed,” he mentioned. “She’s been vetted by the White Home and actually we have to come collectively and get this completed.”

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Capitol Police arrest suspect after allegedly assaulting Rep Nancy Mace

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said she was physically accosted on Capitol grounds Tuesday night, and the suspect has since been arrested.

The U.S. Capitol Police said that just before 6 p.m. the office of a member of Congress, later identified as Mace, reported an incident in the Rayburn House Office Building.

House division officers and agents with the Threat Assessment Section of the police department tracked down the suspect, identified as 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois.

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. (AP Photo/John McDonnell/File)

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Police interviewed McIntyre and ultimately arrested him on the grounds of assaulting a government official.

“I was physically accosted tonight on Capitol grounds over my fight to protect women. Capitol police have arrested him,” Mace said in a post on X. “All the violence and threats keep proving our point. Women deserve to be safe. Your threats will not stop my fight for women!”

Mace has been vocal about her opposition to transgender individuals using bathrooms not assigned to their biological gender.

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 A transgender rights supporter takes part in a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court. (Getty Images/File)

She led the charge against allowing Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, to use the women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill. McBride is a biological man who identifies and presents as a woman.

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Mace said last month she was receiving death threats, adding that she was being “unfairly targeted.”

Mace also drafted resolution H.R. 1579, which would prohibit members, officers and employees of the House from using facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.

Mace’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.

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Trump names Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece

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Trump names Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece

Kimberly Guilfoyle has been nominated to serve as United States ambassador to Greece, President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday.

Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host now deeply enmeshed in the broader Trump orbit, was married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom when he was mayor of San Francisco. The former prosecutor announced her engagement to Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. in 2022, though questions about the couple’s current relationship status dogged tabloid headlines on Tuesday.

Guilfoyle was a prominent surrogate for Trump during the 2024 campaign.

“For many years, Kimberly has been a close friend and ally,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social website, praising her “extensive experience and leadership in law, media, and politics” and her “sharp intellect.”

The post, which requires Senate confirmation, is currently held by Biden appointee George Tsunis.

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Guilfoyle said Tuesday on X that it “was the democratic values born in Greece that helped shape the founding of America,” adding that she looked forward “to delivering on the Trump agenda, supporting our Greek allies, and ushering in a new era of peace and prosperity.”

She also once worked in the San Francisco district attorney’s office with future Vice President Kamala Harris, and the rumored frosty relationship between the ambitious up-and-comers was the topic of San Francisco gossip early in their careers.

Guilfoyle and Newsom — who famously posed together on a rug in a glamorous Harper’s Bazaar profile that declared them “the New Kennedys” — divorced in 2006, the same year she joined Fox News.

The former first lady of San Francisco portrayed the city in dystopian terms during the 2020 Republican National Convention.

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Wisconsin mom mulls lawsuit alleging school district is pushing 'horrifying' race-based policy: 'Problematic'

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Wisconsin mom mulls lawsuit alleging school district is pushing 'horrifying' race-based policy: 'Problematic'

FIRST ON FOX: A Wisconsin parent is mulling legal action over a situation where she alleges her son was passed over being given the extra learning attention he needed due to language on the school’s website that says it prioritizes additional help for students based on race.

Attorneys for the Wisconsin Institute by Law & Liberty to the Green Bay Area Public School District, argue on behalf of their client, Mrs. Colbey Decker, that a “troubling” and “unlawful” policy in the district “explicitly prioritizes reading support resources based on race, thereby violating the U.S. Constitution and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” according to a letter obtained by Fox News Digital.

“Mrs. Decker’s child, who suffers from dyslexia, has received different (and less favorable) services because he is white,” the letter states. “If he was Black, Hispanic, or Native American, Mrs. Decker’s son would have been treated more favorably and received different services.”

Decker told Fox News Digital that her son had been receiving one-on-one reading services in another district and that she assumed he would continue receiving that when he moved into the current district in January 2024 but that he was waitlisted for that additional help. 

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Colbey Decker told Fox News Digital she believes her son was discriminated against by his Wisconsin school district (Fox News Digital)

Decker explained that she learned of the policy while looking at the school’s website.

I asked them point blank, does he receive less services or is he less of a priority because he’s white?” Decker said. “And even asking that question made me extremely uncomfortable because to think that someone isn’t getting the services they deserve because of the color of their skin is just horrifying. So the principal did respond to me, and much to my surprise, he was very excited to explain to me the work they do in these priority groups.”

The letter alleges, citing the school’s website, that the “district’s literacy policy establishes ‘priority groups’ race—namely, Black, Hispanic, and Native American students—and states that the school will conduct intentional work educating our focus students, prioritizing additional resources to First Nations, Black, and Hispanic students.”

“This policy is in effect and has been applied to Mrs. Decker’s son, according to multiple district employees.”

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A Wisconsin mom said every parent ‘just wants their child to be treated equally’ (iStock)

The language on the school website also states next to an asterisk at the bottom of the page that, “Priority performance goals are established based on data that shows us we are meeting the needs of some student groups better than others.” 

“Focusing on a priority performance group of students will elevate our skills as educators and ultimately benefit all students.”

The letter to the district asks that the policy, known as the King Elementary School Success Plan, be rescinded in favor of a “colorblind approach” to resource allocation along with “immediate and adequate support” to Decker’s son “who has been unfairly excluded from the opportunity to receive necessary resources.”

“Seeing a policy that explicitly prioritizes resources based on race is really troubling, both morally and legally,” WILL associate counsel Cory Brewer told Fox News Digital. “The law demands that Colbey’s son and any child be treated equally to other children, regardless of their race. There should not be special treatment based on skin color. And the fact that this district is embracing the idea that they need to treat children differently based on race is really problematic.”

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“We are asking the district to rescind its discriminatory policy immediately to implement a colorblind approach to how it allocates resources, focusing on the needs of the individual student. And we’re also asking the district to provide Colby’s son with the resources that he needs,” Brewer continued. “There’s no reason it should be taking this long for him to get that support. If the district does not change its discriminatory policy, the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty will pursue all legal avenues to protect the rights of Colbey’s son.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the Green Bay Area School District for comment and received the following statement on Tuesday, “The District received the letter from WILL yesterday and we are investigating the allegations. However, we can state unequivocally that the District does not have a policy that includes the language included in the letter.” 

“All District policies must be approved by the Board of Education and no such policy language exists.”

The spokesperson added that the language in the School Success Plan is “developed to outline the school’s goals toward continuous improvement, but would not be considered Board (District) policy” which the spokesperson called an “important distinction.”

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Decker told Fox News Digital that other parents she has spoken to “can’t believe” the situation when told about it and every parent “just wants their child to be treated equally.”

“Any time a parent or a grandparent advocates for a child, I know that their sincere hope is that that child is just treated equally,” Decker said. “And that’s not what’s happening when someone is a priority. If someone is more of a priority than someone else’s child has to be less of a priority. And I don’t think that’s the way most of America wants to move forward with education.”

“I think everybody wants us to just be completely color-blind and look at children as simply being children. My son is in the 17th percentile in the state for reading, and there are children who are performing at a higher level than him that are more of a priority only because of their skin color. And I don’t think most parents want anything like that to ever happen in any educational setting ever.”

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