36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

Source: JOHN CHAPTER 1 KJV

(Judicial Watch) – An Obama-appointed federal judge is forcing Wisconsin taxpayers to provide costly sex reassignment surgery and hormonal procedures for low-income transgender residents who get free medical care from the government. In a recently issued ruling U.S. District Judge William M. Conley writes that Medicaid, the publicly funded insurance that covers 65.7 million poor people, cannot deny the medical treatment needs of those suffering from “gender dysphoria.” Officials estimate it will cost up to $1.2 million annually to provide transgender Medicaid recipients in the Badger State with treatments such as “gender confirmation” surgery, including elective mastectomies, hysterectomies, genital reconstruction and breast augmentation. The intricate operations are typically done by plastic surgeons

Source: Obama Judge Rules Medicaid Must Pay For Transgender Sex Reassignment Surgery | Tea Party

Walmart is calling on Congress to consider introducing legislation to ban so-called “assault weapons” nationwide.”We made our own decision about assault rifles several years ago when we removed that category from our stores, and we believe it’s time for Congress to debate that issue as well,” Dan Bartlett, executive vice president of corporate affairs for Walmart, said during a press conference covered by Business Insider. “And we will lend our perspective and support as somebody who’s been a firearms dealer for more than 20 years.”

Source: Walmart Calls for ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

ANOI (Reuters) – A Chinese survey vessel on Saturday extended its activities to an area closer to Vietnam’s coastline, ship tracking data showed, after the United States and Australia expressed concern about China’s actions in the disputed waterways.The Haiyang Dizhi 8 vessel first entered Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) early last month where it began a weeks-long seismic survey, triggering a tense standoff between military and coastguard vessels from Vietnam and China.

Source: Chinese ship inches closer to Vietnam coastline amid South China Sea tensions – Reuters

The nuclear agency Rosenergoatom says the Akademik Lomonosov’s mobility will boost the power supply to remote areas.One of its targets is to power the Chaun-Bilibin mining complex in Chukotka, which includes gold mines.Greenpeace sees the project as high-risk, in a harsh weather environment.Critics including Greenpeace point to previous Russian and Soviet nuclear accidents and warn that the Akademik Lomonosov’s mission increases the risk of polluting the Arctic – a remote, sparsely-populated region with no big clean-up facilities.

Source: Russia floating nuclear power station sets sail across Arctic – BBC News

President Donald Trump announced in a series of Twitter posts on Friday that he would be imposing a higher rate of tariffs on some Chinese imports, after China earlier in the day said it would be slapping tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods.

Source: Trump slaps retaliatory tariffs on Chinese goods – AOL News

They are accused of using business email fraud schemes and romance scams to con victims – many of them elderly.Police have so far arrested 14 suspects across the US, 11 in Los Angeles alone.Others are thought to be in Nigeria and authorities there say they will cooperate with US.Prosecutors say it is one of the “largest cases of its kind in US history”.The FBI investigation is a major step to disrupt criminal networks, US Attorney Nick Hanna said.

Source: US names Nigerians in massive fraud investigation – BBC News