CA Funds Trans Surgeries for Immigrants, Shane McAnally Surrogacy Backlash, Catholic Schools’ Religious Freedom

Top headlines for Tuesday, April 21, 2026

A Christian summer camp in Colorado wins a legal fight over state rules on gender identity and bathrooms, a Department of Homeland Security official says many unaccompanied migrant children released under the Biden administration can’t be located, and Saddleback Church appoints Stacie Wood as teaching pastor, drawing renewed scrutiny over women in church leadership.

00:11 Calif. taxpayers funding illegal immigrants' sex-change surgeries
01:03 Viral video of surrogate baby crying 'mama' sparks controversy
01:53 Children taken from Christian orphanage still in gov’t custody
02:43 Israel apologizes for 'disgraceful' damage to Jesus statue by IDF
03:31 Sarah Jakes Roberts ‘almost paralyzed’ after accident
04:15 Supreme Court to weigh in on challenge to Colorado pre-K program
05:06 Jordan Peterson ‘still very sick’ amid neurological battle

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Links to the News

• Calif. taxpayers funding illegal immigrants' sex-change surgeries | U.S.
• Viral video of surrogate baby crying 'mama' sparks controversy | U.S.
• Children taken from Christian orphanage still in gov’t custody | World
• Israel apologizes for 'disgraceful' damage to Jesus statue by IDF | World
• Sarah Jakes Roberts ‘almost paralyzed’ after accident | U.S.
• Supreme Court to weigh in on challenge to Colorado pre-K program | Politics
• Jordan Peterson ‘still very sick’ amid neurological battle | U.S.