First Flu Death Hits Connecticut

The first flu death of the season in the state was reported by the Connecticut Department of Public Health on Monday.

Senator Richard Blumenthal announced the death, stating that the victim was over 65. He also urged state residents to get their flu shot.

So far, 22 people have been hospitalized in Connecticut as a result of the flu.

Last year, more than 80,000 people died in the United States as a result of the virus. Federal officials say that more than 150 of those people were Connecticut residents.

Trump Could Rollback LGBTQ+ Rights

The Trump Administration is considering narrowing the definition of gender to one that only comes down to biology, marking what could be a setback in transgender rights and protections, the New York Times reported.

The rollback from President Donald Trump comes after former President Barack Obama implemented policies that widened the definition of gender in both education and healthcare. Instead of determining one’s sex at gender, it was considered an individuals choice. Still, the decision prompted backlash from Evangelicals and sparked fights regarding gender-neutral bathrooms, dormitories and more.

Trump’s new definition of gender would essentially be “defined out” and eliminate the rights of nearly 1.5 million Americans who chose not to identify with the body they were born into.

Despite the motion Trump is attempting to put in place, a memo obtained by the New York Times claims that the Department of Health and Human Services is working towards establishing a “legal definition” of sex that would ban discrimination on the basis of gender in education programs that receive governmental financial assistance.

Thousands Of Migrants Head For U.S.

Over 5,000 migrants from Central America are continuing their journey to the United States from Southern Mexico, prompting Trump’s decision to cut off foreign aid to some of the countries, BBC reported.

Trump said he will discontinue aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador due to the fact that the countries “were not able to do the job of stopping people from leaving their country.”

The majority of the migrants, BBC said, are fleeing from poverty, violence and persecution.

Mexican authorities have attempted to halt the group at the border bridge between Mexico and Guatemala. As a result, migrants have registered in shelters along the Mexican border.

Trump also reminded people to “remember the midterms,” blaming the Democrats for what is happening on the border.