This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (7:24 - 7:24) A Federal Judge Plays Medical Authority: Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors, Citing Medical Arguments

• Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors by New York Times (Rick Rojas and Emily Cochrane)

PART II (14:42 - 14:42) When it Comes to Adolescents, the U.S. is a ‘Transgender-Care Outlier’ — European Countries Have Pulled Way Back on Transgender Procedures for Teens

• U.S. Becomes Transgender-Care Outlier as More in Europe Urge Caution by Wall Street Journal (Jathon Sapsford and Stephanie Armour)

PART III (19:7 - 19:7) Lia Thomas Mansplains Feminism? The Transgender Movement Clashes with Feminism (and Biology) Once Again

PART IV (24:46 - 24:46) Hunter Biden’s Plea Agreement: Questions about Truth and Justice Loom Large in the Wake of the Headline. And Does the Investigation Continue, or Not?