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Trans inmate who killed baby blames Trump admin for alleged assaults in prison: Lawsuit

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A transgender inmate in Indiana convicted of reckless homicide of a baby is suing President Donald Trump over alleged sexual assaults caused by the president’s «transphobic» and «extremist rhetoric,» court documents filed on April 1 show.

Jonathan C. Richardson, who goes by Autumn Cordellioné, claims in the handwritten complaint that, due to Trump’s «extremist rhetoric and transphobic hate speech,» he has «emboldened the Defendants and the assailants that brutally assaulted and raped plaintiff, not once, but multiple times, to act on their hate and prejudices, constituting the cause in action and his liability in this case. Therefore, President Trump was negligent due to his alleged knowledge that others may act on his words.»

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Cordellioné also claims the alleged assaults came after being transferred from New Castle Correctional Facility (NCN), where he was being «housed in protective custody,» to Westville Correctional Facility (WCA), an all-male prison. Fox News Digital reached out to the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) to find out whether the transfer was due to Trump’s executive order mandating federal prisoners be housed in units according to their biological sex.

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Trans inmate in Indiana convicted of killing toddler stepchild sues Trump admin for alleged assaults (Getty Images/Indiana Department of Corrections/U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana.)

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When reached for comment about the lawsuit, a White House spokesperson said: «President Trump has vowed to defend biological women from gender ideology extremism and restore biological truth to the Federal government.»

The inmate is seeking $3.5 million in compensatory damages from Trump, alongside the other defendants, including prison employees and 12 other «gang affiliated inmates,» who allegedly «stabbed» and sexually assaulted the inmate over a four-day period in January.

«Trump’s president now, and we won’t even get in trouble for f—–g you trannies up, we’re patriots and even if you tell on us, Trump will pardon us and probably give us a medal,» Cordellioné claimed one of the offenders said, according to the complaint. 

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Cordellioné further alleged the unit team manager and case manager also said similar things during the alleged assaults.

«I’ve seen your case on the news, and I personally don’t think us tax payers should have to pay for your surgery,» the case manager allegedly said.

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Jonathon C Richardson was arrested for strangling an 11-month-old child in 2001.

Jonathon C Richardson was arrested for strangling an 11-month-old child in 2001. (Indiana Department of Corrections)

The lawsuit alleges that the offenders had violated Cordellione’s Eighth Amendment rights and committed gross negligence under Indiana tort law.

Cordellioné’s years-long legal battle began in August 2023, when, with support from the ACLU, Cordellioné sued the Indiana Department of Correction over a state law that bans taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for inmates.

Since then, Cordellioné—serving a 55-year prison sentence for the reckless homicide of an 11-month-old stepchild—has filed several complaints, including a civil lawsuit against the prison chaplain for allegedly prohibiting the wearing of a hijab outside of immediate bedquarters, despite identifying as a Muslim woman.

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ACLU SUES INDIANA OVER DENIAL OF SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY FOR INMATE WHO STRANGLED 11-MONTH-OLD TO DEATH

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 31: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump has signed an executive order against ticket scalping and reforming the live entertainment ticket industry. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2025.  (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has been defending the state’s law and submitted a brief in January to a court of appeals defending Indiana’s law barring sex-change operations for inmates. The attorney general argued that the Eighth Amendment doesn’t require the state «to provide experimental treatments generally, and it certainly doesn’t here, when multiple doctors have said this inmate is a poor candidate for surgery,» a spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital. 

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In March, Judge Richard Young, a Clinton appointee, ordered the IDOC to arrange sex reassignment surgery for Cordellioné at the «earliest opportunity.» 

Fox News Digital scooped earlier this month that states failing to comply with federal orders to house inmates based on their biological sex can expect «imminent changes» and funding cuts. Trump’s orders also bar federal funds from being used for sex reassignment surgeries for inmates.

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Por qué algunas personas duermen poco y no experimentan consecuencias en la salud

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Investigadores de la Universidad de California identifican variantes genéticas que permiten dormir menos sin afectar la salud

Dormir entre siete y nueve horas diarias se considera la recomendación básica para garantizar el buen funcionamiento físico y mental. Sin embargo, según reportó Knowable Magazineexiste un grupo minoritario de personas que apenas requieren cuatro o seis horas de sueño cada noche y no muestran consecuencias negativas para su salud. Estos individuos, denominados “natural short sleepers” (dormidores cortos naturales) , desafían la visión tradicional sobre la cantidad de descanso que necesita la mayoría de la población.

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La comunidad científica, liderada por el neurólogo Louis Ptáček y la genetista Ying-Hui Fu, ambos de la Universidad de California, San Francisco, ha identificado que la razón de este fenómeno radica en la genética.

El modelo tradicional del sueño
El modelo tradicional del sueño es desafiado por la existencia de personas con mutaciones genéticas que requieren menos descanso (Freepik)

Los estudios de estos investigadores permitieron detectar varios genes asociados al sueño corto y eficiente, entre los que destacan DEC2ADRB1NPSR1 y GRM1. Las personas portadoras de ciertas mutaciones en estos genes parecen tener un sueño más eficiente, procesando en menos horas lo que a otros les lleva casi el doble de tiempo.

A diferencia de quienes sufren privación crónica de sueño, los short sleepers no experimentan afectaciones cognitivas, metabólicas ni inmunológicas, de acuerdo con los resultados recogidos por Knowable Magazine. Resisten el estrés, muestran una alta capacidad de recuperación y, en algunos casos, suelen ser personas energéticas, optimistas y posiblemente con una mayor longevidad, como sugiere la literatura científica reciente.

Este fenómeno contradice el modelo propuesto por Alexander Borbély en los años 70, que plantea la alternancia entre ritmo circadiano y presión homeostática de sueño. La existencia de este grupo evidencia que aún quedan aspectos por descubrir sobre la función y regulación del sueño.

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El neurólogo Louis Ptáček destaca que, a pesar de dedicar un tercio de la vida a dormir, la naturaleza y el propósito real del sueño continúan siendo un enigma.

Los genes DEC2, ADRB1, NPSR1
Los genes DEC2, ADRB1, NPSR1 y GRM1 están asociados a un sueño corto y eficiente en los llamados ‘dormidores cortos naturales’ (Unsplash)

El sueño se comprende hoy como un fenómeno dinámico esencial para el cerebro y el cuerpo, que permite reponer energía, eliminar residuos y consolidar recuerdos. La privación crónica se asocia a deficiencias de memoria, trastornos metabólicos, enfermedades cardíacas y fragilidad inmune. La reducción de las horas de descanso, incentivada con la aparición de la bombilla eléctrica, es particularmente notable en Estados Unidos, donde aumenta la cantidad de personas que duermen menos de cinco horas diarias.

Los avances en genética han permitido localizar variantes asociadas a este patrón. La mutación DEC2 fue la primera identificada, tras estudiar a una familia cuyos miembros despertaban temprano y se sentían completamente recuperados tras solo seis horas de descanso. En modelos animales, esta mutación generó una menor necesidad de sueño y mayor producción de orexina, hormona que promueve la vigilia.

Actualmente, se han identificado siete genes relacionados con el sueño corto natural. La mutación ADRB1 incrementa la facilidad para despertar y prolongar la vigilia; otra variante en el NPSR1 posibilita dormir poco sin deterioro cognitivo relevante; también se hallaron alteraciones en GRM1 relacionadas con una gestión más eficiente del sueño.

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Las personas que duermen poco y se mantienen sanas parecen inmunes a las consecuencias negativas del insomnio clásico y además muestran una conducta ambiciosa, resiliente y tolerante al dolor. Algunas investigaciones citadas por Smithsonian Magazine consideran incluso que podrían disfrutar de una esperanza de vida mayor que el promedio.

Frente a estos hallazgos, científicos como Ptáček proponen incluir un tercer elemento al modelo tradicional del sueño: el impulso conductual. Este impulso explicaría cómo ciertos individuos superan las barreras biológicas y cumplen con sus tareas pese a dormir menos. Otra hipótesis apunta a que sus cerebros terminan los procesos de recuperación y limpieza con mayor eficiencia en menor tiempo.

El entorno y la genética
El entorno y la genética influyen en la cantidad de sueño necesaria, abriendo nuevas estrategias para mejorar la salud general (Freepik)

El trabajo de Phyllis Zee, directora del Centro de Medicina Circadiana y del Sueño en la Universidad Northwestern, se centra en la calidad del descanso. Investiga si los dormidores cortos concentran fases más reparadoras y aceleran la eliminación de residuos cerebrales. En línea con esta visión, Fu comenta: “Sea lo que sea que su cuerpo necesita hacer durante el sueño, pueden hacerlo en poco tiempo”.

El equipo de Fu halló que los genes del sueño corto natural mejoran la capacidad para eliminar sustancias tóxicas vinculadas al deterioro cerebral.

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Aunque se han detectado mutaciones que brindan resistencia a los efectos adversos de dormir poco, persiste la incógnita sobre el modo exacto en que alteran la eficiencia del sueño. Para encontrar respuestas, Fu y Ptáček examinan la actividad cerebral de los dormidores cortos, aunque la pandemia de Covid-19 ralentizó el progreso de sus estudios.

Existen también mutaciones que provocan un requerimiento superior de horas de sueño. Sin embargo, estas personas enfrentan obstáculos sociales, pues los horarios laborales y educativos suelen oponerse a sus ritmos biológicos, lo que aumenta el riesgo de privación y problemas de salud mental.

Aunque la genética es decisiva, el entorno también influye en cuántas horas necesita dormir una persona. Investigar los mecanismos de eficiencia abre la puerta a nuevas estrategias para proteger la salud general. Por ejemplo, en el laboratorio de Zee se empleó ruido rosa para estimular la memoria sin modificar la duración del sueño, logrando mejoras cognitivas en los participantes.

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Los especialistas recalcan que cada individuo debe adaptar sus hábitos de descanso a sus propias necesidades. Ptáček rechaza los estándares rígidos y compara la recomendación universal de ocho horas con suponer que toda la población debe tener una sola altura.

Dormir bien no tiene una fórmula única: la genética y la eficiencia pueden marcar la diferencia.

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WATCH: Lawmakers break down how billions in the ‘big, beautiful bill’ boost Trump’s immigration crackdown

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President Donald Trump’s «big, beautiful bill» was signed into law earlier this month, with Republican lawmakers celebrating a broad range of GOP victories in the massive tax-and-spending legislation.

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That includes billions of dollars aimed at Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration in the U.S. Nearly $30 billion is marked for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) alone, and $45 billion is going toward building up detention facility capacity.

House Republicans who spoke with Fox News Digital last week hailed that funding boost, even as critics of the Trump administration accuse the White House of taking too heavy a hand on the issue. 

«Having that money to now be able to work on the wall along the southern border, to be able to hire more agents, to pay them more, to invest in the technology, to patrol and secure the border – it is hugely important,» Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital. «If you ask President Trump, that was the most important issue of the 2024 election.»

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President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda got a huge boost in the «big, beautiful bill.» (Win McNamee/Getty Images and ICE)

Rep. Michael Guest, R-Tenn., who chairs the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement on the House Homeland Security Committee, said the detention facility funding is particularly significant.

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Guest urged ICE to use those funds to ramp up «targeted» enforcement against illegal immigrants.

It comes as many on the left and some on the right have urged the Trump administration not to go too far in rounding up suspected illegal immigrants who otherwise pose no known threat to the public.

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Rep. Michael Guest urged the funding be used for «targeted» enforcement. (Getty Images)

«I think targeted enforcement, making sure that they’re going after the worst of the worst – those individuals who have either committed crimes in the United States or we learn after they released into the interior that they had committed crimes in their country origin, [or] those people who have final orders of removal,» Guest said.

«Those are the people that I believe that ICE needs to be targeting. Those are the people where you see widespread support from the American public that they want to get off the street.»

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., pointed out that ICE had been asking for that funding for some time.

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«Tom Homan has done a tremendous job. He’s indicated for a while he needs more money to keep doing his job. And he’s being fought by everybody, particularly the sanctuary cities, to prevent that from happening,» Norman said. «The least we can do is provide the funding, and we did it.»

And Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., said he hoped the increased border and immigration crackdown would help fight the ongoing drug crisis still plaguing the U.S.

Rep. Ralph Norman said border czar Tom Homan has "done a tremendous job."

Rep. Ralph Norman said border czar Tom Homan has «done a tremendous job.» (Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)

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«So in order to have a secured border, in order get rid of these criminal, illegal aliens that are raping and murdering American citizens on the regular, we have to have a very strong immigration enforcement system,» Van Orden said.

Reps. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, and Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., highlighted the funding for Trump’s border wall and for more ICE personnel, respectively.

The bill passed the House earlier this month and was signed into law by Trump on the Fourth of July.

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In addition to funding immigration operations, it also extends key parts of Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), rolls back some Biden administration-era green energy subsidies, and imposes new work requirements for federal aid.

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Ukraine sees sweeping protests over bill weakening anti-corruption agencies

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Ukrainians are taking to the streets after the passage of a controversial bill threatening the autonomy of two anti-corruption agencies. 

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The legislation gives the general prosecutor — who is appointed by the president — increased authority over the country’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now facing the largest protests since Russia’s 2022 invasion. Demonstrators gathered outside the presidential administration in Kyiv, while other protests took place in smaller cities across the country.

Ukrainians protest in the first wartime rally against a newly passed law, which curbs independence of anti-corruption institutions, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in central Lviv, Ukraine, on July 22, 2025.  (REUTERS/Roman Baluk)

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The vote came one day after two NABU officials were arrested over alleged ties to Russia, according to Reuters. The outlet said that Ukraine’s domestic security agency, which carried out the arrests, also conducted background checks. 

«I gathered all heads of Ukraine’s law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies, along with the Prosecutor General. It was a much-needed meeting — a frank and constructive conversation that truly helps,» Zelenskyy wrote on X. «We all share a common enemy: the Russian occupiers. And defending the Ukrainian state requires a strong enough law enforcement and anti-corruption system — one that ensures a real sense of justice.»

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not pictured) hold a joint press conference during the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 (URC2025) at Roma Convention Center La Nuvola, on July 10, 2025, in Rome, Italy. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

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«In effect, if this bill becomes law, the head of SAPO will become a nominal figure, while NABU will lose its independence and turn into a subdivision of the prosecutor general’s office,» the agencies said in a joint statement on Telegram, according to the Associated Press.

European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos expressed concern over the vote, saying «the dismantling of key safeguards protecting NABU’s independence is a serious step back.»

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Zelenskyy said in another X post, following a meeting that included NABU Director Semen Kryvonos, SAPO Prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, and Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Maliuk, that «anti-corruption infrastructure» needs to be «cleared» of «Russian influence.»

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Protesters hold placards during a rally against a law that restricts independence of anti‑corruption institutions on July 22, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ivan Antypenko/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC «UA:PBC»/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

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The Ukrainian government’s latest move risks endangering its bid to join the European Union, as a crackdown on internal corruption is a requirement. Additionally, it could strain the warming relationship between Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump, who has accused the Ukrainian leader of being a «dictator without elections.»

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Both the U.S. and the E.U. have backed activists in Ukraine demanding independent institutions be established and empowered to clean up corruption, according to Axios. However, the pressure dropped significantly after Russia invaded Ukraine.


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