Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that the nation’s first-ever detransition clinic has opened at Texas Children’s Hospital following a $10 million settlement with the state.

The announcement comes after Paxton reached a settlement with TCH in May, finalized in August, requiring the hospital to pay $10 million to resolve government claims and separately establish and fund a detransition clinic. The new clinic provides «detransition-related medical care to patients through age 21, along with detransition-related obstetric and gynecologic care to patients older than 21,» according to Paxton’s office.

«In accordance with my settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital, the nation’s first-ever Detransition Clinic is now open,» Paxton said in a statement. «I will continue to ensure that this clinic provides the care and support that victims of the radical left’s gender ideology deserve.»

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«Together, we will protect our children and defeat the dangerous ideology that has inflicted irreversible harm on innocent kids,» he continued.

Tuesday’s announcement comes as Paxton is running for election in Texas’ 2026 Senate race. President Donald Trump campaigned in two separate Texas cities, Corpus Christi and Lubbock, on Tuesday in an effort to boost Paxton’s Senate bid.

The Trump administration has been targeting initiatives related to transgender people in recent months. Trump announced in August that his administration will cease providing funding for gender transition surgeries using Medicaid for minors.

Paxton’s office did not respond to Digital’s request for comment.

A TCH spokesperson told Digital on Wednesday that the hospital prioritizes providing patients «the highest standard of care,» including through the detransition clinic.

«First and foremost, patients and families are at the center of all we do and we will always provide the highest standard of care, including through this clinic, which formalizes the supportive, multidisciplinary services we have and will continue to deliver,» the TCH spokesperson said. «Given the multidisciplinary approach, care may be delivered in multiple locations, depending on individual patient needs.»

«All services provided will be within our hospital’s existing licensure and scope,» the spokesperson added. «Services will include Endocrinology, Surgery, Primary Care, Fertility Counseling, Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work/Case Management and Speech Pathology. The clinic is operational and we are complying with all requirements in the settlement agreement.»

The TCH spokesperson also told Digital that the hospital is «actively triaging prospective patients» for the detransition clinic.

«Protecting the privacy of our patients and their families is a top priority, thus we are unable to share patient information,» the spokesperson stated. «We are actively triaging prospective patients through our established intake process. We can tell you that thus far, we have not yet had clinical appointments with patients.»

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TCH is required to fully fund services provided through the detransition clinic for its first five years, ensuring patients receive those services at no cost, and must also publicize the clinic on its website, per the settlement.

The May settlement also required TCH to pay $10 million to resolve claims brought under the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act and the federal False Claims Act over allegations that the hospital improperly billed Texas Medicaid for gender-transition treatments, according to Paxton’s office.

Do No Harm, a medical advocacy organization critical of gender-transition treatments for minors, estimates that 13,994 minors received gender-transition-related medical interventions between 2019 and 2023, based on its analysis of insurance claims data.

A poll published on Oct. 21 found that Democratic candidate James Talarico and Paxton were tied at 49% each among likely voters in the Lone Star State.

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FIRST ON FOX: The State Department has hit out strongly against South Africa and some of its politicians, accusing them of putting their people’s lives at risk following two attacks on White farmers believed to be Afrikaners — people of European descent — near Johannesburg.

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A 50-year-old man was reportedly tortured, and a 55-year-old woman allegedly beaten to death.

In exclusive comments to Fox News Digital, a State Department spokesperson said «the lives and property of Afrikaners have been endangered by politicians who incite race-based violence against them.»

US President Donald Trump, right, and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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This is the latest volley from the administration in an increasingly bitter row, which first burst out of the Oval Office last year in a heated exchange between President Donald Trump and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, on a range of the country’s policies and issues — including safety concerns for the Afrikaner community.

«This month’s attacks were ‘appalling,’ said Ian Cameron, chair of South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Police and a member of Parliament with the main opposition Democratic Alliance.

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He detailed the attacks, starting with one involving Donovan Marx, a 50-year-old who was on his farm about 80 miles from Johannesburg.

Cameron told Fox News Digital there were reports Marx was shot, stabbed and had his ears cut off, describing the attack as «extraordinary cruelty.»

He added that in a separate attack in the same North West Province earlier this month, a female farmer, Hannetjie van Zyl, 55, was beaten to death while opening a gate.

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President Donald Trump shows documents as he meets South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday, May 21, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Eyewitness reports claim she was approached from behind and hit repeatedly over the head with an iron bar.

In both attacks, the victims’ vehicles and belongings were reportedly stolen. But the alleged torture of Marx goes beyond straightforward crimes such as burglary, Corné Mulder, leader of the opposition party Freedom Front Plus, told Fox News Digital.

«Safety and farm attacks in South Africa remains a huge problem,» Mulder said. «Donovan Marx was attacked this week. He’s fighting for his life in hospital at the moment. The perpetrators not only attacked him, they tried to castrate him.»

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While both victims were White, there have been no accusations from public figures that the attacks were racially motivated.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address in Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 12, 2026. (Rodger Bosch/Pool via Reuters)

Cameron claimed the attacks were not isolated, noting he had «personally attended farm-attack scenes where people were tortured with boiling water, burnt with clothing irons and subjected to other horrific abuse.»

«SAPS [South African Police Service] must put experienced investigators, forensic support and crime intelligence behind these cases,» Cameron said. «Nobody should have to accept this level of violence as a normal part of life.»

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The reported torture of farmers is «unthinkable,» Mulder said, adding «not one word from the President of South Africa to sympathize, not even acknowledging that this has happened, which is absolutely unbelievable.»

«We have been pleading with [the] government to prioritize rural crime and farm attacks as a priority crime, they are not prepared to do so,» he continued.

Fox News Digital reached out to the South African government for comment, but was referred to police, who did not immediately respond.

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (Misper Apawu/ AP Phot/Pool)

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Mulder claims the recent farm attacks were fueled by the South African president’s refusal to heed Trump’s demand last year to stop performances of the song «Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer.» The term «Boer» refers to a South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent, according to Merriam-Webster.

Ramaphosa said he could not stop the song being chanted in stadiums by crowds of up to 90,000 because the country’s highest court has said the lyrics are not hate speech.

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«As long as [President Ramaphosa] does not stop the incitement to attack farmers with the singing of the song «Kill the Boer,» the attacks will continue,» Mulder wrote in a statement. «We see the practical reality when these things play out as happened with the last two farm attacks that we’ve seen.»

Last month, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Brent Bozell III told Fox News Digital that Ramaphosa could ban the song despite a court ruling that it did not constitute hate speech.

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«So, to say, well, you can’t do it because the court said it’s not, you know, that’s poppycock,» Bozell said. «If President Ramaphosa, if he wants to, he can do it. It’s just as simple as that.»

The State Department doubled down on the administration’s demand that the singing of the song be banned, with a spokesperson telling Fox News Digital on Friday, «The United States asked senior government officials to condemn incitement to race-based violence, particularly the singing of «Kill the Farmer! Kill the Boer!»

U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Brent Bozell III (L) poses for a photograph after presenting letters of credence to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) at Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House in Pretoria on April 8, 2026. (Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images)

The spokesperson added that Trump has demanded South Africa formally designate rural crime as a priority crime, and «expand alternatives to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment ownership requirements, such as equity equivalent investment programs.»

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Regarding farmers, the State Department spokesperson said South African politicians «threaten to confiscate their farms without compensation and support a corrupt, race-based scoring system that discriminates against Afrikaners and other minorities in employment.»

«The lack of a meaningful response to these requests made clear that the South African government does not want a constructive relationship with the United States and is willing to continue pursuing oppressive policies that disadvantage all South Africans,» the spokesperson continued.

Nearly 13,000 South African refugees, most of them Afrikaners, have been flown to the U.S. during fiscal year 2026. That number is expected to increase by another 17,500 refugees in fiscal year 2027.

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«As directed by President Trump, we are prioritizing the resettlement of Afrikaners in South Africa escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination,» the State Department spokesperson said.

Paul Tilsley is a veteran correspondent who has reported from four continents for more than three decades. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, he can be followed on X @paultilsley.

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Marco Rubio afirmó este sábado que el gobierno estadounidense no intervino en los preparativos de la salida de Flávio Bolsonaro de Brasil, aunque señaló que Washington autorizó el ingreso del ex candidato presidencial brasileño cuando llegó a un punto de entrada al país.

“Ya disponía de un visado, y el presidente tomó la decisión de permitirle entrar en el país”, explicó el secretario de Estado en una rueda de prensa celebrada en Atlanta, Georgia, donde acogió a los ministros de Asuntos Exteriores del G20 para una reunión de dos días. No obstante, añadió que “el Gobierno de EEUU no participó directamente” en los preparativos que Bolsonaro llevó a cabo para abandonar su país.

La salida de Flávio Bolsonaro, ex candidato presidencial del Partido Liberal (PL), abrió interrogantes en Brasil sobre el recorrido que realizó antes de arribar a Estados Unidos. El senador ingresó a Argentina el 27 de octubre por el Puente Internacional Tancredo Neves, en Misiones, junto a su esposa y sus dos hijas.

A las 23:30 abordó un vuelo privado desde Puerto Iguazú hacia Guayaquil, Ecuador. Desde allí continuó viaje a Miami. La Dirección Nacional de Migraciones indicó que la familia Bolsonaro presentó documentación válida y que no registraba impedimentos legales para entrar al país.

El conflicto se originó en Brasil, donde el ministro Alexandre de Moraes, del Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), había ordenado la entrega de los pasaportes de Bolsonaro y le había prohibido salir del territorio brasileño en una causa por presunto lavado de dinero. La Policía Federal de Brasil afirmó que no cuenta con un registro oficial de la salida del legislador.

El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Brasil, conocido como Itamaraty, convocó a la encargada de negocios de la embajada argentina en Brasilia, María Emilia Cortés, para solicitar información sobre una posible participación de funcionarios de Javier Milei en el traslado.

El encuentro tuvo lugar con João Marcelo Galvão de Queiroz, responsable del Departamento de Mercosur de la Cancillería brasileña. Fuentes diplomáticas brasileñas describieron la reunión como un procedimiento para recabar datos, sin carácter de reprimenda ni de protesta formal.

La Casa Rosada sostuvo que Bolsonaro ingresó al país sin alertas internacionales ni restricciones registradas en los sistemas migratorios argentinos. El jefe de Gabinete, Diego Santilli, afirmó que esa fue la condición que permitió su entrada al territorio nacional.

La situación se produjo en un contexto de relaciones diplomáticas deterioradas entre Buenos Aires y Brasilia. Ambos países mantienen sus vínculos a nivel de encargados de negocios desde agosto, después de la salida de los embajadores Julio Bitelli, de Brasil, y Daniel Raimondi, de Argentina.

Flávio Bolsonaro denunció persecución política

Tras su llegada a Miami, Bolsonaro reapareció en una transmisión por redes sociales. Afirmó que su salida de Brasil no respondió a una señal de debilidad y denunció una persecución política en su contra.

En una transmisión de unos 20 minutos por Instagram, Bolsonaro informó que decidió dejar Brasil tras una conversación con su esposa, Fernanda Bolsonaro. Durante su reaparición, agradeció a sus seguidores por los cerca de 60 millones de votos que recibió. “Esto me da mucha fuerza, mucha lucidez e incluso más valor para afrontar lo que sea necesario, para rescatar y salvar a nuestro país, para volver a presentarme a la presidencia. No me refiero a 2030, no, me refiero a antes”, sostuvo el legislador.

Flávio Bolsonaro acusó al presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, del Partido de los Trabajadores (PT), de utilizar recursos estatales durante la campaña, entre ellos el aumento del monto de la Bolsa Familia en vísperas de los comicios.

Durante la transmisión, Bolsonaro comparó la conducta que atribuyó a su rival con infracciones en un partido de fútbol. “Hubo varios goles marcados con la mano que mi oponente anotó y que no fueron anulados por el VAR [árbitro asistente de video]. Jugó completamente al margen de las reglas de la ley electoral”, agregó.

El senador aseguró que perdió las elecciones presidenciales frente a Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva “contra el sistema” y cuestionó los resultados del balotaje. También planteó la posibilidad de que Brasil celebre nuevas elecciones antes de 2030.

Rubio evitó referirse a esas acusaciones y concentró su declaración en la actuación de Washington. Su mensaje buscó dejar establecido que Estados Unidos permitió la entrada de Bolsonaro, pero que no organizó ni coordinó la ruta que utilizó para abandonar Brasil.

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