President Joe Biden has almost completely recovered from COVID-19, according to White House physician Kevin O’Connor. O’Connor released a statement on Monday afternoon saying that the president’s symptoms from a bout with COVID-19 have “almost resolved completely.” Biden has been isolating at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he has remained out of the public eye for five straight days. “President Biden completed his tenth dose of PAXLOVID this morning. His symptoms have almost resolved completely. His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature remain absolutely normal. His oxygen saturation continues to be excellent on room air. His lungs remain clear,” O’Connor wrote in the health update put out by the White House. “The President continues to perform all of his presidential duties. I will continue to keep your office updated with any changes in his condition or treatment plan,” O’Connor wrote. President Biden’s COVID symptoms have almost resolved completely, and he continues to perform all of his presidential duties. An update from Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Physician to the President. pic.twitter.com/EfPUgLh3Dx — The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 22, 2024 Experts have previously expressed doubts that O’Connor is a reliable source about the health of the president. Regardless of the history of White House physicians obscuring presidential health problems from the public, O’Connor has a muddied history of business dealings with the Biden family that compromise his position even more, according to ethics experts. The health update comes as Biden has remained out of sight as questions have whirled over his health and competency to hold the highest office in the United States. The update comes a day after the president dropped out of the presidential race, citing “the best interest of my party and the country.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision,” Biden wrote in a letter of his decision. He later endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to take over the campaign and be recognized at the Democratic National Convention as the Democratic nominee for president. The last public sighting of Biden was him disembarking at the U.S. air base in Dover, Delaware, late Wednesday on his way to his vacation home to begin his time isolating with COVID.

Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Tesla and SpaceX, told Dr. Jordan B. Peterson on Monday that he was “tricked into” allowing one of his sons to undergo gender procedures, saying his child was “killed” by the “woke mind virus.” Musk sat down with Peterson for an interview that covered a range of topics and was streamed live on DailyWire+ and X. During one segment, Peterson and Musk discussed children being targeted by doctors with gender procedures, with both men agreeing that the practice is “evil.” Musk called “gender-affirming care,” the Left’s description of the procedures, “a terrible euphemism.” “It’s really child mutilation and sterilization,” Musk said. “It’s evil. You’re taking kids who are far below the age of consent.” “It’s very possible for adults to manipulate children who are having an actual identity crisis into believing that they are the wrong gender,” he added. “Why are you willing to make this an issue?” Peterson asked Musk, which led to the billionaire entrepreneur opening up about his son, Xavier, who struggled with gender dysphoria and now identifies as a girl. “Well, it happened to one of my older boys,” the Tesla and SpaceX owner replied. “I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier. This was really before I had any understanding of what was going on, and we had COVID going on, so there was a lot of confusion. And I was told Xavier might commit suicide.” “I was tricked into doing this… the people promoting this should go to prison.” @ElonMusk opens up to @JordanBPeterson about gender ideology’s impact on his son, Xavier. pic.twitter.com/1bdILGNdJE — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) July 22, 2024 “That was a lie right from the outset,” Peterson said. “No reliable clinician ever believed that. There was never any evidence for that, and also, if there is a higher suicide rate, the reason is the underlying depression and anxiety and not because of the gender dysphoria. And every god-d*** clinician knows that, too, and they’re too cowardly to come out and say it.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “It’s incredibly evil,” Musk said. “And I agree with you that the people that are promoting this should go to prison.” “I was tricked into doing this. It wasn’t explained to me that puberty blockers are actually just sterilization drugs,” he added. “I lost my son, essentially. They call it ‘deadnaming’ for a reason. The reason they call it ‘deadnaming’ is because your son is dead, so my son, Xavier, is dead, killed by the woke mind virus.” “I’m sorry to hear that. I can’t imagine what that would be like,” Peterson told the billionaire entrepreneur. “So I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus after that,” said Musk. “And we’re making some progress.” If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

'it’s just the right thing to do'

'He gave his own life to try and save his children'

Cheatle could not 'speak to specifics'

'How can anybody think this is normal?'

'Lifetime ban from being on anything'

'Through these actions, Director Chealte has demonstrated a neglect for her duty'

'We are 100 percent all in and ready to deliver'

House Republicans criticized Democrats on Monday for using a hearing on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump to call for gun control.  Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was at the House Oversight Committee hearing to testify about security failures that led to a 20-year-old gunman opening fire at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania this month, shooting the former president in the ear, wounding two rallygoers, and killing a third.  But committee members such as Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., used much of their time to highlight the type of rifle the gunman borrowed from his father, who had legally purchased the weapon.  Raskin began by expressing concern about “all the AR-15s out there” and spent several minutes of his speaking time urging a federal ban on the rifles.  Before questioning Cheatle, Connolly said, “There’s some things my friends on one particular side of the aisle don’t really want to talk about, like AR-15s and access to them by a 20-year-old—or anybody, for that matter.” He then asked repeatedly whether gun access makes Secret Service’s job “easier” or “harder.”  Cheatle repeatedly dodged the question, saying she pays attention to whatever “environment that the Secret Service works in every day.”  “That doesn’t tell me anything,” Connolly told her angrily.  Norton referred to “guns” as “one of the roots of political violence” in her opening statement and argued against allowing the concealed carrying of handguns in Washington.  Republicans who attended the hearing attacked their Democratic colleagues’ priorities in comments to The Daily Signal.  “The Democrats never miss an opportunity to push for gun control,” Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., told The Daily Signal. “Give them any episode that happens and they’re going to push for gun control. We have the Second Amendment for a reason, and it has to be protected.”  Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said the gun control topic belongs in “a separate hearing.”  “There are a lot of different things that we could do to reduce gun violence in this country, but this is a hearing about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump,” she told The Daily Signal.  Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, accused Democrats of wanting to “jump on” the gun issue after avoiding “responsible legislation” on guns in Congress for several years. “The bottom line is … that we have to pass something for changes to be made.” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said members of Congress should be “focused on trying to get answers” about the Trump rally shooting.  “But frankly,” he added, Cheatle is “not giving us any answers.” The office of Ranking Member Raskin, who led the charge in bringing up gun control at the hearing, did not respond to a request for comment before publication.  Republicans and Democrats, however, were widely united in their frustration with Cheatle’s often unresponsive testimony about Trump’s near-assassination. She alluded to “ongoing investigations” as her reason for not giving more detailed responses. “We had members on both sides of the aisle calling for her resignation,” Mace noted, adding that “this unified the country.”  The post EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Slam Democrats for Pushing Gun Control After Trump Assassination Attempt appeared first on The Daily Signal.