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Upheaval at NBC: MSNBC ditches Joy Reid, ‘Nightly News’ anchor Lester Holt steps down

President Trump took a parting shot at MSNBC host Joy Reid after the cable network dumped the leftist firebrand's show, but that wasn't the end of the drama at NBCUniversal.

February 24, 2025

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers blasted for replacing ‘mother’ with ‘inseminated person’

The Biden administration referred to expectant mothers as "pregnant people" and "birthing people," but Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers prefers the term "inseminated person."

February 24, 2025

Trump launches probe into Maine schools after president’s clash with governor over trans athletes

The Trump administration announced it has launched investigations into whether schools in Maine are violating federal law by continuing to allow transgender athletes to compete in high school sports against biological women.

February 21, 2025

New Hampshire, Wisconsin scrub transgender-athlete policies after Trump order

California, Maine and Minnesota may be resisting President Trump's executive order on single-sex female sports, but not New Hampshire and Wisconsin.

February 21, 2025

‘See you in court’: Maine governor, Trump spar at White House over trans athletes

President Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills sparred face-to-face over his executive order banning biological males from competing in women's sports.

February 21, 2025

Nonprofit groups that rely on federal funding file suit challenging Trump’s executive orders

Three of President Trump's executive orders on diversity, equity and inclusion have been challenged by liberal nonprofit groups warning that they could lose millions in federal funding unless they adhere to the "unconstitutional" mandates.

February 19, 2025

Crushing the competition: Fox News rides Trump 2.0 wave to record ratings

The Fox News Channel was already crushing the competition in cable news -- and then the network received a Trump bump.

February 19, 2025

Kansas Republicans override veto of bill banning gender-transition drugs, surgeries for minors

For the third time, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill banning gender-transition procedures for minors, but for the first time, Republican legislators had the votes to overcome her veto.

February 18, 2025

Trump administration warns schools to eradicate DEI or lose federal funding

Schools across the country that use racial preferences in admissions, hiring and scholarships risk losing their federal funding by the end of the month under the latest guidance issued by the Trump administration aimed at rooting out diversity, equity and inclusion in academia.

February 17, 2025

CBS host Margaret Brennan ripped for ‘crazy’ claim about free speech fueling Holocaust

The legacy media is inevitably skeptical of anything favored by the Trump administration, and that apparently includes free speech.

February 17, 2025

Judge pauses Trump order targeting gender-transition treatment for youth

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump's executive actions denying federal funding to hospitals offering gender-transition treatment to minors, responding to a lawsuit filed by seven adolescents and teens seeking cross-sex drugs and surgeries.

February 13, 2025

FCC chairman orders DEI investigation into Comcast, NBCUniversal

The Federal Communications Commission is investigating whether NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast are violating federal law with their diversity policies, the latest news broadcasting company to face scrutiny under the Trump administration.

February 13, 2025

California, Minnesota hit with federal probe after defying Trump executive order on girls’ sports

Both California and Minnesota have vowed to flout the Trump administration's ban on biological males in girls' sports, but it turns out the president's executive order wasn't a suggestion.

February 13, 2025

Missouri sues Starbucks over DEI policies, says they promote discrimination

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has sued Starbucks over its diversity policies, saying the company made hiring and promotion decisions based on race in violation of state and federal anti-discrimination laws.

February 11, 2025

Education Department wants NCAA to erase records by transgender athletes

Bad news for Lia Thomas: The Trump administration wants the NCAA to claw back the transgender swimmer's women's collegiate crown.

February 11, 2025

Women’s sports advocates seek blue-state breakthrough in New Mexico

No Democratic governor has ever signed a bill banning biological males in female sports, but advocates for single-sex athletics are hoping to break the blue-state barrier this year, starting in New Mexico.

February 11, 2025

Transgender-friendly Nike hit with blowback for ad extolling women’s sports

Nike has championed male-born competitors in women's sports for years, which is why its Super Bowl ad paying tribute to female athletes was accused of being hypocritical, not to mention a few decades behind the times.

February 10, 2025

Daughters of American Revolution board rejects ban on biological males

The Daughters of the American Revolution leadership has nixed a proposal to ban transgender women, fending off for the second time a membership revolt against transgender applicants.

February 10, 2025

NCAA bans trans athletes from women’s sports after Trump executive order

The NCAA voted Thursday to ban male-born students from women's sports, retreating on years of transgender inclusion just one day after President Trump's executive order on female scholastic sports.

February 6, 2025

Trump administration probes Penn, San Jose State over transgender athletes

The Education Department launched investigations Thursday into three institutions where biological males who identify as female have played female sports, citing President Trump's executive order on scholastic athletics issued the day before.

February 6, 2025