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Trump signs order banning biological men from women’s sports

President Trump ordered a ban Wednesday on biological males seeking to participate in girls' and women's scholastic sports, fulfilling a campaign promise and posterizing Democrats on an issue that has become a slam dunk for Republicans.

February 5, 2025

Former teammates target Thomas’ swimming records in Title IX lawsuit against Ivy League

Three former University of Pennsylvania swimmers have sued to expunge the women's swimming records set by Lia Thomas, arguing that the male-born athlete who identifies as female was allowed to compete in violation of Title IX.

February 5, 2025

Trump to sign ban on biological males in girls’ and women’s sports

President Trump is scheduled to sign an executive order Wednesday barring male-born athletes from girls and women's sports, fulfilling a campaign promise on an increasingly high-profile issue pitting fairness and safety against against transgender inclusion.

February 5, 2025

Trump administration promises smooth FAFSA rollout, drops ‘nonbinary’ option

Things have changed since President Trump's team took over at the Department of Education, and that includes the Free Application for Federal Student Aid rollout.

February 4, 2025

Trump’s ban on gender-transition drugs, surgeries for youth hit with lawsuit

Transgender rights advocates sued Tuesday to block President Trump's order cutting off federal funds for gender-transition drugs and surgeries prescribed to those under 19, arguing that the directive exceeds the president's authority.

February 4, 2025

Conservative nonprofits battle racial discrimination in education fueled by DEI

Racial discrimination in education has been illegal for 60 years, and yet race-exclusive programs continue to crop up at K-12 schools and universities in the name of promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

February 4, 2025

Boston University shuts its antiracism center, as founder Ibram Kendi decamps to Howard University

Boston University plans to shut down its Center for Antiracist Research and part ways with founder Ibram X. Kendi.

February 4, 2025

Trump administration opens antisemitism investigation into five universities

The Department of Education announced Monday an investigation into five universities over reports of "widespread antisemitic harassment" in the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israelis.

February 3, 2025

Former Mormon church member loses bid to retrieve millions in tithes

A federal court has rejected a prominent ex-member's effort to claw back millions of dollars in tithes from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over its funding of commercial ventures.

February 2, 2025

George Mason to lift punishment, pay damages to students who opposed tampons in men’s rooms

George Mason University has agreed to pay $15,000 in damages and attorneys' fees to two female students who were disciplined for raising objections to stocking tampons in men's restrooms.

February 1, 2025

Federal websites shut down temporarily as Trump administration scrubs DEI content

The Trump administration began shutting down federal websites Friday evening, taking them offline temporarily to remove diversity, equity and inclusion content.

January 31, 2025

Trump administration scraps Biden-era Title IX rule that added ‘gender identity’

The Department of Education has announced it will enforce Title IX protections based on biological sex, not gender identity, jettisoning the Biden administration's effort to extend the landmark civil rights law to men who identify as women.

January 31, 2025

FCC opens probe into whether NPR, PBS stations are breaking law by ‘airing commercials’

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has ordered an investigation into National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service over concerns about promoting sponsors, a probe that may influence the debate over taxpayer funding of public media.

January 30, 2025

Senate Republicans seek to delist Yellowstone grizzly bear after Biden’s rebuff

Former President Joseph R. Biden's refusal to delist the grizzly bear as a threatened species earlier this month infuriated Western Republicans, but Mr. Biden is no longer in power -- and they are.

January 29, 2025

Feds launch Title IX probe into school that converted girls’ restroom to all-gender facility

There are two restrooms on the second floor at East High School in Denver, one for boys and one that is "all-gender," and the Trump administration has a problem with that.

January 28, 2025

Backlash erupts against Selena Gomez sobbing over Trump deportations in now-deleted video

Superstar Selena Gomez's tears over the deportation of illegal aliens are misplaced, as far as supporters of President Trump are concerned.

January 28, 2025

‘OutKick’ tracks athletes defying woke sports industry by siding with Trump

The woke sports industry may be pivoting to the center as newly emboldened athletes express support for President Trump -- and nobody knows that better than "Outkick."

January 28, 2025

19 Republican attorneys general urge Costco to end its ‘unlawful discrimination’ DEI policies

Costco has doubled down on its woke diversity policies, but Republicans are hoping the company will reconsider.

January 27, 2025

California Democrats seek to allow ‘climate disaster’ victims to sue oil-and-gas industry

The devastating Los Angeles wildfires have been blamed on factors ranging from high winds to overgrown brush to budget cuts, but Democratic legislators are pointing the finger at another culprit: the oil-and-gas industry.

January 27, 2025

Trump DOJ drops case against doctor who exposed transgender treatment for minors

The Trump administration's flurry of first-week legal actions included the dismissal of a Biden-era case against a doctor who blew the whistle on Texas Children's Hospital for performing gender-change procedures on minors.

January 26, 2025