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Texas, Heritage Foundation sue to stop Biden administration’s ‘transgender mandate’ in workplace

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to block the Biden administration's transgender directive, a newly enacted policy requiring employers to use the opposite-sex pronouns of male-born workers who identify as female and allow them access to women's restrooms and locker rooms.

August 15, 2024

Hu/hu? Harris for President campaign presses job applicants to pick zir pronouns

The Kamala Harris presidential campaign wants job applicants to designate their pronouns -- and there are plenty of options.

August 15, 2024

Columbia president resigns after year roiled by anti-Israel mayhem

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced her resignation Wednesday following a turbulent inaugural year, her brief tenure marred by widespread criticism over her handling of the anti-Israel protests that rocked the Manhattan campus.

August 14, 2024

Colorado Capitol rolls back ban on political swag after kicking out pro-lifer over sweatshirt

Visitors to the Colorado State Capitol will no longer be monitored by the political fashion police.

August 14, 2024

Los Angeles DA George Gascon sued for punishing prosecutor for ‘misgendering’ sex offender

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is seeking reelection in November even as he faces a full-blown revolt by his prosecutorial staff.

August 14, 2024

Federal judge orders UCLA to end ‘abhorrent’ discrimination against Jewish students

A federal judge ordered the University of California, Los Angeles to stop providing programs and activities to all students when Jewish students are prevented from accessing them, as they were earlier this year by pro-Palestinian protests.

August 13, 2024

Calls to bring back sex-screening surge after gender-disputed Olympic boxers win women’s gold

The International Olympic Committee has not sex-tested female athletes since 1996, but the two gender-disputed boxers who won gold at the 2024 Paris Games have some women demanding a return of the cheek swab.

August 13, 2024

Colorado law forcing schools to use students’ transgender names faces court challenge

The parents of a Colorado girl are suing state and local authorities after her school helped her undergo a social gender transition, including using an opposite-sex name and connecting her with a transgender therapist without her family's knowledge.

August 13, 2024

Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting becomes second sex-disputed boxer to win Olympic gold in women’s boxing

Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting won the Olympic women's boxing championship Saturday in the featherweight class, becoming the second of two fighters whose biological sex has been called into question to capture gold medals in Paris.

August 10, 2024

Sex-disputed fighter Imane Khelif wins Olympic women’s boxing gold

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, whose sex has been disputed, won Olympic gold Friday by defeating Chinese fighter Yang Liu in the women's welterweight boxing final.

August 9, 2024

Olympics President Thomas Bach defends sex-disputed boxers, says sex tests are ‘not reliable’

If you're trying to figure out what a woman is, don't ask International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.

August 9, 2024

Muslim Democrats buoyed by Shapiro snub encourage ‘mass demonstrations’ at DNC

If bypassing Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro for the 2024 presidential ticket was supposed to lower the pro-Palestinian temperature at the Democratic National Convention, the strategy may have backfired.

August 9, 2024

Pro-life pregnancy centers sue New York A.G. for targeting abortion-pill reversal treatments

More pro-life pregnancy centers have sued New York Attorney General Letitia James over her crackdown on the advertising of abortion-pill reversal treatments, accusing her of waging a "witch-hunt" to chill their constitutionally protected speech.

August 8, 2024

Judge rejects Harvard’s bid to drop antisemitism lawsuit

A federal judge denied Harvard's motion to dismiss an anti-discrimination lawsuit, saying the evidence presented so far show that the university "failed its Jewish students" by allowing campus hostilities to escalate in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israeli civilians.

August 7, 2024

Female fighter makes ‘XX’ protest sign in ring after losing to sex-disputed boxer Lin Yu-ting

Sex-disputed boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan advanced Wednesday to the Olympic gold-medal round in the women's featherweight division, but Lin's opponent got in the last jab.

August 7, 2024

Walz dubbed ‘Tampon Tim’ by Trump fans over law requiring menstrual products in boys’ restrooms

Republicans wasted no time tagging Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz with a less-than-flattering nickname.

August 7, 2024

Sex-disputed boxer Imane Khelif advances to Olympic gold-medal round after women’s semifinal win

Imane Khelif, an Algerian boxer whose biological sex has been questioned, defeated Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng in the Olympic women's welterweight semifinals, a victory that keeps alive the fighter's gold-medal hopes -- and adds more fuel to the ongoing uproar over fairness in female sports.

August 6, 2024

Republicans press NCAA to ban male-born athletes from female sports as Biden Title IX redo kicks in

GOP senators urged the NCAA to limit participation in female sports to biological women only, citing the threat from the Biden administration's "unprecedented assault" on Title IX.

August 6, 2024

Boxing association blames Olympics for letting sex-disputed athletes fight women despite warnings

The rowdiest fight at the 2024 Paris Olympics may be the feud between the International Olympic Committee and the International Boxing Association over a pair of gender-disputed boxers.

August 5, 2024

Vatican chastises Olympics for ‘ridiculing religious convictions’ over ‘Last Supper’ uproar

The Vatican belatedly joined the chorus of voices denouncing the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony featuring an apparent reenactment of "The Last Supper" with drag queens, accusing the Games of mocking widely held religious beliefs.

August 5, 2024