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Trump administration opens 18 investigations into transgender-athlete policies

The Trump administration launched Title IX probes Wednesday into complaints about transgender-athlete policies at 18 school districts.

January 14, 2026

More drama at Heritage Foundation as one scholar returns, another joins Pence defectors

One of the two legal experts who left the Heritage Foundation shortly before Christmas has joined his fellow defectors at former Vice President Mike Pence's policy shop -- and the other has returned to Heritage.

January 14, 2026

Dueling rallies on transgender-athlete laws draw hundreds to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court hearing on the transgender-athlete issue drew hundreds of high-spirited activists as well as lawmakers to competing rallies Tuesday on the courthouse steps.

January 13, 2026

ACLU unveils ad campaign starring Rapinoe, Page, Watts in support of trans athletes

A bevy of left-wing celebrities have launched an ad campaign in support of transgender athletes as the Supreme Court considers state laws in Idaho and West Virginia barring biological males from female sports.

January 12, 2026

‘We know we’re right’: Defenders of female athletes optimistic ahead of Supreme Court hearing

Advocates for single-sex sports like their chances ahead of oral argument Tuesday on the Idaho and West Virginia bans on transgender athletes in female scholastic sports, given the high court's 6-3 conservative majority and the strength of their legal arguments.

January 12, 2026

Basketball-playing legislator Barbara Ehardt sees her women’s sports law go before Supreme Court

Barbara Ehardt will be watching on Tuesday when the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on state laws that bar transgender athletes from competing in female sports.

January 11, 2026

Nevada Gov. Lombardo leads ballot initiative to keep biological males out of girls’ sports

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo is heading a petition drive to bar biological males from girls' scholastic sports, seeking to put the issue directly before the voters after being thwarted by the Democrat-led state legislature.

January 8, 2026

Gavin Newsom casting California as ‘beacon’ against Trumpism in previews of his 2028 campaign

Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his final State of the State address, said California has served as a bulwark against President Trump and the "purposeful chaos" emanating from Washington, casting his state as a "beacon" in a time of political unrest.

January 8, 2026

Tucker Carlson mocked for predicting gay marriage as motivation for Maduro raid

There were plenty of reasons for the U.S. to want Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro out of power, but as far as Tucker Carlson is concerned, the socialist strongman may have crossed the line with his opposition to gay marriage.

January 7, 2026

Appeals court revives California’s ban on disclosing students’ gender identity to parents

California schools are once again required to hide the opposite-sex gender identities of students from their parents under an emergency stay issued by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

January 6, 2026

Colorado hit with $6 million tab after judge blocks ban on abortion pill reversal

That Colorado law banning health care professionals from offering abortion pill reversals to pregnant women is proving expensive.

January 6, 2026

Universities ‘went wrong’ with faculty activism in classroom, Harvard president says

Harvard President Alan Garber may never be confused with Charlie Kirk, but it turns out the Ivy League leader has a problem with ideologically driven professors chilling open expression on campus.

January 5, 2026

HHS targets Biden-era rule that funds child care centers before verifying attendance

The Trump administration took aim Monday at a Biden-era regulation requiring states to pay child-care providers before verifying attendance or delivering services, citing allegations of massive fraud in Minnesota day care centers.

January 5, 2026

Transgender athlete advocacy takes hit with Kyrgios’ win over Sabalenka in Battle of the Sexes

An exhibition tennis match between the world's top-ranked women's player and a male opponent battling injuries wound up scoring points for advocates of sex-segregated sports.

December 30, 2025

PragerU’s ‘pro-American’ Presidential Rankings Survey puts Washington first, Biden last

Presidential rankings tend to reward those on the left and penalize those on the right, which is where PragerU comes in.

December 29, 2025

The Heritage Foundation restocks after wave of scholars defect to Pence-led group

The Heritage Foundation wasted no time filling some of the vacancies left by its departing scholars and staffers, taking an upbeat tone despite the recent defections to a rival conservative organization led by former Vice President Mike Pence.

December 26, 2025

Trump administration rolls back Biden-era policy that put VA in abortion business

The Trump administration has reversed the Biden-era guidance requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide abortions, arguing that the directive violated congressional restrictions on using taxpayer dollars to fund elective pregnancy termination.

December 23, 2025

California can’t hide students’ gender identity in ‘historic’ legal win for parental rights

A federal judge ruled that California schools can't conceal students' different-sex gender identities from their families, delivering a smackdown of the hotly contested state policy in a landmark victory for parental-rights advocates.

December 23, 2025

Trump administration probes campus safety at Brown after deadly shooting

The Department of Education opened an investigation Monday into Brown University's compliance with federal campus-security law, a probe spurred by the recent mass shooting at an academic building that left two students dead.

December 22, 2025

The Heritage Foundation loses a dozen scholars to Pence-led group in rift over leadership

The steady drip of departures from The Heritage Foundation turned into a cascade Monday as legal luminary Josh Blackman resigned and more than a dozen scholars and staff moved to a competing organization founded by former Vice President Mike Pence.

December 22, 2025