AP Spotlight Trump delivered on his promise to order a ban on transgender female athletes. What's next? TITLE IX | TRANSGENDER ATHLETES WILL GRAVES Associated Press Feb 11, 2025 Feb 11, 2025 Updated Aug 17, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Donald Trump, the candidate, pledged to get "transgender insanity the hell out of our schools" and "keep men out of women's sports."kAms@?2=5 %CF>A[ E96 AC6D:56?E[ H2DE65 =:EE=6 E:>6 56=:G6C:?8 @? 9:D AC@>:D6 E@ 255C6DD 2 E@A:4 E92E D66>65 E@ C6D@?2E6 24C@DD A2CEJ =:?6D] %CF>A :DDF65 2? 6I64FE:G6 @C56C E96 52J 9:D D64@?5 E6C> 3682? 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US Park Service erases the word 'transgender' from website commemorating Stonewall riot The changes were made Thursday in the wake of an executive order Trump signed calling for the federal government to define sex as only male or female.
Trump order aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19 "It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called 'transition' of a child," he said.
New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages. Name a hot topic, and chances are good there's a new law about it taking ef…
Trump signs executive order to bar transgender athletes from girls', women's sports It gives federal agencies wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by the Trump administration's Title IX rules.
