A narrow vote by Washington State’s youth sports governing body has blocked a proposal to restrict male athletes from competing in girls' sports, sparking renewed concern over fairness and safety in school athletics. Despite majority support, the measure failed to meet the 60% threshold required to pass.
Indiana has taken a firm stand in defense of fairness and biological reality by enacting a new law that prohibits males from competing in women’s collegiate sports.
Tensions erupted in the Washington State House on Monday as Democrats pushed through Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5181 (ESSB 5181), a move Republicans say effectively dismantles Parental Rights Initiative 2081—less than a year after it passed with broad bipartisan support and backing from nearly half a million voters.
A heated school board meeting in Augusta, Maine, turned contentious when a parent was silenced while voicing opposition to transgender athletes participating in girls' sports.
The Trump Administration’s Departments of Education and Justice have launched a new Title IX Special Investigations Team (SIT) to combat the growing wave of gender ideology impacting female students and athletes. The SIT will focus on swift enforcement of President Trump’s executive order banning biological males from competing in female sports and will crack down on schools defying federal protections under Title IX.
President Donald Trump has agreed in principle to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for a series of hockey games between the United States and Russia. The agreement was reached during a nearly three-hour phone conversation between the two leaders on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, Virginia, who is accused of hitting another runner with a metal baton during a race, appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America to share new footage from a different angle of the incident. The footage, according to Everett, supports her claim that the contact was unintentional.
A major controversy has rocked the 2025 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, after several Norwegian ski jumpers and team officials were disqualified or suspended for violating equipment regulations. The scandal involves two high-profile athletes and members of their support staff, who were found to have illegally modified their ski suits to gain a competitive advantage.
Former President Joe Biden faced criticism on Saturday after posting a message on social media to commemorate International Women’s Day, with many pointing out his administration’s policies that impacted women’s sports.
