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President Donald Trump has announced that Maine will lose all federal funding unless the state complies with his executive order barring biological males from competing in women’s sports. Speaking at a Republican Governors Association meeting, Trump expressed frustration over Maine’s continued allowance of transgender athletes in female competitions.

A girls' basketball team from a Christian school in California will compete against a team with a transgender player.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) launched Title IX investigations into Minnesota's and California's athletic organizations.

Washington’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chris Reykdal, announced that he is working with the state's attorney general to combat President Donald Trump's order prohibiting transgender individuals from participating in women's sports.

After President Donald Trump signed his executive order prohibiting transgender athletes from women's sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker said the organization would comply.

A school official for Irving Independent School District in Texas was caught on video advising an undercover journalist posing as a parent to change their child's birth certificate so they could participate in girls' sports.

Former Kansas City Chiefs players Nick Lowery and Tony Richardson recently visited Israel to advocate for the release of hostages held by Hamas.

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on January 20, 2025, titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” The order aims to protect women’s rights, preserve single-sex spaces, and reaffirm the biological distinctions between men and women.

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump gave his inaugural address after taking the oath of office. In his address, President Trump stated that it will be the "official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male and female."

Inga Thompson, a three-time U.S. Olympic cyclist and lifelong Democrat, recently voiced her support for President Donald Trump’s stance on preserving women’s sports in an interview with The Telegraph. Thompson, who has been a staunch Democrat throughout her life, admitted that Trump’s commitment to protecting female athletes from competing against biological males has swayed her opinion.