US EditionTrump Threatens to Withhold Federal Funding From California over Transgender Athlete
- President Donald Trump threatened to withhold large-scale federal funding from California on May 27, 2025, over the state's policy on transgender athletes in women’s sports.
- The threat follows California allowing a transgender high school athlete, AB Hernandez, who was born male, to compete and win in girls' track and field events.
- Trump invoked his February 5 executive order barring transgender women from female sports and warned local authorities they might be ordered to block Hernandez from competing in upcoming CIF state championships.
- Trump wrote he will deny "large scale federal funding" to California if it continues defying the order, highlighting the state’s reliance on over $170 billion in federal funds for its 2025-2026 budget.
- The confrontation pressures Governor Gavin Newsom, who has called transgender participation "deeply unfair," and suggests potential long-term funding cuts that could significantly impact California’s public programs.
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Fox has been covering a trans high school athlete in California for months. Now it looks like Trump is posting about her.
In recent months, Fox News and Fox Corp.’s sports property OutKick have dedicated online and on-air coverage to a trans high school track-and-field athlete competing in California. Now President Donald Trump has seemingly referenced the athlete in a Truth Social post, making her the target of his latest attempt to elevate state policy on trans athletes to the level of a national crisis.
Trump Administration Goes After Fresno-Area Track and Field Competition Over Trans Athlete
Heading into this weekend’s State Track and Field Championships, the California Interscholastic Federation made a rule change to appease the Trump administration’s furor over a trans athlete being allowed to participate. This weekend is the California Interscholastic Federation’s high school State Track and Field Championships in Clovis, California, an event which, to be honest, we do not normally cover. But the stakes at this competition are in…
California to change high school sports rules after Trump threatens federal funding
California will allow more girls to compete in track and field events in response to a threat by President Donald Trump to halt federal funding after he accused the state of violating a presidential order by allowing a transgender-identified athlete to compete in girls' sports. #California #Transgender #Sports
How To Combat America’s Culture-Warrior-In-Chief
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