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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Trump threatens to withhold federal funding to California over transgender athlete
The track and stands at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis sat empty Tuesday afternoon, offering no hint of the controversy brewing ahead of the California Interscholastic Federation Track and Field Championships it's set to host this weekend.
President Trump threatens to withhold funds over a trans athlete in California in state finals
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - President Trump is threatening to withhold funds over a California high school trans athlete who made the state finals in Track and Field. On Tuesday, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) released a statement saying additional competitors will be placed in certain events due to the presence of a transgender girl athlete who qualified for the May 30-31 state championship meet. The transgender st…
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DailyTruthReportTransgender former employee is suing Liberty University over firing
LYNCHBURG, Virginia – In a case pitting religious freedom against transgender ideology, one of the country’s largest Christian universities is being sued by a former employee over the school’s decision to fire her once she began to transition to a woman. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Liberty University on Friday to appeal a lawsuit from the former employee, giving the religious school a second chance to prove the former employee vi…
‘Permanently Withhold Funding’—Trump Threatens California Over Letting a Trans Athlete Compete in Women’s Sports
Donald Trump has threatened to withhold California's federal funding over a transgender athlete competing in a women's sports category. Here's what the President has said about it.
Trump should ban trans athletes competing against women at the 2028 LA Olympics
In threatening on Truth Social to withhold federal funding to California for allowing biological men to compete against women, Donald Trump was trying to restore fairness to amateur athletics. He was also setting the scene for a major showdown at the pinnacle of professional athletics: the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.The President on Tuesday cited a “transitioned male athlete” who had “won everything” as he warned Governor Gavin Newsom that fun…
California responds after Trump threatens to withhold funding over trans athlete
The state of California has changed its sporting rules after Trump threatened to withhold federal funding over one trans athlete. On Tuesday (27 May), the state’s high school sports authority (the California Interscholastic Federation) expanded eligibility for the upcoming state track and field championships. The announcement comes hours after president Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding unless California disqualified a trans hi…
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