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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday launched an investigation into USA Fencing over its policy allowing transgender-identifying men to compete against women.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced last week that the agency had begun freezing federal funds to Maine because of Democrat Gov. Janet Mills’s refusal to bar transgender-identifying boys from competing in girls’ sports.

Female fencer Stephanie Turner was honored with the Courage Wins Champion award for refusing to face a transgender opponent last week.

A pair of male pool players who identify as females faced each other at a championship match in the United Kingdom.

Dallas Mavericks Minority Owner feels that “people just aren’t ready” to embrace the idea of men competing in women’s sports.

USA Fencing is defending itself over its policy of including transgender fencers in the women’s category and for punishing a female athlete.

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) reacted to the Trump administration cutting off some federal money from Maine over allowing biological men to play in women’s sports by stating that the state’s Governor, Janet

President Donald Trump’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) began freezing federal funds to Maine on Wednesday because of Democrat Gov. Janet Mills’s refusal to bar transgender-identifying boys from competing in girls’ sports. 

A strong majority of Mainers do not think transgender-identifying boys should be allowed to compete in girls’ sports — in stark contrast to the position of Maine Democrats and Gov. Janet Mills (D), a poll reveals.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova ripped USA Fencing for punishing a female fencer who refused to face a transgender athlete.

The DOE has issued a final warning to Maine so that they comply with President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports. 

Lia Thomas, the infamous transgender UPenn swimmer, says he is “devastated” after a ban on transgender swimmers.

A school board in Washington State is seeking help from the federal government to force the state to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said that there are tons of examples to demonstrate why allowing biological men to play women’s sports isn’t fair, including one from 18 months ago. Host Bill Maher

A school district in Maine is defying the federal government’s Title IX ban on transgender athletes in girl’s sports.

A Nevada state lawmaker is denying claims that her staffers trashed letters written by women who support a state bill that would ban transgender athletes from playing in girls’ sports.

The Trump admin. is investigating the Portland, Oregon, school system for its stance on allowing a transgender athlete on a girl’s track team

A high school trans runner in Oregon who shattered records at a girls’ track meet last week caught national attention, and now Brett Favre is “shaming” those who allowed it.

Texas Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett completely dismissed the harm caused by transgender athletes as nothing but a “distraction.”

President Trump is demanding a “full throated apology” from Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) after her opposition to the president’s executive order to keep men out of women’s sports.

President Trump gave his appraisal on the issue of men competing in women’s sports as a political issue, and he says it’s “90-10”: the American voter wants men out of women’s sports.

House Republicans are filing a bill that would codify into law President Donald Trump’s ban of transgender athletes in women’s sports.

A transgender runner blew away the competition at a high school girls’ championship race in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday.

Minna Svärd placed second in the finals of the NCAA Division II Women’s 400-meter hurdles in 2019 — losing first place to a transgender-identifying man who previously ranked 390th among NCAA Division II men.

The USDA announced that the University of Maine System (UMS) has agreed to keep transgender-identifying men out of women’s sports.

The Trump administration on Wednesday warned Maine that it will face consequences if it continues to flout President Donald Trump’s executive order barring males from playing on female sports teams.

The OCR launched its investigation after a transgender-identifying boy claimed the victory in the Maine Class B championship for the Greely High School girls’ track and field team in February.

The Trump administration has paused $175 million in federal funds to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) over that institution’s inclusion of transgender athletes, according to Fox News.

Hard core leftist former U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe is calling President Donald Trump “depraved” over his ban on transgender athletes.

The OCR launched its compliance review after a transgender-identifying boy claimed the victory in the Maine Class B championship for the Greely High School girls’ track and field team in February.

A women’s basketball team from a Christian college in Canada critical of transdgender athletes has battled back to win its championship.

A Boston-based National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team has changed its name after the transgender community reacted negatively to the team’s marketing campaign.

Concerned parents, student-athletes, and others attended the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) meeting Thursday, where they appealed to the regulatory group to protect women from men who try to compete against them in sports in the state.

Brett Favre is precisely aligned with 2/3rds of America when it comes to trans athletes in women’s sports: He “can only shake his head” at the problem.