February 5, 2025executivecivil rightseducation policygender policyfederal fundingsocial issuescivil rightseducation policy
Trump signs transgender sports executive order and makes it a national culture-war test
Trump signed an executive order directing federal policy against transgender women and girls competing in women’s sports. The order moved a long-running state-level fight into federal enforcement, tying school funding, civil-rights interpretation, and the administration’s broader social-policy agenda together.