Upstate N.Y. school system’s support for trans athletes draws federal investigation.
The Saratoga Springs school board had pledged to safeguard students’ right to participate in activities consistent with their gender identity.
Athletics and Sports
Trump Considers Executive Order on College Athlete Payments
College athletes have signed deals worth millions of dollars since the N.C.A.A. allowed student-athletes to become paid endorsers.
Republicans Call on Olympic Committee to Bar Transgender Women from Women’s Sports
More than two dozen G.O.P. members of the House and Senate called on the International Olympic Committee to align its eligibility rules with President Trump’s transgender sports ban.
Democrats Turn to Sports Radio and Podcasts to Try to Reach Young Men
Prominent leaders are flocking to sports radio shows and podcasts, an early sign of how the party is trying to reach apolitical young men who have tilted toward President Trump.
Gavin Newsom Splits With Democrats on Transgender Athletes: ‘It’s Deeply Unfair’
The remarks by Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential White House hopeful, were an extraordinary break from fellow Democrats and signaled a newly defensive position on the issue.