Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Biological Men in Women’s Sports

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that prohibits biologically male athletes from participating in women’s sports, delivering on a campaign promise. “With this executive order, the war on women’s sports is over,” Trump said, noting that schools that refuse to comply may lose federal funding. In addition, the order tasks the administration

OPM Issues Privacy Assessment in Suit Over Government-Wide Email System

The Office of Personnel Management submitted the assessment, but Justice Department lawyers argued it was unnecessary. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted a privacy assessment in an ongoing lawsuit over the Trump administration’s plan to implement a government-wide email system for communication with federal employees. The Feb. 5 filing was made after a

Immigration Contractor That Says ‘No Immigrant Should Be Detained’ Hires GOP Lobbyist as Taxpayer Funding Remains in Limbo

The Acacia Center for Justice receives hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts Acacia Center (screenshot), Border Patrol stop ((John Moore/Getty Images) A pro-immigration group that has called for “freedom from detention” for illegal aliens and says the immigration system is “intentionally designed” to exploit minorities has hired a Republican lobbyist as it faces

New Jersey Judge Tosses State AG’s Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Companies Out of Court

Dem AG Matthew Platkin’s office tells the Free Beacon it will appeal the ruling (Wikimedia Commons) A New Jersey court dismissed the state attorney general’s lawsuit accusing the nation’s largest oil and gas producers of causing global warming—a massive blow for climate activists who saw the case as an opportunity to regulate emissions nationwide and

Trump Says He Will Investigate California’s High-Speed Rail Project

From the proposed Los Angeles-area station to San Francisco, the long-delayed project is expected to cost up to $128 billion. President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that his administration will investigate the long-delayed California high-speed rail project, which was authorized by voters in the state in 2008. California has dedicated billions to the project so

DOGE Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System—What to Know

The Treasury Department has clarified that DOGE has ’read-only’ access to the federal payments system. The Treasury Department has confirmed in a letter to Congress that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff will be given “read-only” access to the Fiscal Service Bureau’s nearly $6 trillion federal payments system. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently granted DOGE

IRS Direct File Still Working Amid Conflicting Social Media Posts, White House Says

There was confusion after social media posts suggested the program was terminated. The White House this week said that the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) free Direct File tool is still online amid speculation that it was taken down. Earlier this week, Elon Musk wrote on social media platform X that the 18F government agency that