Trump admin. threatens California with legal action over transgender athletes

The Trump administration is threatening California with steep fines and legal action days after a transgender athlete won two statewide high school track-and-field events, ramping up the legal threats aimed at the state over transgender issues.  The student, AB Hernandez, a transgender 16-year-old, won both the high school girls’ high jump and triple jump at

White House asks Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in approved funding

Washington — The White House on Tuesday sent a formal request to Congress to claw back funding for NPR, PBS and international aid that lawmakers had previously approved.  The package would cancel $9.4 billion appropriated by Congress, aiming to make permanent some of the Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts. It focuses on slashing foreign