UPenn, Trump Admin Reach Deal to Strip Transgender Swimmer of Past Titles and Awards

Swimmers including Penn’s Lia Thomas, lane 4, dive into the water at the start of a qualifying heat of the 200 yard freestyle at the Ivy League Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 18, 2022. Mary Schwalm/AP Photo The transgender swimmer who won an NCAA Division I crown

Senate removes excise tax on renewable energy industry from Trump tax bill

The Senate bill containing President Trump’s domestic policy agenda at the last minute eliminated a new excise tax that would have hammered the renewable energy industry, a move that likely ensured Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska would back the measure.  The excise tax would have been imposed on wind and solar energy projects constructed