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U.S. NATO rep says Biden had human reaction as administration walks back Putin ouster demand

The Biden administration's top diplomat in NATO became the latest U.S. official to walk back the president's declaration that Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot remain in power.

March 27, 2022

Ex-anchor Chris Wallace: Working at Fox News became unsustainable

Former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace says he jumped ship last year to CNN because his position with the right-tilting network had become unsustainable.

March 27, 2022

University of Arizona swimming alums urge NCAA to ‘protect our women athletes’

More than three dozen University of Arizona women's swim-team alumnae want the NCAA to take action on policies allowing male-born swimmers to compete against females, calling for "immediate action to protect our women athletes."

March 26, 2022

Utah legislature overrides governor’s veto of bill banning male-born athletes in girls’ sports

The Utah State Legislature voted Friday to override Republican Gov. Spencer Cox's veto of a bill barring male-born athletes from girls' scholastic sports, becoming the 12th state to pass legislation to address rising concerns over transgender competitors in female athletics.

March 25, 2022

Tucker Carlson joins Babylon Bee, Charlie Kirk in Twitter jail for Rachel Levine tweets

Twitter's no-tolerance policy on tweets describing Rachel Levine as a man is quickly thinning the herd of leading conservative accounts.

March 24, 2022

Twitter under fire for locking out conservative accounts over Rachel Levine tweets

There may be no surer way to land in Twitter jail than to call Biden administration official Rachel Levine a man, but some fed-up conservatives are taking a stand on what they describe as the platform's push to replace fact with fiction.

March 23, 2022

NBC News runs professor’s column comparing Lia Thomas to Jackie Robinson

NBC News posted an op-ed Monday from a Purdue professor comparing Lia Thomas to Jackie Robinson, a take that didn't sit well with some fans of Jackie Robinson as well as women's sports.

March 21, 2022

Indiana governor vetoes bill to bar male-born athletes from girls’ sports

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed a bill Monday to bar male-born athletes from K-12 female sports, saying the bill would foster confusion and litigation in a state with no recorded cases of transgender athletes trying to join girls' teams.

March 21, 2022

Biden administration hedges on resuming oil-and-gas leasing despite court ruling

The Interior Department said that it would continue "planning for responsible oil and gas development" after an appeals court lifted the block on its social-cost-of-carbon analysis, spurring reports that the administration would at long last resume open up federally owned land and maritime parcels for private energy development.

March 21, 2022

Babylon Bee locked out of Twitter for tweet naming Rachel Levine its ‘Man of the Year’

The Babylon Bee said Sunday it was suspended from Twitter for a post declaring Dr. Rachel Levine, the transgender Biden administration official, its first annual Man of the Year.

March 20, 2022

Virginia Tech swimmer bumped from finals chastises NCAA over transgender policy

A Virginia Tech senior who missed the cut by one spot in a race won by Lia Thomas released a letter Sunday urging the NCAA to change its rules on male-born athletes in women's sports, saying the current system is "hurting athletes, especially female swimmers."

March 20, 2022

Thomas fuels backlash against male-born athletes in female sports with NCAA swim title

Lia Thomas made history as the first male-born athlete to win an NCAA Division I women's title, but her victory came at a cost, and not just to her female competition.

March 20, 2022

Thomas touts ‘let trans kids play’ message while finishing eighth in final swim

Lia Thomas ended her collegiate sports career Saturday with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Division I women's swimming championships while sending a message in support of transgender athletes.

March 19, 2022

Lia Thomas fades at NCAA women’s swimming championships, ties for fifth

Lia Thomas came up short in her second race at the NCAA Division I women's championships, tying for fifth place in a race won by Stanford's Taylor Ruck, a four-time Olympic medalist.

March 18, 2022

Fans hail Olympic medalist Emma Weyant ‘real winner’ after loss to trans swimmer Lia Thomas

She came up short against male-born swimmer Lia Thomas, but Olympic silver medalist Emma Weyant is being cheered as a winner after placing second at the NCAA Division I women's swimming championships.

March 18, 2022

Lia Thomas makes history as first male-born swimmer to win Division 1 NCAA women’s championship

Transgender athlete Lia Thomas made history Thursday at the NCAA women's swimming championships, cruising to victory amid tepid applause as frustrated protesters outside warned that the Ivy League athlete's success comes at incalculable cost to women's sports.

March 17, 2022

Concerned Women for America files civil rights complaint over UPenn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas

Concerned Women for America filed Thursday a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Pennsylvania over Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer who has smashed women's records after transitioning to female.

March 17, 2022

USA Today slammed for naming male-born Rachel Levine one of its Women of the Year

USA Today came under fire Tuesday for recognizing Biden administration official Rachel Levine, who was born male, as one of its 12 Women of the Year.

March 15, 2022

Ivy League swimmer’s mom: Female athletes ‘frightened’ of speaking out against Lia Thomas

The mother of a female Ivy League swimmer said there's a reason no such athlete has gone public to raise concerns about Lia Thomas: They're frightened.

March 15, 2022

Bill to limit disclosure on trans inmates spurs fears about female safety in Washington state

An explosive report alleging that male-born inmates were lining up to transfer to women's prisons has been followed by Washington state legislators taking action -- by seeking to squelch access to information about transgender prisoners.

March 14, 2022