President Donald Trump and California, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, have been locked in a difference of policy over male athletes in girls’ high school sports, leading to legal action and a possible loss in federal funding for the state.
The power struggle hit a fever pitch after high school athlete AB Hernandez, a transgender-identifying student in California, qualified for and competed in multiple female high school events in the California Interscholastic Federation state track-and-field championships.
Trump cited his Feb. 5 executive order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” that required protection for girls and women in sports, banning male athletes from participating in events for females….