President Donald Trump and California, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, have been locked in a policy disagreement over male athletes in girls’ high school sports, leading to legal action and a possible loss of 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.
