Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rep. James Talarico told members of the Hispanic business community that Texas voters should ignore campaign promises and instead judge candidates by their records, even as he faces backlash for changing his stance on boys participating in girls’ sports.
As Democrats seek to gain control of the U.S. Senate and make gains in gubernatorial races in states that favored President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, several Democratic candidates running for office have shifted their positions on some issues, including insisting they now oppose allowing trans-identified male athletes to compete in girls' sports.
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico expressed an openness to banning sex-change procedures for minors and restricting trans-identifying male athletes from competing in women’s sports in some cases, while walking back his previous comments that there are more than two sexes.
The head football coach at the University of Southern Mississippi is weighing on the response he has received after wearing a shirt featuring the words “Christ is King,” insisting that “it was worth it” if it drew people’s attention to Jesus Christ.
The WNBA has convened a committee to define what a "woman" is. That should tell you something about the state of our culture — and it's not just about sports.
The WNBA and one of its teams say security officials were wrong to tell fans to cover their shirts expressing opposition to trans-identified men competing in women's sports.
The WNBA has said there are "no immediate eligibility matters" impacting the league and denounced “bad-faith efforts” in the ongoing debate about trans-identified males competing in women’s sports following a league-wide meeting held after two former NBA players declared their eligibility.
WNBA athlete Sophie Cunningham rejected the idea that race had anything to do with DiJonai Carrington’s ejection from a recent game after the Chicago Sky player posted about “WHITE PRIVILEGE” on social media after committing a flagrant foul against the Indiana Fever guard.
Concerns are mounting that a White House-backed bill pending in the U.S. Senate could override state laws banning trans-identified males from competing in women’s sports, with one senator introducing an amendment to address the matter.