Trump administration considers pulling California education funding over transgender athlete policy

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the Trump administration is preparing to pull federal funding from California‘s education system in the latest escalation of the battle between the administration and California over allowing biological men who identify as women to compete in female sports.

“I think that is part of what we found with the state of California just blatantly refusing to be in compliance with Title IX regulations,” McMahon said at an event hosted by Bloomberg News. “So that is one of the tools and the other options that we have with California, and I think it’s right that we make them aware that that is a risk that they run.”