President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Wednesday, Feb. 5, that will bar transgender women and girls from competing in female sports at schools and colleges. The order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” will be issued on National Girls and Women in Sports Day –– the first Wednesday of each…

The new Trump administration is cracking down on the federal government’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, including in the military and in the Department of Education. Trump officials are ordering all federal DEI employees to be placed on leave and eliminating DEI considerations in hiring following an executive order the president signed on his…

President Donald Trump’s first week in his second term ended with a visit to the fire-ravaged Los Angeles area Friday, Jan. 24, and a handshake from an unlikely ally in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom. Despite Trump saying he may withhold federal aid if the state doesn’t change its water policies, the two came together for…

Investigators recover black boxes from the deadly aviation collision over the Potomac River. And it’s coming down to the wire as three of President Donald Trump’s nominees for key positions hang in the balance. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Black boxes recovered in deadly passenger jet, US Army helicopter…

Prosecutors have dropped the majority of charges against two anti-abortion activists who secretly recorded Planned Parenthood executives. In one of the videos, the activists allegedly discussed the harvesting and sale of aborted fetal tissue with a Planned Parenthood employee. The case, which has been dragging through the court system since 2017, involved David Daleiden of…

The Department of Homeland Security faces lawsuits from five Quaker congregations over last week’s policy reversal allowing immigration agents to conduct searches and arrests in “sensitive areas” like churches and schools. The Quaker groups, known as the Religious Society of Friends, said the policy change harms congregations by deterring immigrants from worshipping in person, thus violating…

Some military service members will be discharged and dismissed under new Trump administration rules. And one week into the new administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement wastes no time rounding up migrants who are in the U.S. illegally. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Trump signs orders making major…

Donald Trump campaigned on leaving abortion laws for individual states to decide for themselves, but critics say that will be a tough position for him to maintain while president as he faces Republican pressures to enact stricter federal anti-abortion policies. President Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services has taken down the federal government website…

Complaints of media bias against CBS, ABC and NBC have been revived under President Trump’s new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr. These complaints, which allege bias in election coverage, were dismissed last week by former FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, who served under the Biden administration. However, with Carr taking over leadership of the…

Congress passed the first bill of its new session on Wednesday, Jan. 22, and President Donald Trump is expected to sign the legislation into law. The Laken Riley Act passed Congress with bipartisan support. The bill, named after a Georgia nursing student who was murdered by an undocumented migrant in February 2024, will require immigrants…