Plus: Biased Judge Hides Behind ‘Moot’ in Tossing Schoolgirls’ Lawsuit Against Trans Athletes
April 28 2021
Good morning from Washington, where more House Republicans question how the president’s son, a confessed drug addict, passed a background check to buy a handgun. Fred Lucas reports. A federal judge takes the easy way out of a legal challenge to biological males in girls sports, Sarah Parshall Perry writes. On the podcast, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., describes how a porous border harms his state. Plus: Congress’ budget agency needs to be more transparent; Florida election reforms move forward; and media friends protect a top Georgia Democrat. On this date in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, sends over 22,000 U.S. troops to the Dominican Republic to head off a “communist dictatorship” there.
A federal district court judge dismisses a lawsuit filed by four female high school track athletes to keep biological boys from competing in girls sports.
Among the most important products of the CBO are cost estimates for legislation, which allow Congress and the public to understand the impact of proposed policy changes.
An undergraduate degree has become prohibitively expensive for many Americans, who now turn to the federal government to subsidize their education, a National Association of Scholars report finds.
