Trump administration pauses $175M in funding to UPenn over trans athlete policy

President Donald Trump’s administration has paused $175 million in funding to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) over its policy of inclusion for trans athletes such as swimmer Lia Thomas.

As announced by a post on X (19 March) from the White House’s official ‘Rapid Response’ account, the Trump administration, the arrival of which was heralded by several anti-trans and LGBTQ+ executive orders, has paused the federal funding “over its policies forcing women to compete with men in sports.”

The tagline “promises made, promises kept” signed off the clip from the Fox News network.

The rescinding of funding seems to target UPenn athletes such as trans swimmer Lia Thomas.

As reported by NBC Connecticut, the state University said that while it is aware of media reports,

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