Just days before Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, the U.S. Department of Education sent shockwaves through college sports with a groundbreaking Title IX ruling issued by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in a nine-page memo on Thursday.

President-elect Donald Trump promised throughout his campaign to dismantle the transgender agenda by taking actions to protect women’s sports, remove

In overturning protections for trans students, the court also undid policies aimed at helping sexual assault survivors hold their attackers accountable.

Among the myriad executive orders that Donald Trump has pledged to sign on day one of his second term in the White House, spanning everything from mass deportations to ending the war in Ukraine, one is an unambiguous resolution to “keep men out of women’s sports”.

"President Trump will be free to take a fresh look at our Title IX regulations when he returns to office," Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said.

A federal district judge in Kentucky has struck down the Biden administration’s Title IX regulation that added sexual orientation and transgender status to the definition of sexual discrimination protections.

Trump has promised on Day One to repeal Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence, which requires developers of the most advanced AI models to report on their activities to the Commerce Department.

In November, one board member cited President Donald Trump's promise to eliminate Title IX civil rights protections when discussing the proposal.

The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority.

THE NEW AMERICAN EXPORT — The U.S. has long exported its cultural products to South Korea, flexing its soft power within the country through Hollywood products and academic exchanges. It now appears to be exporting something different — Donald Trump’s politics of defiance and norm-breaking.