Trump Admin Freezes Millions In Federal Funds For Ivy League School Allowing Men In Women’s Sports

The Trump administration is pausing over $175,000,000 in federal funding from the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) over its policies conflicting with a directive banning men from competing in women’s sports, according to an announcement from the president’s rapid response X account.

The announcement stated the decision was made due to the school’s “policies forcing women to compete with men in sports,” according to the post. The paused funds were provided by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a White House official told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation.

“UPenn infamously permitted a male to compete on its women’s swimming team, overturning multiple records hard-earned by women, and granting the fully intact male access to the locker room,” a White House official told the DCNF. “This is NOT the result of the Title IX investigation launched by the Department of 🎓Education. This is immediate proactive action to review discretionary funding streams to those universities. The federal funding paused was from DOD and HHS.”

UPenn first stirred chaos when it allowed male athlete Lia Thomas, who claims he is a woman, to compete on the women’s swim team. Thomas went on to beat female records at the 2022 NCAA championships. Several athletes that competed on the women’s team with Thomas have since filed a lawsuit