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The Trump administration has shut down an extension of special protections for certain LGBTQ+ members imposed under former President Joe Biden, and Democrats are imploding. In 2024, Biden included sexual orientation and gender identity under the categories that would be protected under Title IX in the policies at the Department of Education. 'Trump is once again attacking the civil rights protections that help make our country great.' According to the Department of Education, "The Biden administration’s Office for Civil Rights pushed schools across the country to illegally allow males to intrude into women’s sports and intimate facilities, and it investigated school staff for using incorrect pronouns or failing to ask students to declare a preferred gender.The Trump administration has now ended those policies and "returned to enforcing the first Trump administration’s 2020 Title IX rule," the Education Department press release said."Thanks to today’s action, the published Title IX regulations faithfully reflect[] court orders and congressional intent — reducing confusion for parents, students, and educational institutions," said a statement from Linda McMahon, the secretary of education. The Human Rights Campaign issued a statement implying that the change would result in more sexual violence in schools. "The Trump administration is erasing protections for LGBTQ+ kids and survivors of sexual assault in school settings without an opportunity for public comment," the organization said. "Trump’s Department of Education has abandoned its duty to protect students from sex discrimination and sexual violence in schools." Others pounced on the announcement to attack the president.RELATED: Trump admin threatens California with 'imminent enforcement action' over trans athletesWe’re officially restoring Title IX’s original promise under the Trump Administration’s 2020 rule—bringing back clear, commonsense protections. Girls’ sports are for girls, and boys’ sports are for boys. pic.twitter.com/VX2FUn8ZUp— Secretary Linda McMahon (@EDSecMcMahon) September 28, 2026 "Every day, this administration continues to target LGBTQIA+ kids," said Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington. "It’s incredibly harmful and does the exact opposite of what our shared goal should be: protecting kids. The LGBTQIA+ community and all our students deserve better.""While the administration is unlawfully eroding protections for trans students under the guise of ‘protecting women and girls,’ they are systematically weakening the very laws that keep students safe and schools accountable," responded National Women’s Law Center director Shiwali Patel in a statement to Politico."Trump is once again attacking the civil rights protections that help make our country great. Illinois will remain a safe state for ALL students to pursue their dreams," replied Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D).Republicans applauded the return to former policies. "The Biden Administration’s rewrite of Title IX did immeasurable harm to women and girls by replacing biological sex with gender identity," replied Republican Rep. Mark Harris of North Carolina. "Biological males do not belong in women’s locker rooms, on women’s teams, or competing in women’s sports. This action restores common sense and makes clear that schools must protect the safety, privacy, and opportunities of female students."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Americans are often told that Canada's health care system is proof that universal coverage works. Nick Freitas wants to know: at what cost?And the filmmakers behind "Broken Country" have the answer. “What do we tell our barista at Starbucks when they tell us that we just don’t understand how wonderful it could be if we had a Canadian-style system, that all of a sudden you would get free health care and whether or not you live or die would no longer be determined based off of how much money you made because up there they really care about everybody,” Freitas asks Mira Metter and Mike Werry. “The first sort of misconception is that it is free. It comes out of taxation, right? It comes primarily out of personal income tax. And to the average Canadian family of four, it’s roughly $18,000 a year for just health care out of taxes,” Metter tells Freitas. “The second one is that you might not pay at the front desk with the nurse when you go to receive any level of care, but you pay with how long you’re waiting for that care and the impacts along the way,” she continues. Metter had her own experience in the Canadian ER when her doctor sent her there to get same-day blood tests. She was there for 14 hours and recalls being “absolutely horrified watching senior citizens dying in gurneys in the hall.” “People coming in from all walks with all sorts of levels of severity just sitting around waiting, bleeding, you know, in agony for hours and hours and hours on end, and that in itself has major implications,” she explains. "So when you look at a health care system and think it’s so ideal, is it ideal because you’re not paying for it at point of purchase, or is it ideal because you don’t see that payment but you’re paying with prolonged issues due to wait times?” she adds. In their film, she recalls interviewing a man who slipped and fell on ice and had to wait 18 hours in the hospital to be seen. “It became a permanent disability that caused severe pain. And that costs so much more than whatever sort of paid insurance plan would actually be,” she says. “Is this really descriptive of the system?” Freitas asks. “It’s universal,” Werry answers, adding, “Average wait times at hospitals in Canada are about 16 hours.”“Making the Argument with Nick Freitas” is available on BlazeTV+, YouTube, and major podcast platforms.Start watching Nick Freitas NOW at blazetv.com and use the promo code NICK40 for $40 off your BlazeTV+ subscription.

A possible 2028 presidential contender has been forced to respond to a poll showing how few Americans believe Democrats actually care about them.Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona was being interviewed on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday when host Martha Raddatz pressed him about a poll saying only 34% of Americans believe Democrats care about people like them.Kelly tried to distract from the unpopularity of the Democratic Party by criticizing the president."What does that tell you, what do you do about it if people just aren't feeling it from the Democrats, if you're sort of a default or people stay away from the race?" Raddatz asked."Well, I'll tell you what I'm doing about it. I've been traveling across the country basically nonstop for the last six months," said Kelly.He went on to list the states he's been visiting, including New Hampshire and South Carolina, and added that he'd been to a Navajo parade in Arizona."Just talking to people and trying to understand their challenges in their homes, in their schools, in their communities," he added. "We have to deliver, there's no question about that."After refusing to answer the question, Kelly pivoted to attacking President Donald Trump over the conflict in Iran.The nonresponse fit into an earlier exchange from the same show where Kelly tried to distract from the unpopularity of the Democratic Party by criticizing the president. Video of Kelly's nonresponse was posted to social media by the official account of the Republican National Committee.RELATED: 'Blue wave' expected for midterms looks more like a tiny ripple, says CNN's Harry Enten While Kelly's trips to the Navajo parade may not ease Democrats' polling woes, the president's popularity has also taken a dive owing to high gas prices and the conflict in Iran. Democrats are hoping to seize control of at least the U.S. House of Representatives in order to thwart Trump's legislative goals for the latter part of his second term. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Democratic lawmakers and officials around the country are so desperate to disarm law-abiding Americans, they are now going after some toy guns.With the backing of the March for Our Lives Foundation and the eponymous gun-grabber activist group of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), Democratic Rep. Kevin Mullin (Calif.) introduced legislation last week targeting certain air guns.'They are literally coming for your Red Ryder.'Federal law currently defines the term "firearm" as "(A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device."Whereas a firearm utilizes burning gunpowder to launch projectiles, air guns — as the name suggests — use compressed gas to send projectiles down the barrel.Although air guns are categorically not firearms, Mullin's bill would classify them as such if they launch .177 pellets, .22 caliber pellets, and .25 caliber pellets at an initial velocity of at least 800 feet, 500 feet, and 450 feet per second, respectively. Any air gun firing a metallic pellet above .25 caliber would also be designated as a firearm.RELATED: The FBI’s new active-shooter report has a surprise Michele Eve Sandberg/Corbis/Getty ImagesIf enacted, this bill would require that air gun purchasers undergo a background check.The legislation would also require that the attorney general "publish ... guidance to assist manufacturers of lethal air guns in becoming federal firearms licensees, including assistance with the application process and on compliance with requirements for licensees, including serialization and record keeping requirements" within a year of enactment.Mullin said that he introduced his so-called "Garrett's Law" after Garrett Edwards — a constituent who, though barred from possessing a firearm, committed suicide using an air gun.Ann Edwards said in a statement that her deceased son experienced "late onset psychosis" and was "able to access a lethal airgun through Amazon."'The attempted Australia-ification of the US continues.'Since one mentally compromised constituent abused his freedom, Mullin evidently wants to restrict that freedom for all Americans."If a weapon is powerful enough to kill, it should be subject to the same commonsense safety standards as any other gun," stated Mullin. "It makes no sense that someone prohibited by law from purchasing a firearm can still walk into a store or go online and legally obtain an airgun capable of killing. This bill closes that gap and, hopefully, helps prevent another family from facing this kind of unimaginable loss.""Lethal weapons should be treated like lethal weapons," said March for Our Lives Foundation co-founder Jaclyn Corin.Daisy, the over-century-old American company behind the famous Red Ryder lever-action BB gun, noted on X that Mullin's bill would impact toy air guns like the Daisy 880."Their goal is to eventually include all airguns," said the company. "If passed it will treat airguns guns producing 'high velocity' as firearms.""It bears watching very closely," added the company.Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R) blasted Mullin's legislative initiative, stating, "The gun control lobby targeting BB and pellet guns is fundamentally unserious.""Putting dangerous criminals behind bars and keeping them there is the #1 way to reduce violent crime, but leftists have convinced themselves that law-abiding gun owners are villains," added Lee."If you want to know how far gun-grabbers will go, they are now trying to reclassify BB guns as 'firearms,'" tweeted Young Americans for Liberty. "They are literally coming for your Red Ryder."The National Association for Gun Rights suggested that this kind of legislation was a long time in coming."The attempted Australia-ification of the US continues," said the association. "Giffords and David Hogg's former gun control group are backing a bill to regulate air guns the same as firearms. This isn't a shock. We've said for years they'll never stop at firearms.""They constantly point to places like the UK, Germany, and Australia as the model we should follow. Places that regulate knives with a point and make you register airsoft guns with the government," added the association.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!