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Good morning, everyone. Coming up later in the show, a special edition of our 100 Years of 100 Things series.

It's 100 years of cancer research in two parts. First, the history, then the current state of cancer research amid the science funding cuts coming from Washington.

That's coming up. But first, we start here.

You may have seen in the news that President Trump and his administration are threatening the

state of California with both fines and legal action after a trans athlete won two gold medals

this weekend in the California State Track and Field Meet, which the New York Times calls

arguably the most competitive high school meet in the nation.

Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday that, quote, large-scale fines will be imposed.

Then yesterday, his Justice Department sent a letter to California school districts

threatening to sue based on the

equal protection clause of the Constitution. The letter said, quote, forcing girls to compete

against males, what they call males, would deprive them of athletic opportunities and benefits

because of their sex, unquote. The New York Times reports that the California Department of Education is

planning to send guidance today to the state school districts on how to respond. And that follows

changes that the state of California made in advance of the weekend event because of previous threats

from Trump to withdraw funding and knowing that the particular trans girl, A.B. Hernandez, might do well.

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