President Donald J. Trump has halted $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania, citing its policies regarding transgender athletes. This action aligns with Trump’s executive order aimed at prohibiting “biological males from joining women’s sports.”

The White House Rapid Response account on X (formerly Twitter) highlighted the move on social media. “The Trump Administration has ‘paused $175 million in federal funding from the University of Pennsylvania’ over its policies forcing women to compete with men in sports,” the Trump White House said. “Promises made, promises kept.”

Additionally, Trump’s Education Department has initiated a Title IX investigation into the university related to the past controversy involving biological male transgender swimmer William Thomas, now known as Lia Thomas. Ending biological males competing in women’s sports has been a top priority of the Trump White House. The National Pulse previously reported that President Trump chastised Governor Janet Mills (D-ME) for continuing to allow biological men to participate in women’s sports in her state in violation of his executive order.

The University of Pennsylvania isn’t the only Ivy League institution facing scrutiny from the Trump White House. Earlier this month, President Trump ordered the cancellation of $400 million in federal grants for Columbia University over its refusal to address rampant anti-Semitism on campus and failure to put an end to disruptive pro-Hamas demonstrations.

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