The NCAA, the governing body for US collegiate sports, has issued a new policy that limits competition in women's sports to only student-athletes assigned female at birth. Announced on Thursday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association said its policy applied to all athletes and was effective immediately.

President Donald Trump will use an executive order Wednesday to bar transgender athletes under the federal Title IX law. That law bars sex discrimination at educational institutions that receive federal funds.

The US Department of Education announced Thursday that it is launching an investigation into the MIAA for “apparent Title IX violations.”

Joe Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office that interpreted sex as “gender identity” under Title IX, a move that protected transgender athletes from being discriminated against if they wanted to participate in a sport that aligned with their gender identity, not their sex assigned at birth.

The U.S. House passed a bill, largely along partisan lines, that would ban transgender athletes from competing in women's and girls sports at schools and other educational institutions that receive federal funds.

Amid Trump's crackdown on trans athletes, the Department of Education announced Thursday it's investigating San Jose State for possible Title IX violations.

The Education Department says it is investigating potential civil rights violations at two universities and a high school sports league that allowed transgender athletes to compete on women’s teams