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University of Pennsylvania signage is seen in Philadelphia, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Judge to decide if Penn must produce records in probe of antisemitism at Ivy League school

By Tassanee Vejpongsa and Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

FILE - The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is displayed on a podium in Vail, Colo., Feb. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Civil rights agency decides against transgender Army worker who asked to use women’s bathroom

By Alexandra Olson - Associated Press

FILE - Andrea Lucas, nominee to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, June 18, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Nike faces federal probe over allegations of ‘DEI-related’ discrimination against white workers

By Alexandra Olson and Claire Savage - Associated Press

Nike hit with federal employment probe into allegations of anti-White discrimination

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - The exterior of a Sheetz store in Altoona, Pa., is shown Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. (J.D. Cavrich/Altoona Mirror via AP,File)

Government moves to drop Sheetz race case after Trump halts use of key civil rights tool

By Alexandra Olson and Claire Savage - Associated Press

The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is shown on a podium in Vail, Colorado, on Feb. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Judge tosses feds’ transgender guidance in win for Texas, Heritage Foundation

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is shown on a podium in Vail, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) ** FILE **

Heavy lift: Government demands millions from Meathead Movers for hiring younger workers

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The William L. Guy Federal Building is seen in Bismarck, N.D., April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)

Judge blocks worker protections for abortion and fertility care for Catholic employers

By Jack Dura - Associated Press

Scales of justice. Photo credit: Daniel Tadevosyan via Shutterstock. *FILE*

Law students sue over feds requesting personal information from targeted firms

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Karen Ortiz, an administrative judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, poses for photos, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Meet the federal worker who went rogue: ‘I hope that it lights a fire under people’

By Claire Savage - Associated Press

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office, May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas, Heritage Foundation sue to stop Biden administration’s ‘transgender mandate’ in workplace

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Biden admin illegal abortion rule illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Biden admin breaks the law with new abortion rule

By Robert Henneke

The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is shown on a podium in Vail, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Denver. A woman who was fired after asking to bring an oxygen tank to work to help her breathe will get $25,000 in a federal settlement. TriMark Foodcraft also agreed to train its staff on what qualifies as reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act under a two-year consent decree with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency said. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Morning sickness? Prenatal check-ups? What to know about new rights for pregnant workers

Associated Press

FILE - An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood on March 10, 2023, in Fairview Heights, Ill. Workers are entitled to workplace accommodations for abortions and some pregnancy-related conditions under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, according to federal regulations published Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

New rules for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act include divisive accommodations for abortion

By Claire Savage and Alexandra Olson - Associated Press

FILE - A Union Pacific train travels through Union, Neb., July 31, 2018. The federal government has joined a number of former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used its own vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train. The new lawsuit was announced Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Government sues Union Pacific over using flawed test to disqualify color blind railroad workers

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

In this May 16, 2008 file photo, Southwest Airlines jets are seen parked at their gates at Baltimore Washington International Airport in Baltimore, Md. Southwest Airlines will reduce flights for the rest of the year as it tries to restore an operation that stumbled over the summer and now faces lower demand because of the rise in coronavirus cases. Southwest said Thursday, AUg. 26, 2021 it will cut its September schedule by 27 flights a day, or less than 1%, and chop 162 flights a day, or 4.5% of the schedule, from early October through Nov. 5. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)

Muslim claims Southwest Airlines fired him from BWI job over religious request

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Brad Hopkins, executive director of the Wyoming Rescue Mission in Casper, Wyo., speaks with clients. The Christian ministry has sued the EEOC and Wyoming's Department of Workforce Services in a dispute over religious exemptions from employment rules. (Photo courtesy Alliance Defending Freedom)

Wyoming rescue mission sues EEOC, state agency over religious employment rules

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Transgender flag at LGBT gay pride march. (Photo credit: Ink Drop via Shutterstock) ** FILE **

Federal judge blocks Biden admin. rule requiring religious employers to pay for gender transitions

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this July 26, 2017, file photo, a supporter of LGBT rights holds up an &quot;equality flag&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington, during an event held by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., in support of transgender members of the military. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Employer challenge to transgender-care mandates gets federal court hearing

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

This Aug. 11, 2019, file photo shows an American Express card in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Former executive accuses American Express of firing him for being White

By James Varney - The Washington Times