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The Hill says LGBTQ students lose Title IX protections; Fox News says Trump-era rules on girls' sports are restored

On Monday the Education Department rescinded the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rule and sent schools back to the 2020 rules. Two outlets describe the same change as being about different people.

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What happened. The Education Department announced on Monday that it has formally rescinded the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rule, The Hill and Fox News report. Fox News says Education Secretary Linda McMahon made the announcement. The Hill says schools must now follow the rules issued under the first Trump administration in 2020.

Where they agree. Both reports say the 2024 rule is gone and the 2020 rules are back. Neither contradicts the other on the facts.

Where they differ. Each report says the same act is about a different group.

The Hill Fox News
Headline verb "rescinds Title IX protections" "rescinds Biden Title IX rule, restores Trump-era regulations"
Who it is about "LGBTQ students" "girls sports and gender identity"
What the 2024 text was an "interpretation" a "rule"
Effect stated as what "the department says" the report's own words

What both leave out. Neither report quotes a student, a school, a parent or anyone challenging the change. Neither says how many students or schools are affected.

What is not settled. - What the department says the change will do. The Hill's text breaks off at "which the department says will". We hold only its opening lines. - Whether anyone will challenge the rescission in court. Neither report says. - When schools must comply. Neither report gives a date.

What this is about. Which students a federal law requires schools to protect from sex discrimination.

The law. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 bans discrimination "on the basis of sex" in any school or college that receives federal money. Congress wrote the ban. The Education Department writes the regulations that say what it means in practice, and each administration has rewritten them.

How it got here. - 2020. The first Trump administration, under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, issued rules focused on how schools handle complaints of sexual harassment and assault. - 2020, separately. In Bostock v. Clayton County, the Supreme Court ruled that firing someone for being gay or transgender is sex discrimination under Title VII, the employment law. - 2024. The Biden administration relied on that reasoning to issue a new Title IX rule. The rule extended protection to students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. It did not decide who may play on which sports team. A separate proposal on athletics was withdrawn in December 2024. - 2024–2025. Republican-led states sued. Federal courts blocked the 2024 rule in many states, and in January 2025 a federal judge in Kentucky struck it down. The second Trump administration then said it would enforce the 2020 rules.

The actors. The Education Department, led by Secretary Linda McMahon, writes and enforces the rules. Schools and colleges must follow them or risk losing federal funding. The two reports put different groups at the centre of the change: The Hill names LGBTQ students, and Fox News names girls' sports.

What is at stake. Whether a school that treats a student differently for being gay or transgender is breaking federal law.

Where it stands. On Monday 28 September 2026 the department announced the formal rescission of the 2024 rule. The Hill reports that schools must now follow the 2020 rules.

What is being argued about

  • Whether the change removes protections or restores earlier rules
  • Who the change is about: LGBTQ students or girls' sports
  • The return to the 2020 Title IX rules
  • Who is affected: no student or school is quoted
One rescission, two subjectsSide by side
OutletWhat it saidWho it namesAttributed?
The Hill"formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students"LGBTQ studentsEffect attributed: "which the department says will"
Fox News"restoring Trump-era regulations on girls sports and gender identity"Girls' sports; Linda McMahonNo, stated in the report's own voice
Words quoted from each report. We hold only the opening lines of The Hill's report.
Sources The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Education Department rescinds Biden Title IX rule, restores Trump-era regulations Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6448 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
From the 2020 rules to Monday's rescissionTimeline
  1. 2020— no time published First Trump administration Issues the Title IX rules schools must now return toThe Hill
  2. 2024— no time published Biden administration Issues a Title IX rule covering sexual orientation and gender identityThe Hill, Fox News
  3. 2026-09-2813:15 Fox News publication time Fox News Reports McMahon rescinded the rule, "restoring Trump-era regulations on girls sports"
  4. 2026-09-2814:42 The Hill publication time The Hill Reports the department "formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students"
Times are when each report was published, in UTC.
Sources The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
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Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Education Department rescinds Biden Title IX rule, restores Trump-era regulations Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6448 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Two reports, two subjects

One report names LGBTQ students as the people affected. The other names girls' sports. Neither passage quotes a student, a school or a challenger, though the first report is cut short.

1 reports that name LGBTQ students 1 reports that name girls' sports 0 students or schools quoted
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Education Department rescinds Biden Title IX rule, restores Trump-era regulations Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6448 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true The Education Department has formally rescinded the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rule.
The Hill and Fox News both report that the rescission was announced on Monday, and Fox News names Education Secretary Linda McMahon as the one who announced it. The two reports agree on this.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Education Department rescinds Biden Title IX rule, restores Trump-era regulations Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6448 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true Schools must now follow the Title IX regulations issued under the first Trump administration in 2020.
The Hill says schools must go back to the 2020 Title IX code, and Fox News says Trump-era regulations have been restored. Neither report contradicts the other.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Education Department rescinds Biden Title IX rule, restores Trump-era regulations Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6448 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true The rescission removes Title IX protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The Hill says the Biden rule extended protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and that this has been rescinded. Fox News frames the same change as restoring rules on girls' sports and gender identity, which is consistent with The Hill's account.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Education Department rescinds Biden Title IX rule, restores Trump-era regulations Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6448 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

L Lexi Lonas Cochran The Hill
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attribution Attributes the effect of the change to the department instead of stating it×1
Attribution The department's view of the effect is attributed×1
Framing by absence The lede is built on what the governor did not do×1
Headline frame Framed as protections taken from LGBTQ students×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
3 true
From 55 reports we hold under this byline, at The Hill. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
D Dan Zaksheske Fox News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Department frame adopted Uses the girls'-sports framing in the report's own voice, not attributed×1
Headline frame Framed as earlier rules restored×1
Headline framing Frames the same change as regulations restored, led by girls' sports×1
Who is acting Names the secretary as the actor×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
3 true
From 74 reports we hold under this byline, at Fox News. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Hill
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The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Hill → What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Says who loses protection: students protected on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Calls the 2024 text an "interpretation" and credits the department with the claim about its effect.
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Schools now must go back to the Title IX code as held under the previous Trump administration in 2020, which the department says will…
Headline frame: Framed as protections taken from LGBTQ students — “Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students”
Attribution: The department's view of the effect is attributed — “which the department says will”
Headline framing: Frames the change as protections removed from a named group — “Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students”
Attribution: Attributes the effect of the change to the department instead of stating it — “which the department says will”
Measure chosen: Describes the Biden-era text as an 'interpretation' that gave protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity — “the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity”
Read it at The Hill → https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6115216-education-department-tit…
Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Education Department rescinds Biden Title IX rule, restores Trump-era regulations Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Fox News → What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6448 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Names Education Secretary Linda McMahon as the one who announced the change, and in its own voice puts girls' sports first.
EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Department of Education is formally rescinding the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rule, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced in an interview with OutKick. McMahon said the action reinforces the administration's position that girls' and women's sports should be reserved for females. "We're just acknowledging that boys and men are in boys and men's sports and girls are in theirs," McMahon told OutKick. The action restores the 2020 regulatory text in the Code of Federal Regulations. Courts had already invalidated the Biden rule, and the department announced in Jan
Headline frame: Framed as earlier rules restored — “Education Department rescinds Biden Title IX rule, restores Trump-era regulations”
Department frame adopted: Uses the girls'-sports framing in the report's own voice, not attributed — “restoring Trump-era regulations on girls sports and gender identity”
Headline framing: Frames the same change as regulations restored, led by girls' sports — “restoring Trump-era regulations on girls sports and gender identity”
Who is acting: Names the secretary as the actor — “Linda McMahon announced the formal rescission”
Read it at Fox News → https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/education-department-rescinds-bi…
Checked, didn’t cover
Mother Jones
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Mother Jones 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed 'ultra-gerrymandered' stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Cover-up' is asserted in the report's own voice, not attributed ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it a cover-up in its own voice ×1Assertion vs attribution describes the operation as a 'violent occupation' in its own voice, with no source for the phrase ×1 from 365 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
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Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N NPR
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NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1145 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Politico
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Politico 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Breitbart
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Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → MSNBC
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MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1476 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
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The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3870 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → National Review
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National Review 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted not attributed Doubt about the allegation is stated flat, in the outlet's own voice ×1Asserted not attributed An argument about deterrence is stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it an abuse of power in its own voice ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Abuse of presidential power' is stated flat ×1 from 415 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
The Wall Street Journal
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The Wall Street Journal 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Associated Press
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Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution Dates the signing to Aug. 6, 2026 and writes ord ×1Dating and attribution Carries a dateline correction, repeated three ti ×1How hard the claim is stated Marks "birth tourism" as the administration's ow ×1How hard the claim is stated high ×1 from 223 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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