Trump signs order banning trans athletes from competing in women’s sports

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• Amna Nawaz:

  We start the day's other headlines with a busy day at the White House that includes visits by two of the nation's most high-profile governors and an executive action that takes steps to restrict transgender rights in sports.

  Donald Trump, President of the United States: Oh, I think we have a chance. We have a 10.

• Amna Nawaz:

  On National Girls and Women in Sports Day, President Donald Trump pushing through another campaign promise through executive order.

• Donald Trump:

  The war on women's sports is over.

  (Cheering)

• Amna Nawaz:

  Banning transgender athletes from competing in women's sports.

• Donald Trump:

  In recent years, the radical left has waged an all-out campaign to erase the very concept of biological sex and replace it with a militant transgender ideology.

• Amna Nawaz:

  Under the order, schools allowing transgender athletes to compete would be violating Title IX, the federal law banning sex discrimination in schools, and could be denied federal funding as a result, but a setback today for another campaign promise, as a second federal judge put a hold on Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship.

  U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a nationwide injunction, saying that the order — quote — "runs counter to our nation's 250-year history of citizenship by birth."

  Meanwhile, in Washington, California Governor Gavin Newsom became the first Democrat to visit the White House to meet with the president, trying to secure federal funding to help Los Angeles communities ravaged by deadly wildfires. The president has repeatedly threatened to withhold that aid if the state doesn't take certain unrelated steps, like enacting voter identification measures for elections.

  And Trump's own Cabinet continues to come together, Pam Bondi, former Florida attorney general and Trump impeachment defense lawyer, sworn in today to the nation's top law enforcement job.

  Secretary of State Marco Rubio continues his five-nation visit across Central America, as Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo offers to accept deported migrants from the United States, including those from other countries.

• Bernardo Arevalo, Guatemalan President (through translator):

  Guatemala is and will continue to be a partner with the United States, a partner to address the problems that we face as a region.

• Amna Nawaz:

  That follows a similar agreement from El Salvador this week, as one of President Trump's top priorities, immigration, gains more foreign partners.