California’s annual high school track and field championships that will be held in Clovis this upcoming weekend are at the center of a federal funding dispute between President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Trump threatened to withhold federal funding to California if the state allows transgender athlete AB Hernandez to compete this weekend.

Driving the news: Hernandez is a biological male who has been competing in girls track and field at Jurupa Valley High School. • Hernandez qualified for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Track and Field Championships this weekend, which will be held at Buchanan High School. • Trump issued an executive order in February barring biological males from competing in girls’ sports.

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