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A man dressed in a frog costume holds a sign supporting trans people during a rally to support Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham after her comments on transgender athletes in women's sports before a WNBA basketball game between the Portland Fire and the Indiana Fever in Portland, Ore., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

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A counter protestor, left, raises her arms next to people rallying to support Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham after her comments on transgender athletes in women's sports before a WNBA basketball game between the Portland Fire and the Indiana Fever in Portland, Ore., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

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People rally to support Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham after her comments on transgender athletes in women's sports before a WNBA basketball game between the Portland Fire and the Indiana Fever in Portland, Ore., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

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People rally to support Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham after her comments on transgender athletes in women's sports before a WNBA basketball game between the Portland Fire and the Indiana Fever in Portland, Ore., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

A federal judge is concerned that the Trump administration has violated a court order by transferring several incarcerated transgender women to a segregated prison unit. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., didn’t rule from the bench Wednesday on the inmates’ request to return them to general population at women’s prisons and block more transfers into the segregated unit. But the judge said it appears that the government has violated his previous order “on its face." Eight transgender women are currently segregated in the same unit at a prison in Texas. All are plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging an executive order that President Donald Trump signed last year.

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Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, front, runs by a fan holding a sign referencing her comments on transgender athletes and women's sports during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)