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Transgender athlete drops challenge to Idaho women’s sports law

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An Idaho transgender athlete asked the U.S. Supreme Court this week to drop a challenge against a state law that «bars transgender girls and women from playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams,» according to a filing by her attorneys.
In July, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case Little v. Hecox, which began in 2020. A trans athlete at Boise State University, Lindsay Hecox, sued the state to compete on the university’s women’s cross-country team.
«While playing women’s sports is important to Ms. Hecox, her top priority is graduating from college and living a healthy and safe life,» a filing from her attorneys read. «Ms. Hecox has therefore decided to permanently withdraw and refrain from playing any women’s sports at BSU or in Idaho covered by H.B. 500.»
«Ms. Hecox has firmly committed not to try out for or participate in any school-sponsored women’s sports covered by H.B. 500,» it added. «Accordingly, on September 2, 2025, Ms. Hecox filed the Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, dismissing her complaint with prejudice.»
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People hold flags and signs at a demonstration outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024. (Reuters/Benoit Tessier)
If the request is approved, the case cannot be refiled.
In April 2020, Hecox pursued a challenge against H.B. 500 as a freshman at BSU at the time, according to lawyers for the now-24-year-old.
«Ms. Hecox alleged that she intended to try out for the BSU women’s track and cross-country teams as a rising sophomore, and that H.B. 500 barred her from doing so in violation of her constitutional and statutory rights. Ms. Hecox moved for a preliminary injunction on the basis of her equal protection claim,» the filing said.
«On August 17, 2020, the district court preliminarily enjoined petitioners from enforcing H.B. 500, concluding that Ms. Hecox was likely to succeed on the merits of her equal protection challenge and that the equitable factors likewise favored preliminary injunctive relief,» it added.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit later affirmed the district court’s preliminary injunction in June 2024, before the case made its way up to the Supreme Court.
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Demonstrators carry signs and flags in support of transgender people during the Trans March in Boise, Idaho, on Sept. 13, 2024. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
In the five years since the case began, Hecox has faced «significant challenges that have affected her both personally and academically,» the lawyers wrote. They cite an «illness» and the 2022 death of Hecox’s father as having impeded their client’s «ability to focus on her schoolwork and participate in sports.»
«Although Ms. Hecox has remained in college and has continued to find strength and [camaraderie] in sports despite these challenges, she will not graduate until at least May of 2026,» it continued.
«Ms. Hecox has also come under negative public scrutiny from certain quarters because of this litigation, and she believes that such continued – and likely intensified – attention in the coming school year will distract her from her schoolwork and prevent her from meeting her academic and personal goals,» the filing said.
«Ms. Hecox’s unequivocal abandonment of her claims against petitioners renders this case moot, and since the dismissal is with prejudice, there is no possibility of ‘the regeneration of the controversy by a reassertion of a right to litigate,’» it concluded. «Because Ms. Hecox is abandoning her claims after prevailing in the court of appeals, this Court should vacate the underlying judgment.»

A transgender pride flag is displayed outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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The Solicitor General of Idaho wrote in a subsequent filing to the Supreme Court, «petitioners intend to oppose the suggestion of mootness.»
«Given the difficulty of researching, preparing, proofing, and printing an adequate response to the suggestion of mootness,» the solicitor general continued, «We request an additional 14 days to oppose the suggestion and a new deadline of September 26.»
Fox News Digital’s Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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FBI fires a dozen after Biden-era subpoenas of Patel, Wiles come to light

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At least a dozen FBI employees were fired amid revelations the bureau under the Biden administration allegedly subpoenaed Kash Patel and Susie Wiles’ phone records in 2022 and 2023 as part of a federal probe into then-former President Donald Trump.
More than 10 FBI employees were fired Wednesday, and at least two more FBI employees were terminated Friday, Fox News has learned.
The FBI allegedly subpoenaed Patel’s and Wiles’ records in 2022 and 2023 while they were private citizens.
Patel now serves as the director of the FBI, and Wiles serves as the White House chief of staff.
The names of the fired bureau employees were not shared due to privacy reasons, and the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) criticized the firings earlier in the week.
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«The FBIAA condemns today’s unlawful termination of FBI special agents, which — like other firings by Director Patel — violates the due process rights of those who risk their lives to protect our country,» the organization said in a statement.
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«These actions weaken the bureau by stripping away critical expertise and destabilizing the workforce, undermining trust in leadership and jeopardizing the Bureau’s ability to meet its recruitment goals, ultimately putting the nation at greater risk.»
Reuters first disclosed the subpoenas, which were issued during the Biden administration while special counsel Jack Smith was investigating Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
Smith ended up charging Trump in 2023 with multiple felony offenses related to alleged efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election and Trump’s handling of the documents after he left office.
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A federal judge later dismissed the election interference case after Smith moved to drop it following Trump’s re-election, citing a Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.

Former special counsel Jack Smith says the Pledge of Allegiance before he prepares to testify during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill Jan. 22, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
Smith also dropped the Justice Department’s appeal of a separate ruling that dismissed the classified documents case. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in both matters.
In a statement to Fox News Wednesday, Patel called the move to seize the phone records «outrageous and deeply alarming.»
«It is outrageous and deeply alarming that the previous FBI leadership secretly subpoenaed my own phone records — along with those of now White House chief of staff Susie Wiles — using flimsy pretexts and burying the entire process in prohibited case files designed to evade all oversight,» he said.
The FBI said it discovered the information in the bureau’s newly discovered «prohibited case file.»
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Patel also said he recently ended the FBI’s ability to categorize files as «prohibited.»
Fox News also learned from two FBI officials that, in 2023, FBI agents allegedly recorded a phone call between Wiles and her attorney.
According to those officials, Wiles’ attorney was aware the call was being recorded and consented, but Wiles was not informed.
Wiles’ 2023 attorney disputes those claims.
«If I ever pulled a stunt like that I wouldn’t — and shouldn’t — have a license to practice law,» the unidentified attorney said, according to Axios. «I’m as shocked as Susie.»
Smith testified in 2025 that records of members’ calls helped investigators verify the timeline of events surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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He said prosecutors «followed all legal requirements in getting those records» and told a House panel the records obtained from lawmakers did not include the content of conversations.
Fox News’ Emma Bussey and Emma Colton contributed to this report.
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Israel launches preemptive strike against Iran, defense minister says

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Israel launched a preemptive strike against Iran early Saturday, according to an announcement from Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz makes statements with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias after their meeting in Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Katz declared a special and immediate state of emergency across the entire country.
He said the strike was «to remove threats» against the state of Israel.
This is a developing story; please check back for updates.
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