Thune tees up Tuberville’s bill to block transgender athletes from women’s sports

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Tuesday took the necessary procedural steps to place Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) bill blocking transgender athletes from women’s sports on the Senate calendar. The step sets up a vote on Tuberville’s bill in the weeks ahead. The legislation, dubbed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,…