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Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas waits for results after swimming the women's 200 freestyle final at the NCAA swimming and diving championships, Friday, March 18, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has asked a Swiss sports court to overturn rules imposed by the World Aquatics governing body which stop her competing in elite women’s races. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday, Jan. 26, 2024 it has registered Thomas’ request but no date for a hearing was decided. Confidentiality around a case begun in September was lifted after it was reported in British media. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) **FILE**

Republicans seek to block male-born athletes from competing in women’s Olympic sports

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens during a hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate Democrats race to confirm remaining generals stalled by Sen. Tuberville before holidays

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., listens to a question during a news conference, March 30, 2022, in Washington. Republican presidential candidates will gather in Alabama on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, for the fourth GOP debate of the 2024 presidential campaign. Alabama's two U.S. senators represent two styles of Republican politics. Tuberville is a Donald Trump acolyte. He talked to Trump from the Senate floor as Trump supporters began storming Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021; now he's blocking military promotions to protest Pentagon policies for servicemembers seeking abortions. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Tommy Tuberville caves in, Pentagon wins abortion policy standoff

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., answers questions from reporters outside the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. President Joe Biden's nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress as Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new U.S. dollars for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Schumer gives GOP ultimatum for Tuberville to drop blockade of Pentagon nominees

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., questions Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on her nomination for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Sept. 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Senate Republicans grudgingly warm to Democrats’ plan to end Tuberville’s military holds

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: Tuberville the Grinch

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks to reporters as he and other senators arrive at the chamber for votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul said on CNN's “State of the Union” on Sunday, Sept. 10, that Tuberville “is paralyzing the Department of Defense,” as Tuberville wages an unprecedented attempt to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Tuberville says 9/11 attack could happen ‘every few weeks’ because of Biden’s open border

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a markup business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Washington. Citing the surge in illegal immigrants who've come into the U.S. over the last few years, Sen. Graham on Wednesday announced new legislation to prevent children born to them from becoming automatic citizens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Lindsey Graham threatens to side with Senate Democrats to break Tommy Tuberville’s military logjam

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., questions Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on her nomination for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Sept. 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Senate Democrats advance measure to circumvent Sen. Tuberville’s military holds

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., questions Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on her nomination for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Sept. 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Tuberville should keep fighting: God knows it’s worth it

By David N. Bossie

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., questions Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on her nomination for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Sept. 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

GOP senators are meeting with Sen. Tuberville to urge him to drop blockade on military nominations

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks to reporters as he and other senators arrive at the chamber for votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul said on CNN's “State of the Union” on Sunday, Sept. 10, that Tuberville “is paralyzing the Department of Defense,” as Tuberville wages an unprecedented attempt to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Republicans scramble for solution to Tuberville military blockade ahead of key vote

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., questions Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on her nomination for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Sept. 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Pro-life groups warn Senate Republicans will pay a price for breaking Tuberville’s Pentagon blockade

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on her nomination for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Sept. 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate circumvented a hold by Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Thursday and confirmed Franchetti to lead the Navy, making her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Senate confirms top leaders for Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This image from Senate Television video shows Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Republican senators angrily challenged Tuberville on his blockade of almost 400 military officers Wednesday evening, taking over the Senate floor for hours to call for individual confirmation votes after a monthslong stalemate on the issue. (Senate Television via AP)

Senate Republicans revolt against Tommy Tuberville’s Pentagon blockade in hourslong standoff

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about support for Israel following a closed-door caucus meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

As vacancies grow, Senate Democrats work to circumvent Tuberville’s blockade on military nominees

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Lolita Baldor - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., talks with reporters after meeting with President Joe Biden about artificial intelligence legislation at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Senate presses to break parliamentary standoff over Pentagon confirmations

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks to reporters as he and other senators arrive at the chamber for votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul said on CNN's “State of the Union” on Sunday, Sept. 10, that Tuberville “is paralyzing the Department of Defense,” as Tuberville wages an unprecedented attempt to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Tommy Tuberville: White House ‘would rather burn down the Senate than negotiate’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville reported former CIA Director Michael Hayden to Capitol Police Tuesday over a post on X suggesting that the senator be removed from the "human race." (Associated Press, file)

Tuberville reports former CIA boss Hayden to Capitol Police for social media post

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Army Lt. Gen. Randy George testifies during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine his nomination to be reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff of the Army, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate confirms army, marines chiefs as senator’s objection blocks other military nominations

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press