Ashonti Ford

1 week ago | fox5vegas.com | Ashonti Ford

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Trump administration is suing Maine’s education department for not complying with their executive order to ban transgender athletes in girls’ sports. Wednesday, The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against the state of Maine’s education department because they refuse to comply with Trump Administration executive order banning transgender women from sports. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced, “this is a violation of Title IX.

2 weeks ago | kktv.com | Ashonti Ford

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A fight for fair wages has more than 100 members of Congress on board . Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is leading the efforts to raise the federal minimum wage. This is something that hasn’t been done in over 15 years. President Donald Trump promised to cut taxes, address immigration reform, impose tariffs and several other things that he’s already signed executive orders for, promising to make America wealthy again. But lawmakers say, that’s only for a select few.

2 weeks ago | azfamily.com | Ashonti Ford

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The stock market is taking its biggest hit since the pandemic. And despite fear of a recession, President Donald Trump defended his recent tariffs saying you have to take medicine to fix the problem. Lawmakers now introducing legislation to reverse these tariffs and require approval to impose hikes in the future. Washington Correspondent Ashonti Ford reports from the nation’s capital where she’s been following the reaction. Copyright 2025 Gray DC. All rights reserved.

4 weeks ago | fox5vegas.com | Ashonti Ford

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Trump administration is facing at least two lawsuits after the president signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education last week. The coalition spearheading the lawsuit represents millions of teachers, students and families. Washington Correspondent Ashonti Ford has been following this story and joins us from the nation’s capital with a breakdown of the executive order that the coalition says largely impacts marginalized communities.

1 month ago | fox5vegas.com | Ashonti Ford

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Today Illinois’ governor JB Pritzker addressed democrats at the Center for American Progress in DC encouraging them to push back against President Trump’s legislative agenda and regain the trust of the American people. Washington Correspondent Ashonti Ford was at the conference and joins us from the nation’s capitol with what the governor said. Copyright 2025 Gray DC. All rights reserved.