The U.S. Department of Justice files a lawsuit against the Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland. The government says the district’s policies unlawfully withhold gender-related information from parents, including in situations involving students’ gender transitions.

The two outlets describe the core dispute in similar terms: the DOJ is asking for the district to stop the alleged practice and to change how it informs parents. Courthouse News frames the case as targeting the district’s “parental rights” policies and emphasizes the alleged withholding of gender-related information. The Washington Times presents the suit as challenging an alleged “secret” approach to school-based gender transitions, highlighting the claim that the district does not disclose those developments to parents.