Maine 1, Trump 0 – Governor celebrates after winning legal battle over trans athletes

Maine “took on Trump and won” in a legal battle over trans athletes, Democratic governor Janet Mills has said. 

In February, during a meeting of the governors at the White House, President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funds from the state of Maine after Mills suggested she would not comply with his executive order ordering educational establishments to ban trans athletes from taking part in female sporting events.

The order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” states: “Therefore, it is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities.”

After the legal defeat, Donald Trump’s administration will now unfreeze funding for Maine’s child nutrition programs, with the administration agreeing not to

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