The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday temporarily paused funding to the entire University of Maine System (UMS) due to the state’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills refusing to comply with President Donald Trump’s order banning men from competing in women’s sports.
Trump and Mills had a fiery exchange at the White House in February in which the president called the governor out for pledging not to comply with the order to protect women’s sports, which Mills responded by threatening legal action against the president. The USDA opened an investigation into Maine’s department of education the following day to review UMS’s compliance with Title IX, which protects women from discrimination.
Mar 12, 20253 min read