Maine v. Trump Over Transgender Sports Issue
The DC-based Politico is keeping tabs on the high-profile court case pitting Maine, our 42nd most-populated state with about 1.5 million citizens, against President Trump and the U.S. government. In a recent update, Politico noted that Gov. Mills has lived up to her promise during a February governors’ meeting with the president.
“See you in court,” the governor said.

Attorney General Pam Bondi accompanied by Riley Gaines (left), Rep. Laurel Libby (second from right) and Education Secretary Linda McMahon (right). Photo credit: Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press, as reported by Josh Gerstein in Politico on 4/16/25.
“Indeed,” reports Politico. “Maine beat the Trump administration to the courthouse, suing last week [suit filed on 4/7/25] over the federal government’s effort to terminate school lunch funding due to the transgender sports policies. On Friday, April 11, U.S. District Judge John Woodcock, a George W. Bush appointee, ordered the Agriculture Department to restore the funding, concluding that federal officials appeared to have violated their own policies in directing the cut-off.