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From Fox News: A federal judge said the Trump administration must lift their freeze on federal funding to Maine.
The ruling reads that the USDA “must immediately unfreeze and release to the state of Maine any federal funding that they have frozen or failed or refused to pay because of the state of Maine’s alleged failure to comply with the requirements of Title IX.”
The administration is also “barred from freezing, terminating, or otherwise interfering with the state of Maine’s future federal funding for alleged violations of Title IX without complying with the legally required procedure.”
The USDA announced the funding freeze and a review of federal funding to Maine earlier this month after the state refused to provide equal opportunities to women and girls in educational programs.
The state has refused to comply with President Donald Trump’s February executive order to ban trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports, prompting immense federal pressure. Trump initially vowed to cut federal funding to the state if it refused to comply with the order during a Feb. 20 speech.
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The state of Maine filed a lawsuit Monday and accused the USDA of “withholding funding used to feed children in schools, childcare centers, and after-school programming as well as disabled adults in congregate settings.”
U.S. District Judge John Woodcock, Jr. ruled in favor of Maine and granted a temporary restraining order against the funding freeze and ORDERED Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to “immediately unfreeze and release to the state of Maine any federal funding that they have frozen or failed or refused to pay because of the state of Maine’s alleged failure to comply with the requirements of Title IX.”
ABOUT THIS JUDGE: Woodcock, 74, was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maine and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2003.
The judge noted that although Secretary Rollins attributed the freeze to Maine’s alleged Title IX violation in athletics, her decision targeted “food assistance programs” for “children and vulnerable adults.” https://t.co/PAGlua9FXz pic.twitter.com/tMmvCsUJFB
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 11, 2025
BREAKING: Federal judge rules Trump administration must ‘unfreeze’ funds to Maine as trans battle lingers https://t.co/AMHOfom79g
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 11, 2025
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