The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday paused federal funds for certain Maine educational programs in response to the state's opposition to banning transgender women from competing in women's sports in Maine.

The Department of Agriculture has stopped sending certain federal funds to Maine schools because the state allows transgender athletes to play in women’s sports. In a 180-degree change from the Biden administration,

In February, after an executive order on the issue, Trump warned Maine to comply with the protection of female athletes or face a cut in federal funding to the state. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a freeze in that funding pending Maine’s compliance with the executive order.

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday that federal funding for certain Maine educational programs has been paused. In a statement, the USDA says a letter has been sent to Governor Mills announcing the pause and that federal funding received from the department will continue to be reviewed.

The USDA announced a freeze to Maine's federal funding after the state continuously refused to ban trans athletes from girls sports amid federal pressure.

The federal Department of Education is giving Maine 10 more days to comply or risk all federal funding to Maine schools.

The department will ‘focus on a Department that is farmer-first and without a leftist social agenda,’ Trump’s agriculture secretary says.

(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen funds to some Maine educational programs over the state's refusal to ban transgender women from sports, said a press release from Secretary Brooke Rollins.

The Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it had frozen federal funds for some Maine education programs over the state’s refusal to ban transgender students from girls’ and women’s sports

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.