Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced the state will drop its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding a funding freeze affecting child nutrition programs. The lawsuit was initiated after the federal government accused Maine of non-compliance with Title IX related to transgender athletes. The resolution allows Maine to access over $3 million in federal funds.
The conflict began when the U.S. Department of Agriculture froze federal funds to Maine, citing non-compliance with Title IX due to the state's stance on transgender athletes. This led to a lawsuit filed by Maine against the Trump administration, arguing that the funding freeze was harming vulnerable populations.
-
The United States of America, commonly known as the United States or America, is a country mostly located in central North America, between Canada and Mexico.
-
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
-
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government.
-
The American Civil Liberties Union is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States".
-
The National Education Association is the largest labor union and professional interest group in the United States.
It represents public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and
-
Texas is a state in the South Central Region of the United States. It is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population.
-
Derrick O’Hara Johnson is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned consensus All-American honors twice.
-
William Pelham Barr is an American attorney. He was appointed by Donald Trump as the 85th United States Attorney General. He had previously served in the position from 1991 to 1993. He began his current term on February 14, 2019.
-
The American Federation of Teachers is the second largest teacher's labor union in America. The union was founded in Chicago with Margaret Haley credited as its founder and first leader.
-
The United States Department of Agriculture, also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food.
-
Maine is the northernmost state in the Northeastern United States. Maine is the 12th smallest by area, the 9th least populous, and the 13th least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states.
-
Brooke Leslie Rollins is an American attorney who served as the acting director of the United States Domestic Policy Council under President Donald Trump. Prior to assuming that role, Rollins oversaw the White House Office of American Innovation.
-
The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Fo
-
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north.
-
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The state's capital is Richmond and its most populous city is Virgini
-
Aaron M. Frey is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 58th Attorney General of Maine since 2019. He formerly served as a Democratic representative in the Maine House of Representatives.