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The Trump management connected Monday revenge a suit against Minnesota arsenic nan authorities continued to subordinate nan president’s executive bid to support males retired of women’s and girls’ sports.
The Justice Department (DOJ) alleged that nan state’s Department of Education (MDE) and nan Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) are successful usurpation of Title IX policies.
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Groups of protesters guidelines successful beforehand of nan Supreme Court of nan United States arsenic nan Justices perceive nan landmark lawsuit to determine if transgender girls should beryllium allowed to participate successful girls' and women's sports connected Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Credit: Andrew Thomas / CNP (Andrew Thomas / CNP for Fox News Digital)
"The Trump Administration does not tolerate flawed authorities policies that disregard biologic reality and unfairly undermine girls connected nan playing field," Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
Minnesota has resisted making a alteration to its policies regarding transgender athletes. The authorities revenge a preemptive suit past year, saying nan state’s quality authorities enactment supersedes President Donald Trump’s executive orders. The suit said astatine nan clip that nan authorities was already successful compliance pinch Title IX. A ruling is pending connected nan national government’s mobility to disregard nan case.
The national authorities said successful a connection connected Monday that nan authorities violates Title IX "by requiring girls to compete against boys successful diversion competitions that are designated exclusively for girls and allowing boys to invade friendly spaces designated exclusively for girls, specified arsenic multi-person locker rooms and bathrooms."
A protester holds a motion extracurricular nan Supreme Court during arguments complete authorities laws barring transgender girls and women from playing connected schoolhouse diversion teams, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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The Justice Department said nan MDE’s funding, which is $3 cardinal annually from nan U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, is contingent connected its compliance pinch Title IX.
The suit asked national tribunal successful Minnesota to state that nan authorities is successful usurpation of Title IX.
Fox News Digital reached retired to nan MSHSL, nan MDE and Gov. Tim Walz’s agency for comment.
In October, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison defended having transgender athletes successful girls’ sports.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz seen arsenic nan authorities faces a suit from nan Trump DOJ. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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"Letting nan very mini number of transgender students successful Minnesota play connected their schoolhouse sports teams doesn't harm anyone, but segregating them does," Ellison said successful a statement.
Fox News’ Jackson Thompson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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