Last month, the USDA announced a Title IX compliance review of UMaine for failing to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order barring transgender athletes from competing in girls and women's sports.

University of Maine System's spokesperson Samantha Warren noted that the agency has made no allegations of wrongdoing against the university itself. In verbal responses to USDA on

The University of Maine’s funding from a federal agency has been paused, less than three weeks after Governor Janet Mills publicly feuded with President Trump over transgender athletes, officials said.