U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said the policy is “soaked in animus” and discriminates against transgender people.

The order allows soldiers to keep serving in the military under rules established by the Biden administration.

A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members, dealing a major defeat to a controversial policy the president resurrected from his first term.

Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby discusses Maine’s refusal to follow the Trump administration's executive order on transgender athletes in girls' sports.

The Trump administration said on Monday that it had determined Maine educational authorities were in violation of federal law prohibiting sex discrimination by allowing transgender girls to participate in school sports.

The federal Office of Civil Rights on Monday said the Maine Department of Education, the Maine Principals Association, which regulates school sports, and Greely High School in Cumberland have 10 days to change their policies or the issue will be handed over to the Department of Justice.