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Trump’s administration on Monday filed a lawsuit against Minnesota as the state continues to challenge the president’s order to keep men out of women’s and girls’ sports.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges that the state Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) are violating Title IX policies.
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Groups of protesters stand in front of the United States Supreme Court as Justices hear a landmark case to decide whether transgender girls should be allowed to participate in girls’ and women’s sports on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Credit: Andrew Thomas / CNP (Andrew Thomas / CNP for Fox News Digital)
“The Trump Administration will not tolerate flawed national policies that ignore biological reality and unfairly undermine girls on the field,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Minnesota has refused to make changes to its policies regarding transgender athletes. The state filed a lawsuit last year, saying the state’s civil rights act supersedes President Donald Trump’s. The lawsuit said at the time the state was already in compliance with Title IX. It is still expected that a decision will be made regarding the Government’s proposal to dismiss this case.
The federal government said in a statement Monday that the state violates Title IX by “requiring girls to compete against boys in girls-only athletic events and allowing boys to invade intimate spaces designated for girls, such as locker rooms and bathrooms.”
A protester holds a sign outside the Supreme Court during a debate over state laws barring girls and transgender women from playing on school sports teams, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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The Justice Department said MDE’s funding, which is $3 billion annually from the US Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, is contingent on its compliance with Title IX.
The lawsuit asked a federal court in Minnesota to declare that the state violated Title IX.
Fox News Digital has reached out to MSHSL, MDE and Gov. Tim Walz’s office for comment.
In October, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison defended having transgender athletes in girls’ sports.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been spotted as the state faces a lawsuit from the Trump DOJ. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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“Allowing the very small number of transgender students in Minnesota to play on their school sports teams doesn’t hurt anyone, but segregation does,” Ellison said in a statement.
Jackson Thompson of Fox News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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