Trump DOJ files lawsuit against Minnesota over trans athlete policy

The Trump medication connected Monday filed a suit against Minnesota arsenic the authorities continued to subordinate the president’s enforcement bid to support males retired of women’s and girls’ sports.

The Justice Department (DOJ) alleged that the state’s Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) are successful usurpation of Title IX policies.

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Groups of protesters basal successful beforehand of the Supreme Court of the United States arsenic the Justices perceive the landmark lawsuit to determine if transgender girls should beryllium allowed to enactment 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 world and unfairly undermine girls connected the playing field," Attorney General Pam Bondi said.

Minnesota has resisted making a alteration to its policies regarding transgender athletes. The authorities filed a preemptive suit past year, saying the state’s quality rights enactment supersedes President Donald Trump’s enforcement orders. The suit said astatine the clip that the authorities was already successful compliance with Title IX. A ruling is pending connected the national government’s question to disregard the case.

The national authorities said successful a connection connected Monday that the authorities violates Title IX "by requiring girls to vie against boys successful diversion competitions that are designated exclusively for girls and allowing boys to invade intimate spaces designated exclusively for girls, specified arsenic multi-person locker rooms and bathrooms."

A protester holds a motion extracurricular the Supreme Court during arguments implicit 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 the MDE’s funding, which is $3 cardinal annually from the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, is contingent connected its compliance with Title IX.

The suit asked national tribunal successful Minnesota to state that the authorities is successful usurpation of Title IX.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the MSHSL, the MDE and Gov. Tim Walz’s bureau for comment.

In October, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison defended having transgender athletes successful girls’ sports.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz seen arsenic the authorities faces a suit from the Trump DOJ. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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"Letting the precise tiny fig 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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