The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into the Maine Department of Education and a local school district for allowing males to compete in girls' sports, citing a violation of Title IX. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, "Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports," threatens to withdraw federal funding from noncompliant institutions, while Maine officials assert they are following state law, setting up a legal and political battle over the enforcement of federal civil rights protections in athletics.