Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey defended his state's continued support for trans inclusion, suggesting there are no "safety concerns."

The Trump administration sued Maine on Wednesday for not complying with the government's push to ban transgender athletes in girls and women's sports, escalating a dispute over whether the state is abiding by a federal law that bars discrimination in education based on sex.

The lawsuit alleges the state is violating Title IX and follows an attempt to cut all federal education funding for Maine's public schools.