After the Justice Department announced a lawsuit against Maine for letting trans athletes compete in girls' sports, Gov. Janet Mills has issued a response.

The Trump administration announced it is suing Maine's education department for not complying with the government's push to ban trans athletes from sports.

Maine has found itself the surprising center of the nation’s debate over — and the Trump administration’s crusade against — transgender athletes in girls’ sports. That position leaves the state, one of the smallest and least populous,