Hours later, the state was notified of the first of two investigations launched over violations of Trump's ban on trans student-athletes.

President Donald Trump called out Maine Gov. Janet Mills for refusing to comply with his executive order banning male-at-birth transgender athletes from participating in women and girls' sports during a "working session" with the nation's governors Friday at the White House.

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President Donald Trump’s real-time confrontation with Maine’s governor over transgender athletes captured the conundrum many Democratic governors are facing in the Republican’s second term.

The chairman and vice-chairman of the National Governors Association weighed-in Sunday on the spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills.

Her approval sits at 48 percent, according to a newly released Pine Tree State poll from the UNH Survey Center.