## Maine Gov. Janet Mills beats Donald Trump, gets school meal funds restored while defending trans kids

Authored by advocate.com

The retreat follows a now-infamous confrontation between Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills and Trump at the White House in February.

When Trump demanded she comply with his executive order banning transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports or lose all federal funding, Mills didn’t flinch.

On Friday, standing before reporters, she delivered the follow-up: “Well, we did see him in court—and we won,” the Portland Press Heraldreports.

The victory for Maine is also a win for basic decency and due process.

It requires institutions to ban transgender girls and women from participating in female sports categories or lose federal funding.

The American Civil Liberties Union is tracking 575 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures in 2025 across the United States.

In reality, NCAA president Charlie Baker recently testified that fewer than 10 transgender athletes compete among the 510,000 student-athletes in the NCAA. »

### Gears of War is officially coming to PlayStation 5 in August

Authored by videogameschronicle.com

Gears of War: Reloaded is officially coming this August to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Gears of War: Reloaded is a modernised version of the original Gears of War game, and features all the improvements from Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, plus some modern performance boosts.

Xbox players who own the digital version of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition receive a free upgrade to Gears of War: Reloaded. »

### 'The era of restraint is over': Israel strikes Houthi terror infrastructure in Yemen

Authored by ynetnews.com

Israel launched airstrikes in Yemen late Sunday, targeting Houthi infrastructure in coordination with the United States, a day after a missile fired from Yemen exploded near Ben Gurion Airport , injuring five people.

The IDF said the strikes were in response to repeated Houthi rocket and drone attacks on Israel and its civilians.

“The latest attack on Ben Gurion was a warning,” he said, claiming that their missile capabilities remained intact and hidden. »

### Federal judge orders NC to certify Riggs as winner in Supreme Court election

Authored by charlotteobserver.com

Politics & Government Federal judge orders NC to certify Riggs as winner in Supreme Court election.

“I’m proud to continue upholding the Constitution and the rule of law as North Carolina’s Supreme Court Justice.”.

Myers’ order, however, is clear in its instruction to scrap the cure period and certify Riggs’ victory. »

### Trump announced Alcatraz reopening just hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on a South Florida PBS station

Authored by independent.co.uk

Incidentally, the president’s sudden push for the tourist destination of Alcatraz to once again become a maximum-security prison complex came just hours after a South Florida PBS station aired the 1979 classic film Escape from Alcatraz.

According to local television listings, WLRN 26 – Miami’s local PBS affiliate – broadcasted Escape from Alcatraz on Saturday at 9 p.m.

open image in gallery Hours before the president demanded that the notorious prison Alcatraz be reopened, a local PBS station aired the critically acclaimed film about the 1962 escape attempt. »

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