It's been only a few weeks since President Donald Trump clashed with Maine Gov. Janet Mills, but he's making good on his threat to cut funding to the state after Mills refused to ban transgender athletes.

In a statement Tuesday, the University of Maine System said it learned Monday that its funding from the US Department of Agriculture had been placed on hold. University officials said the agency indicated by email that the “pause is temporary in nature while USDA evaluates if it should take any follow-on actions related to prospective Title VI or Title IX violations

The Trump administration has pulled millions of dollars of research funding from the University of Maine, months after the president publicly clashed with state Governor Janet Mil