MINNEAPOLIS — Lawyers representing the U.S. government argued in federal court Monday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Minnesota over two executive orders issued by President Donald Trump’s administration targeting transgender children.

U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud heard arguments from Abhishek Kambli, an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, that the state of Minnesota filed its lawsuit prematurely because President Donald Trump had not taken steps to rescind federal funding to states that didn’t comply with his orders banning trans athletes from participating in sports and defining only two sexes — male and female.

In arguing the lawsuit’s prematurity, Kambli said the prospect of funding cuts was not imminent because any threat to federal dollars would come after multiple f

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