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President Donald Trump‘s administration’s deadline for Minnesota to amend its transgender athlete laws to protect girls’ sports came and went on Friday, as the state has declined the ultimatum, amid the current government shutdown.

Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office sent a letter to the Department’s Office for Civil Rights and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights on Friday evening, saying it has no “substantive response” to the Trump administration’s demands to keep biological males out of girls’ sports. Ellison’s letter also cited the current government shutdown for its lack of response.

“The federal government is currently shut down and I understand employees in both Offices for Civil Rights are furloughe

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