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Maine filed a federal lawsuit against the Departmen of Agriculture on Monday, claiming the Trump administration illegally froze federal funds allocated to Maine to feed low-income school children because the state is allegedly violating Title IX law by permitting transgender girls and women to participate in girls' and women’s sports.

Maine also filed a motion for a temporary restraining order on Monday, urging the judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine to block the Trump administration from freezing the funds.

"The matter is urgent because defendants have blocked access to federal funds Maine sues to fees at-risk and needy children, as well as vulnerable adults," the motion says.

The complaint names the USDA and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. ABC News has reached out to the USDA for comment.

-ABC News’ Deena Zaru

A three-star Navy admiral assigned to NATO’s military committee in Brussels was fired over the weekend, two U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News, becoming the latest dismissal of a senior military officer in the Trump administration.

Of the 10 firings of military officers during Trump’s second term, five of them are women, including the Navy’s top admiral, the commandant of the Coast Guard, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s senior military aide.

It is unclear what rationale was given for the firing of Vice. Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, who represented the U.S. at the NATO Military Committee in Brussels. She was notified of her removal over the weekend, according to the officials.

Pentagon officials did not have any immediate comment on Chatfield’s firing, which was first reported by Reuters.

Chatfield had served in the post since 2023 and was the first woman to head the Naval War College.

Her name was included in a list of “woke individuals” at the Defense Department included in a December letter by the American Accountability Foundation to Hegseth, the then-nominee to be the next defense secretary.

-ABC News’ Luis Martinez

Trump spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and King Abudllah II of Jordan to “discuss the situation in Gaza,” the Elysée said in a release Monday. The call between the four leaders came at Macron’s initiative, the Elysée said.

Macron is in Cairo for a trilateral meeting with the Egyptian president and the King of Jordan to discuss “the grave situation in Gaza,” a release from the Elysée said.

The three leaders “called for the implementation of the January 19th exchange deal guaranteeing the release of all hostages and detainees and ensuring security for all. Protection of civilians and humanitarian personnel as well as full access for the delivery of aid is an obligation under international law and international humanitarian law and must be upheld,” the release said.

Macron will visit a location in Egypt closer to the border with Gaza on Tuesday.

-ABC News’ Hugo Leenhardt

Trump said in the Oval Office his administration is going to have "direct talks" with Iran. He said the discussions would begin on Saturday.

"We have a very big meeting, and we'll see what can happen. And I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable," Trump said.

The president said the negotiations would be at a "very high level."