At a White House event with a bipartisan group of governors Friday, President Donald Trump briefly sparred with Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills.

President Trump and Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills briefly quarreled Friday at a National Governors Association session at the White House after Trump told a meeting of Republican

President Donald Trump spoke at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Washington, D.C. Thursday night.

Maine’s Democratic governor and President Donald Trump got into a tense exchange at the White House Friday morning after Trump threatened to withhold federal funding unless Maine complies with his recent executive order barring transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams consistent with their gender identity.

Janet Mills' vow that she would see Trump in court over his threat to withhold money from the state if it didn't comply with his executive order delighted Democrats who want more strident pushback. But the dust-up that played out in the open Friday as Trump hosted governors at the White House ticked off a president known to retaliate against people he considers enemies.

Just days after President Donald Trump got into a spat with Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, and threatened to withhold federal dollars from the state over transgender women participating in school sports,

Leadership of the National Governors Association is weighing in on Friday's exchange between Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trump during an NGA event at the White House. During that exchange, Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from Maine because the state is continuing to allow transgender athletes to participate in girls and women's sports.

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The chairman and vice-chairman of the National Governors Association weighed-in Sunday on the spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills.

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President Donald Trump has sparred with Maine’s governor during a meeting of governors at the White House. Democratic Gov.