A federal judge in Maine ruled on August 25 that the Trump administration can withhold Medicaid funding from abortion providers in the state, including clinics affiliated with Planned Parenthood. The ruling upheld provisions of President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," which aimed to defund Planned Parenthood from taxpayer Medicaid dollars. The judge, Lance E. Walker, rejected a lawsuit filed by Medicaid providers who argued that the funding cuts could endanger patients' health, stating that while Congress may have made a "cold calculus," it was not the court's role to second-guess legislative decisions. As a result, a network of clinics in Maine will not resume receiving Medicaid funds to treat thousands of low-income patients during the ongoing lawsuit. Separately, judges have ruled against Trump in a separate legal matter concerning deportation powers, marking a defeat for the former president in that context.