The Trump administration is investigating the Minnesota Department of Education over reports that schools may provide “transgender dolls” with removable body parts to young children. The inquiry could put federal education funding at risk, while Minnesota officials dispute the account on which the controversy is based.

The report said the dolls could be available to pupils as young as four and were funded by taxpayers. The article does not include Minnesota’s detailed response, but its headline indicates the state contests the underlying story and the characterisation of the dolls.