Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military ... to reject transgender applicants, and another memo from Hegseth dated Jan. 31 that instructs DoD to take steps to implement the order.

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A group of House Democrats is urging President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to halt enforcement ... meant to thwart another ban on transgender military service under Trump, who during ...

A judge on Wednesday signaled that she was deeply skeptical that the Pentagon's handling of transgender service members ...

Reyes asked. “I do: He’d say it was a transgender ban.” Hegseth moved to implement Trump’s order earlier this month, directing military leaders in a Feb. 7 memo to pause accepting recruits ...

A federal judge appeared reluctant about the legality of a Trump executive order that bans transgender people from the U.S.

A federal judge is hammering government lawyers with sharp questions about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... transgender troops’ gender identity, despite the majority of the country supporting ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a February 7 memo ordered a pause on enlistments of transgender ... He fears the ban on their enlistment may be a harmful setback for the military, which has ...

Inc/Getty The Pentagon's updated policy follows President Donald Trump's Jan. 28 executive order calling to ban transgender troops from serving openly. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

WASHINGTON – During a contentious hearing Tuesday, a federal judge peppered Justice Department lawyers with hours of questions about how they justified President Donald Trump’s executive order calling ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military to pause integrating ... Trump implemented two executive orders last month to reinstate a ban on openly transgender military personnel. The ...