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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an immediate pause on gender-affirming care for all active duty service members in a memo to senior Pentagon and military leaders.

A Biden-appointed federal judge demanded in a Wednesday hearing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth retract an X post regarding his ...

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 ...