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

Judge Ana Reyes peppered the attorneys with rhetorical questions and berated them for what she said was a gross lack of preparedness.

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

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 ...

The military services have 30 days to figure out how they will seek out and identify transgender service members to remove them from the force.

The U.S. Army Women’s Museum at Fort Gregg-Adams permanently removed a display honoring transgender soldiers following ...

Federal judge blocked the Trump administration from enforcing executive order that was expected to lead to a significant curtailment of transgender service members.