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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes demanded that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth offer a retraction over a repost he made ...