U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of Washington, D.C. on Tuesday night ruled a Trump administration executive order violates the Equal Protection Clause and a ban on transgender troops in the military “is soaked in animus.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of Washington, D.C. on Tuesday night ruled a Trump administration executive order violates the Equal Protection Clause and a ban on transgender troops in the military "is soaked in animus.

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the U.S. military from enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order barring transgender people from military service while a lawsuit by 20 current and would-be service members challenging the measure goes forward.

The institute, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting peace, had sued President Trump and Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting team over the administration’s attempts to dismantle it.

The lawsuit filed late Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington describes the lengths that institute staff resorted to, including calling the police, in an effort to prevent DOGE representatives and others working with the Trump administration from accessing the headquarters near the State Department.

The Trump administration could face significant consequences for allegedly violating a judge's order blocking the deportation of Venezuelan migrants. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg expressed skepticism over the administration's claim of national security threats and extended the deadline for compliance.

Donald Trump's administration accused a federal judge on Wednesday of overstepping his judicial authority in demanding more details about deportation flights of Venezuelan migrants in a filing made a day after U.