The move is another setback for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has made culture war issues a major part of his role.

The Pentagon is halting gender-affirming health care for transgender troops as it moves to kick them out of the U.S. military ...

The Pentagon ... serving troops. "If there was any doubt left, there is not anymore: transgender service members are no longer entitled to the same standard of medical care as their peers ...

Military commanders will be required to identify service members in their units who are transgender ... than combing through medical records — an approach the Pentagon has now shelved ...

Despite the unresolved legal challenge, defense officials now say that they plan to utilize the military's regular health screenings and order commanders to identify potential trans people in their ...

The Pentagon has issued a new deadline for transgender troops to voluntarily separate from military service following a ...

according to a memo issued Thursday by the Pentagon. Medical screenings will be the Defense Department’s primary means of involuntarily booting out transgender troops who do not self-identify ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will immediately ... to enforce a ban on transgender individuals in the military, the Defense Department will begin going through medical records to identify ...

The Pentagon will resume ... Both judges ordered the military to refrain from forcing out more than 1,000 transgender troops and to resume providing for their medical care, including surgical ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon is halting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender troops as it moves to ... entitled to the same standard of medical care as their peers," the service ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is halting gender-related health care for transgender troops as it moves to implement President Donald Trump's plan to remove them from the U.S. military, according to ...