He explained the rationale for the ban: "The Department of Defense's mission requires Service members to abide by strict mental and physical standards," Hegseth wrote in the memo. "The lethality ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military to ... Two federal lawsuits argue Trump’s executive order preventing transgender troops from serving is unconstitutional.

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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 ...

It builds on a directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth earlier this ... preventing transgender troops from living as transgender is a ban on trans military service full stop.

In 2016, six years after he signed a bill to let gay service members serve openly, President Barack Obama lifted a ban on transgender ... Pete Hegseth has called trans troops “weird” and ...

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 ...

(Courtesy Karen Holmes) Under a new policy from the Pentagon, the military has been ordered to identify transgender troops and then ... Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... s policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military ...

Efforts to split our troops along the lines of identity weaken our Force and make us vulnerable. Such efforts must not be tolerated or accommodated,” Hegseth wrote in ... last month to reinstate a ban ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military to pause integrating ... Two federal lawsuits argue Trump’s executive order preventing transgender troops from serving is unconstitutional.