Trump Reportedly Signs Order Banning Transgender People From Joining MilitaryTrump follows through on his tweets, but leaves the status of openly transgender active service members up to Secretary of Defense Ja
Defense Secretary: Transgender Troops Can Continue to Serve (For Now)Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced transgender troops could continue to serve pending the results of a study. ByMadeleine Aggeler politicsAug. 26, 2017 Trump Reportedly Signs Order Banning Transgender People From Joining Mili...
On Wednesday night, the Pentagon's new transgender policy, as approved by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was disclosed in a memo filed as an exhibit file by the Defense Department in another court case challenging Trump's order. The memo requires the Pentagon to form a procedure to i...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had paused bringing in recruits who have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria and paused all gender-affirming care, according to a memo issued Feb. 7. The memo appears in the docket for the case in the D.C. District Court challenging the president's executive ...
Fears grew with Trump’snomination of a Fox TV host, Pete Hegseth, as secretary of Defense. Hegseth has been vocal in his belief in restrictions on women in the military and theremoval of transgender service members. In 2016, President Obama lifted a ban on transgender people serving in the...
Summary - This order directs the Secretary of Defense to promptly issue directives for DoD to end invented and identification-based pronoun usage to best achieve high standards for troops. Absent extraordinary operational...more What Does the White House’s Executive Order on Gender + New EEOC Ac...
Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson said they would deny the administration's request.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt cheered the Supreme Court's order as a "massive victory" and said in a social mediapostthat President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth "are restoring a milit...
They are "disqualified from military service except under certain limited circumstances," according to the memo. "The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to the U.S. Coast Guard, may exercise their authority to implement any appropriate policies concerning mili...
The restrictions also come as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stood by the President's orders last month. "The lawful orders of the President of the United States will be executed inside this defense department swiftly and without excuse," Hegseth said. ...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Updated 5:41 AM GMT+8, March 13, 2025 Share WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said ...