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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sparks outrage by denigrating transgender military members, saying the armed forces are "leaving wokeness behind."
The Trump administration says he and people like him lack "an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle."
The Trump administration directive looking to discharge trans service members was tucked away in a court filing.
Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense deflected most of the substantive questions he was asked.
Of course the secretary of Defense assigned a voluntary resignation cutoff date in the first week of Pride month. It comes after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to enforce the ban.
“All servicemembers will be treated with dignity and respect at all times,” the memo denying transgender soldiers of their existence states.
The Defense secretary did not receive a warm welcome on his first foreign trip.
The Department of Defense will no longer provide medical care for trans service members.
He signed the order Monday night on Air Force 1.
It represents another setback for the Trump administration.
The Army “will no longer allow transgender individuals to join the military and will stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members,” the post states.
Commanders have been ordered to review service records and make changes to reflect a service member's birth sex.
While a federal judge considers blocking the policy altogether, the Pentagon is moving forward.
The Air Force says transgender service members have to leave before the end of March or face an uncertain future.
The internet isn't having it with Pete Hegseth.
The hearing comes as Judge Ana Reyes's injunction was scheduled to take effect.
“Mr. Secretary, do not implement this ban," the Illinois senator wrote in a letter to Pete Hegseth.
“This litigation is not about a medical condition. A medical condition has not given its country decades of military service…People have. Transgender people,” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said.
Opinion: There is no defense for the secretary’s unconstitutionality, his danger to national security, and his discriminatory "warrior" ethos, writes John Casey.
The Trump Justice Department is asking for an emergency stay to allow it to ban transgender people from the military.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes was not having it.
