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The Human Rights Campaign is criticizing the Pentagon for not yet moving ahead with a permanent end to the trans military ban.

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Lawyers representing transgender service members challenging the Trump administration’s renewed ban on trans military service accused the government on Wednesday of misleading the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit about both the factual record and how the policy is being enforced, arguing that Justice Department attorneys made false and improper representations last week. Keep Reading →

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The Trump administration on Monday targeted Minnesota schools, saying they have violated federal law by allowing transgender girls to play sports with their peers.

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Sarah McBride demands Trump administration release severely disabled Delaware resident from ICE custody

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U.S. Congresswoman Sarah McBride is calling on ICE to release a disabled man who lives in Delaware.

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Skeptical judges grill Trump government lawyers on logic of ‘meaningless process’ in trans military ban

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Plaintiffs and attorneys stand outside the D.C. federal courthouse after oral arguments in a case challenging the Trump trans military ban.

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What was scheduled to be a tightly timed appellate hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, instead turned into a nearly three-hour grilling of the Trump administration’s transgender military ban, as judges across ideological lines pressed government lawyers with pointed questions, voiced skepticism about the policy’s mechanics, and repeatedly zeroed in on whether the ban is designed to predetermine the removal of transgender troops already serving honorably. Keep Reading →
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