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

Nick Mordowanec is a Newsweek investigative reporter based in Michigan. His focus includes U.S. and international politics and policies, immigration, crime and social issues. Other reporting has ...

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 ...

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 ...

The transgender military advocacy group SPARTA Pride has estimated between 15,000 and 25,000 transgender troops are currently ... d say it was a transgender ban.” Hegseth moved to implement ...

There are about 2.1 million troops serving. However, the issue has taken up a large part of the Pentagon’s attention and time as Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth work to root them out ...

Due to an executive order from President Donald Trump, all transgender military recruits ... hormone therapies for active-duty troops. Hegseth cited the executive order, which accused trans ...

Reyes also lauded the service of several active-duty troops ... calls it a transgender ban.” Lynch said the order itself doesn’t require the discharge of service members while Hegseth crafts ...

However, the issue has taken up a large part of the Pentagon’s attention and time as Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth work ... Trump tried to ban transgender troops from serving during ...

WASHINGTON — The military services have 30 days to figure out how they will seek out and identify transgender service members to remove them from the force — a daunting task that may end up ...