Hegseth initiates ban on transgender troops after Supreme Court ruling The Trump administration said it is moving quickly to purge the military of about 1,000 service members who have self ...

Lawmakers are asking the Defense Secretary to explain how the Pentagon is complying with court rulings blocking President Trump's executive order attempting to ban transgender troops from service.

That ban was overturned by then-President Joe Biden. When Trump took office again this year, he directed Hegseth to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Department of Defense (DOD) to start removing transgender troops from the military in early June if they do not exit voluntarily, according to a new ...

Thousands of transgender U.S. military members are facing a deadline to identify themselves and begin a voluntary separation from the armed forces under a ban implemented by the Trump administration.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that transgender troops have between 30 and 60 days to leave the military or be removed after a victory for the Pentagon ban at the Supreme court.

As transgender service members face a deadline to leave the U.S. military, hundreds are taking the financial bonus to depart voluntarily.

WASHINGTON — The military services scrambled Friday to nail down details and put together new guidance to start removing transgender troops from the force. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Pentagon to eject transgender troops who do not elect to leave on their own, a memo obtained by Reuters says.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to pause a lower court’s order that blocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from enforcing a ban on troops who have gender dysphoria.