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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an immediate pause on gender-affirming medical care for all active-duty service members and said the military will no longer accept transgender recruits with ...

The Defense Department estimates that about 4,200 active-duty service members are transgender, about 0.2% of the military. The ban specifically applies to service members with “a current ...

The Pentagon has reinstated a ban on new transgender service members in the U.S. military. Donald Trump first introduced the controversial ban in 2017, but Joe Biden reversed it upon taking office ...

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 ...

Transgender troops were given 30–60 days to leave military under a new Defense Department policy after the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump's service ban to take effect.

Senate Democrats press Hegseth for answers on Trump order to ban transgender troops Updated April 22, 2025 9:38 AM ET Originally published April 22, 2025 6:00 AM ET Elena Moore ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military to pause integrating new transgender recruits and suspend planned medical procedures meant to treat current service members diagnosed with ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military to pause integrating new transgender recruits and suspend planned medical procedures meant to treat current service members diagnosed w… ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military to pause integrating new transgender recruits and suspend planned medical procedures meant to treat current service members diagnosed with ...