Ruling on Dec. 9 on the government’s appeal from a preliminary injunction against what the court calls the “Hegseth Policy” barring transgender people from

Two federal appeals court judges appointed by Donald Trump are keeping in place a policy directed by the president to remove transgender service members from all branches of the U.S. military, an order that a dissenting judge called "gratuitously demeaning” and “openly hostile” to all trans Americans.

People attend the Trans Day of Visibility Rally hosted by the Christopher Street Project on the National Mall in Washington, DC on March 31, 2025. (photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) Ahead of next week’s grant application ...