Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... of transgender servicemembers have sacrificed – some risking their lives – to ensure for others the very equal protection rights the Military Ban seeks ...

While Mr Trump and Mr Hegseth have broad authority to relieve US military officers, their efforts to ban transgender service members have triggered numerous lawsuits. The military said on Feb 11 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the weekend joined other ... lashing out at a judge who indefinitely blocked a ban on transgender troops in the U.S. military. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized US district judge Ana Reyes for blocking President Trump's ban on transgender troops, sarcastically suggesting she should take on military planning roles.

(REUTERS) US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently mocked the judge who blocked a ban on transgender troops in the US military and suggesting she had exceeded her authority. US District Judge ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took a page out ... President Donald Trump’s attempted ban on transgender volunteers and service members in the military. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court ...

Judge Ana Reyes denied the Trump administration's motion to reverse a previous order blocking a transgender military ban.

Its language is unabashedly demeaning, its policy stigmatizes transgender ... They still can. The Military Ban, however, is not that policy.' The clash between Hegseth and Reyes is the latest ...

A federal judge denied the Department of Defense's effort to block transgender people from enlisting in the U.S. military ...

A second federal judge has barred Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from enforcing a ban on transgender troops serving in the military. U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle said the ban ...

On Jan. 20, his first day back in office, Donald Trump made clear that he was targeting transgender people for adverse treatment, even though he could not ...