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Pentagon Appeals Judge’s Order Freezing Purge of Transgender Military Members

HeadlineMar 20, 2025

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said he is appealing a ruling by a federal judge Tuesday which blocked the Trump administration’s ban on transgender military members. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ruled the sweeping ban violates the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause, and called it “soaked in animus.”

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