5 Days into Presidency, Biden Overturns Effective Ban on Transgender Military Service Biden allowed transgender people to be recruited and paved the way for active duty personnel to transition while serving.
Troops Still Await Action on Military Transgender Policy After Flurry of Executive Orders President Joe Biden has promised to overturn a Pentagon policy limiting the service of transgender individuals.
Military's De Facto Transgender Ban Is Hurting Readiness, Advocacy Group Report Finds The report is backed by former military surgeons general.
Amendment Aims to Overturn Ban on Transgender Military Service Two senators have offered an amendment aimed at lifting the military's ban on transgender service.
Push to Overturn US Military Transgender Ban Gets Boost from Supreme Court Ruling Until Monday's ruling, it was legal in more than half the states to fire workers for being gay, bisexual or transgender.
Lawsuit Against SecDef Dropped After Transgender Sailor Gets Waiver to Serve The suit had been filed against Defense Secretary Mark Esper, challenging the military's current transgender policy.
Navy Grants First Service Waiver to Transgender Officer The officer will have her gender officially changed in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System.
House Advances Effort to Overturn Pentagon Restrictions on Transgender Service The legislation still needs to be reconciled with the Senate's version of the national defense bill.
Milley: No Problem with Transgender Troops if They Meet Standards Army Gen. Mark Milley said that readiness has not been compromised by transgender individuals serving in the military.
New Pentagon Transgender Enlistment Ban Takes Effect The administration's policy prohibiting most transgender individuals from entering the military went into effect on Friday.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
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Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...