A federal judge denied the Department of Defense’s effort to block transgender people from enlisting in the U.S. military under the Trump administration.
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AfederaljudgedeniedPresidentDonaldTrump’sadministration’seffortstobantransgenderpeoplefromjoiningthemilitary,whichwassettogointoeffectFriday.
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Washington,D.C.-basedU.S.DistrictJudgeAnaReyes, aBidenappointee,onWednesday,deniedthegovernment’smotiontodissolveherorderthatpreventsthemilitaryfromdenyingtransgenderpeopletheabilitytoenlistinthemilitary.
ReyespresidedoverahearingonMarch21,whensherequestedtheDepartmentofDefense(DOD)delayitsoriginalMarch26deadlinetoenactthepolicy.
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OnMarch21,thedefendantsinthesuit,whoincludeTrumpandDefenseSecretaryPeteHegseth,filedamotiontodissolvetheinjunctionblockingthePentagon’sban.Thefilingarguedthatthepolicyisnotanoverarchingbanbutinstead“turn
