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Judge Blocks Policy That Would Expel Transgender Troops
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday from banning transgender people from serving in the military. In a forcefully written opinion that rebuked […]
Michael Waltz, Trump’s National Security Adviser, Is Taking Fire From Both Sides
Stephen K. Bannon, one of President Trump’s top allies, threw a party in January at his Capitol Hill townhouse for the Washington bureau chief of […]
Arlington Cemetery Website Loses Pages on Black Soldiers, Women in Military and Civil War
Materials on the Arlington National Cemetery website highlighting the graves of Black and female service members have vanished as the Trump administration purges government websites […]
Trump’s Large-Scale Layoff Plans So Far: What to Know
Resignations. Retirements. Firings. And now large-scale layoffs, as agencies faced a Thursday deadline to turn in their plans for executing the next phase of President […]
Fort Liberty Renamed Fort Bragg, Fulfilling a Trump Campaign Promise
The sprawling Army base in North Carolina had long been named for Braxton Bragg, an incompetent Confederate general who owned enslaved people. Then in 2020, […]
Republican Senators Question Musk on DOGE Cuts, Gently Insisting on Input
Elon Musk arrived on Wednesday at Senate Republicans’ weekly luncheon on Capitol Hill ready to field questions about the work he is doing for President […]
Hegseth Says Fort Moore Will Be Renamed to Fort Benning
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continued his efforts to revive the Confederate names of military bases, announcing on Monday that he is re-renaming Fort Moore, whose […]
Pentagon Sending Combat Forces to the Border in Line With Trump Directive
The Pentagon is sending about 3,000 additional troops to the southwestern border, rushing to comply with President Trump’s order to increase the military’s role in […]
New Lawsuit Challenges Legality of Trump’s Sending Migrants to Guantánamo
The Trump administration faced the first direct legal challenge to its policy of sending migrants to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for […]