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Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops from military, appeals court rules

Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops from military, appeals court rules ![FILE - U.S. Army soldiers

US court upholds injunction against Trump policy banning transgender troops

transgender policy, in the case United States v Shilling. In a short, four-word social media post, Hegseth himself signalled that the Pentagon would appeal Monday’s decision. “See you at SCOTUS,” he [wrote

Pete Hegseth removes all women and some Black service members from navy promotion list

rules designed to be merit-based and apolitical, the New York Times [said on Tuesday](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/us/politics/hegseth-navy-promotion-list.html), and extended the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the military

First Thing: Defense department bars reporters from Pentagon press room

Pentagon over those policies, which designated journalists as “security risks”, and a federal judge found in the Times’s favor in March. ## **More doubt cast on prospect of Donald Trump’s ‘nearly $2bn Maga slush