President Donald Trump scored another victory afer the U.S. Supreme Court permitted his administration to implement his ban on transgender people in the military, allowing the armed forces to discharge the thousands of current transgender troops and reject new recruits while legal challenges play out.
The court granted the Justice Department's request last 6 May to lift a federal judge's nationwide order blocking the military from carrying out Trump's prohibition on transgender servicemembers. The Republican president's directive was one of a series of steps he has taken to curb transgender rights.