Colin Powell was the first African American to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as U.S. Secretary of ...

Reuters has reported that transgender service members and advocates have prepared for months for Trump's executive order. The military has about 1.3 million active-duty personnel, Department of ...

Later, in a 1993 directive, former Defense Secretary Les Aspin used the same justification to bar gays and lesbians from military service. “The Department of Defense has long held that ...

Six transgender members of the military have sued President Trump over ... federal court Tuesday by six current service members and two transgender people seeking to enlist – comes a day after ...

President Trump signed multiple executive orders Monday night that could reshape the management and composition of the military, with provisions addressing diversity measures, transgender service ...

The groups are asking the court to strike the ban down and for an order “prohibiting the categorical exclusion of transgender people from military service.” “Rather than being based on any ...

In addition to the executive order restricting military service for trans people, Trump issued an executive order hours after his inauguration targeting "gender ideology." The order declared that ...

Ahead of the big game, predictions for the matchup are beginning to roll in, with one of the boldest coming from Fox Sports analyst and "The Herd" host Colin Cowherd. After watching the NFC and ...

In 2021, former President Joe Biden’s administration took measures that allowed transgender troops to serve, which curtailed an earlier Trump ban banning such service. Transgender military ...

The president also ordered the Pentagon to end diversity programs, reinstate many service members dismissed for refusing the coronavirus vaccine and create a new missile defense system. By Zach ...

The order pertaining to transgender military service, titled "Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness," reinstates a policy from Trump's first term and rescinds an order by then-President ...

"I'm standing with him right now," Hegseth said, patting Brown, only the second Black officer after Colin Powell to serve in the job ... "The War on Warriors." "The military standards, once the ...