President Trump issued an executive order in January that targeted active-duty and prospective service members with gender dysphoria.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can move forward with a ban on transgender military service members for now, lifting a lower court injunction against the policy after a judge ruled it was an "unsupported, dramatic and facially unfair exclusionary policy."

The government filed an emergency appeal to the justices in the name of “military readiness and the Nation’s interests.”

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed.

The ruling allows the armed forces to discharge the thousands of current transgender troops and reject new recruits while legal challenges play out.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will allow President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military to take effect while court challenges continue. In a win for the president ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon cleared the way for the Trump administration to enforce a Department of Defense policy prohibiting transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. With […]