The order directs that federally run insurance programs, including TRICARE for military families ... by the Biden administration to protect transgender people and their care.
Trump's executive order bans federal programs like Medicaid and TRICARE from covering gender-affirming care for minors and urges legal action ... to protect transgender people and their care.
Trump also recently signed executive orders restricting transgender participation in the military, ending federal legal recognition of transgender people ... of Defense's TRICARE benefits ...
"It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called 'transition' of a child," he said.
“It is deeply unfair to play politics with people ... could lead to a transgender ban in the military The order directs that federally-run insurance programs, including TRICARE for 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.
Trump’s order to push out transgender troops, issued late Monday night, was instantly condemned by an array of activist groups as exceptionally egregious and ultimately harmful to military readiness. They say transgender people have been serving successfully for years, including openly on and off for the past decade.
The order, which follows actions Trump took last week to lay the groundwork for it, gives the Pentagon 30 days to report back on its plans to implement the directive and 60 days to actually update its policy on transgender troops.
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A military law attorney expects challenges to President Trump's executive order will go all the way to the Supreme Court.
A deadly collision between an Army helicopter and a commercial airplane at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington has claimed 67 lives, including Indian-origin passengers Vikesh Patel and ...