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Advocates criticize VA response after LGBTQ harassment incidents
Portland VA Medical Center leaders have promised an investigation after several incidents at the facility.
House passes $983 billion spending package 226-203, bucking White House
The Democratic-controlled House passed a $983 billion appropriations package that aims to fund national security at $17 billion below the White House request.
By Joe Gould
Trump says he would have liked to join the military (just not during Vietnam)
The commander in chief said he was "never a fan" of the U.S. military conflict in Vietnam.
Lawmakers aim to reverse Trump’s ban on transgender troops
Supporters call the president's ban on new transgender military recruits unfair and harmful to national security.
Smith says he won’t derail the NDAA over transgender troop ban
Nukes and the transgender ban policy remain NDAA sticking points.
By Joe Gould
Supreme Court lets military go ahead with transgender restrictions
The Trump administration has sought to restrict service by transgender people.
Mattis out: Defense secretary says his views no longer aligned with Trump
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will retire "with distinction," President Trump tweeted Thursday.
Military ‘equality’ issues — including transgender troops — atop Democrats’ 2019 defense agenda
Incoming House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith says he'd like to see legislation protecting transgender troops and will focus on discrimination issues in the ranks.
Inhofe sets collision course with Dems on defense budget, nukes and transgender troops
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe lays out his priorities for the next Congress — but accomplishing them won't be so simple.
By Joe Gould
Government asks high court to hear transgender military case
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to issue an unusually quick ruling on the Pentagon’s policy of restricting military service by transgender people.
DoD’s transgender policy gets knocked back by court, again
The government has not provided documents to show evidence supporting its ban on some transgender service, the judge said.
By Tara Copp, AP