By Dan Lamothe, Missy Ryan, Alex Horton · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump on Monday night issued an executive order targeting transgender service members and an array of other people, saying that the U.S. military has been “afflicted with radical gender ideology to appease activists” and that “many mental and physical health conditions are incompatible with […]
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Trump order targets transgender troops and ‘radical gender ideology’
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Ahead of the expected Trump-Putin call, each side stakes out its position
By Robyn Dixon, Catherine Belton · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Amid expectations in Moscow that President Donald Trump will speak by phone in the coming days with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian officials are staking out hard-line positions on the Ukraine war ahead of any talks and playing down any imminent major breakthrough on U.S.-Russia ties. Sensing […]
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Democrats flip the script, eyeing debt limit to block Trump’s agenda
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Democrats flip the script, eyeing debt limit to block Trump’s agenda
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