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Transgender Service Ban Falls in Congress | Dayton News
A controversial amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act failed in a razor-thin House vote, blocking an effort to make President Trump’s transgender service ban permanent. With 212 to 217, four Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the measure, highlighting deepening divisions even within the GOP. The amendment stemmed from an executive order that barred transgender individuals from serving, citing concerns over military readiness and gender-segregated facilities — a move already challenged in court as discriminatory. While a recent ruling deemed the ban unconstitutional for…
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