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Adam Gabbatt in New York

Judges rule against Trump in several cases including trans military ban

US Army Soldier in uniform.
A US district judge also criticized the Trump administration’s plan to implement the ban on transgender military. Photograph: DanielBendjy/Getty Images

The Trump administration suffered legal setbacks on Wednesday night when it was blocked from imposing a ban on transgender people serving in the military and a court rejected a White House appeal which would have allowed the government to fire thousands of federal workers.

A judge in Washington DC rejected the government’s attempt to lift a court order which prevented its transgender military ban, which had been due to come into effect on Friday, from taking place.

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