The Latest Breaking News from Ana Reyes

US Supreme Court allows ban on transgender troops to take effect

The court’s decision split its nine-member bench along ideological lines, with its three left-leaning judges opposing.

Al Jazeera · May 7, 2025

Trump’s trans military ban can take effect, for now, Supreme Court says

Federal judges have blasted the administration’s ban as plainly discriminatory against trans Americans

The Independent UK · May 6, 2025

The US government has a new policy for terminating international students' legal status

The U.S. government has begun shedding new light on a crackdown on international students, spelling out how it targeted thousands of people and laying out the grounds on which it says they can lose their legal status

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025

Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Transgender Military Ban, Calls It 'Soaked In Animus'

Judge Ana Reyes, from Washington, D.C., noted that this ban "is soaked in animus and dripping with pretext. Its language is unabashedly demeaning, its policy stigmatizes transgender persons as inherently unfit, and its conclusions bear no relation to fact."

International Business Times · Mar 19, 2025

Judge blocks Trump's trans military ban

A federal judge indefinitely blocked Trump's executive order, calling it a blatant violation of the Fifth Amendment

Salon · Mar 19, 2025

Judge blocks Trump’s ‘unabashedly demeaning’ ban on transgender service members for now

Judge Ana Reyes issues nationwide injunction temporarily blocking the removal and ban of trans troops in the nation’s armed forces

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025

Judge hopes to rule next week on Trump order banning transgender people from military service

A federal judge says she hopes to rule next week on whether to block President Donald Trump’s administration from banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

Trump administration lawyers tie themselves in knots trying to defend trans military ban to judge

‘You're going to get rid of all these very qualified people who the military has spent millions of dollars into training specialized jobs for no other reason than they have had gender dysphoria or they transition,’ the judge summarized

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

Transgender service members and advocates ‘devastated’ by ‘un-American’ order banning all trans troops

Pentagon begins process of removing all trans service members while federal judges consider blocking Trump’s order

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025

Did Judge Reyes Impose An Unconstitutional Religious Test?

Can a federal judge ask a DOJ lawyer "What do you think Jesus would say"?

Reason · Feb 24, 2025