President Trump's transgender military ban can stand for now, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Trump has tossed around several plans to block transgender people from serving in the military, with most of them being struck down in court. But the most recent ban will be allowed to stand now that a Washington, D.C. federal appeals court overturned a lower court's ruling against the ban on Friday, reports Reuters.
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