Transgender rights advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, challenging an executive order meant to block transgender troops from joining the military.

Show host Michael Kosta tore into Trump's transgender military ban and Pete Hegseth during his opening monologue

The president also scrapped diversity programs and granted back pay to GI’s who defied COVID vaccine mandates.

He linked to a June 2024 article from Military.com not so subtly titled, “The Army’s Recruiting Problem is Male.” It stated that male enlistment has dropped 35% since 2013, whereas women enlistment has remained steady.

President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Monday to remake the Pentagon in his hardline image, setting the stage for banning transgender troops who have honorably served and reinstating service members who were booted for refusing COVID vaccines.

Hegseth believes students are being raised to “see America as an evil place” because his confining approach to education leaves no room for admiration and criticism, hope and horror, to coexist. He treats American history,

In a sworn affidavit, Pete Hegseth's former sister-in-law said Hegseth's ex-wife told her she at one point "feared for her personal safety" during her marriage to him.

Advocacy groups are set to file the first lawsuit challenging President Trump's order revising policy on transgender troops.

The order attempts to end federal funding or support for gender-transition care for people under the age of 19. It is set to face legal challenges.

During these podcast appearances, Pete Hegseth expressed support for a theocratic concept known as “sphere sovereignty,” which is rooted in Christian Reconstructionism. He criticized many aspects of modern society,

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization with nearly 2.1 million service members, about 780,000 civilians and a budget of $850 billion.

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he had signed an executive order ridding the military of what he called "transgender ideology," in a