A group of House Democrats is urging President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to halt enforcement of a ban on transgender service members.

In a Jan. 27 executive order, Trump barred transgender people from serving openly in the military, claiming that allowing trans individuals to serve in the armed forces threatens its readiness and undermines unit cohesion. A 2016 RAND Corp. study commissioned by the Pentagon found that allowing trans people to serve had no negative impact on unit cohesion, operational effectiveness or readiness.

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