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The Senate just passed a new $900 billion defense bill. Here’s what’s in it.
The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes provisions related to parental leave — but notably excludes provisions that would have provided IVF coverage for active-duty military.
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How much of Project 2025 has actually been accomplished this year?
As the year ends, The 19th takes a look at how the conservative policy wishlist for Trump’s second term impacted women and LGBTQ+ Americans.
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‘Deeply alarmed’: House Democrats send a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Women veterans in Congress and nearly 100 House Democrats are decrying the secretary’s comments about women in the military.
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In a room full of men, Hegseth called for a military culture shift from ‘woke’ to ‘warrior’
In an extremely unusual move, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth convened hundreds of commanders and decried diversity in the military’s ranks.
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Soldiers who killed men, women and children at Wounded Knee will keep their Medals of Honor
“We’re making it clear that [the soldiers] deserve those medals,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced.
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She hid an eating disorder and lost her Navy career. It saved her life.
Advocates worry the military’s focus on "fit, not fat" is silencing service members who struggle with their body image.
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Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans were supposed to get pardons. A year later, only four have succeeded.
President Biden pledged to use his clemency powers to right ‘an historic wrong.’ Why did it fall so short of its promise?
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On two coasts, a show of force — and a test of ours
Analysis | In Trump’s reality show presidency, strength and power are defined by a public and excessive show of force and pageantry is a means of reinforcing control.
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Hundreds of ‘DEI’ books are back at the Naval Academy. An alum and a bookshop fought their removal.
Following a public outcry, the academy returned titles by Maya Angelou, Harper Lee and others — many by women — that were purged under Pentagon orders targeting race and gender discourse.
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Is Trump’s executive order on trans people serving in the military in effect?
Here's where the order stands as of May 12, 2025.