The Pentagon will appeal a federal judge's decision blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on transgender persons serving in the U.S. armed forces.

Earlier this week, a Washington, DC, federal judge deemed President Trump’s executive order restoring the ban on transgender service in the military unconstitutional and described it as “soaked in animus.” “We are appealing this decision, and we will win,” Hegseth wrote on X of the legal setback.