Judge orders Pete Hegseth to answer written questions in transgender military ban case

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to answer 10 written questions from attorneys challenging Trump's transgender military ban, warning that evasive answers could lead to a deposition. Reyes questioned Justice Department arguments that Hegseth's public statements, including an anti-trans slur she recounted from a Quantico gathering of senior military leaders, are irrelevant to whether the policy was driven by anti-trans animus.