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Fox News Politics Newsletter: Another Trump Win at SCOTUS

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-Identity of second wrongfully deported Maryland man revealed as Trump admin fights his return to US

-Trump admin removes Biden-era transportation safety board vice chair

-Supreme Court flare-ups grab headlines as justices feel the heat

SCOTUS Allows Trump Pentagon Transgender Ban to Take Effect, for Now

The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in lifting a lower court's order that paused the Pentagon's transgender military ban.

In a short order on Tuesday, the high court handed the White House win as Trump seeks to unmake the Biden-era diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agenda. The court stayed a lower court order, allowing the Pentagon policy to take effect. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied the administration's appeal and kept the lower court injunction in place. 

At issue in the suit, Shilling v. United States, is President Donald Trump's January executive order banning transgender military members. The order required the Department of Defense to update its guidance regarding "trans-identifying medical standards for military service" and to "rescind guidance inconsistent with military readiness."…READ MORE

Trump, Hegseth flanking transgender flag

President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a transgender flag in a split image (Getty/Imagn)

White House

'SPRING-LOADED': Loeffler flips script on media's Trump tariffs narrative by revealing what small businesses are saying

COLD FRONT: Canadian PM Carney to meet Trump at White House after election influenced by annexation threats

TRUMP REPORT CARD: Where Donald Trump stands with Americans 15 weeks into his second presidency

Trump at top of stairs to Air Force One

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, May 4, 2025.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

'LOVE' TO SEE IT: Trump says he’d ‘love’ a Gavin Newsom 2028 POTUS run — but predicts it would go up in flames

Campus Craziness

SICKO GYNECOLOGIST: Columbia settles for $750M with victims of convicted sex criminal Dr. Robert Hadden

CAMPUS UNREST: Anti-Israel protesters occupy University of Washington building, 30 arrested

'DEEPLY CHALLENGING TIME': Columbia lays off around 180 staff after Trump administration revokes grants

World Stage

SILENT TREATMENT: US has yet to launch trade negotiations with China, Treasury secretary says

51ST STATE: 6 US governors to open talks with Canadian provincial leaders on tariffs

MISPLACED BLAME?: US intel agencies say Venezuelan regime doesn't direct Tren de Aragua gang, undercutting Trump admin: report

Tren de Aragua, MS-13 gangsters in prison on floor

Members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang and members of the MS-13 gang, who were deported to El Salvador by the US in San Salvador, El Salvador on March 31, 2025. (El Salvador Press Presidency Office/Anadolu via Getty Images)

CCP'S CLUTCHES: China and Egypt wrap first joint military exercise as Beijing looks to cozy up to American allies

ACTIVE THREAT: Israel calls to evacuate Yemen airport amid fight with Houthis

'ENTIRELY DESTROYED': Israeli minister says Gaza will be 'entirely destroyed,' Palestinians forced into other countries

DOWN, BUT NOT OUT: German conservative's bid for chancellor falls short, a first in more than 75 years

Capitol Hill

'FALSE BILL OF GOODS': Dems pushing AOC, Sanders fall flat with young voters as Gen Z sees through it: RNC youth chair

‘CORRUPTION’: House Democrats storm out of cryptocurrency hearing, alleging Trump 'corruption'

SKIPPING THE LINE: Jasmine Crockett accused of 'abusing her power' at airport boarding gate

Jasmine Crockett

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) speaks during a hearing with the Subcommittee on Delivering On Government Efficiency in the U.S. Capitol on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. The House Oversight Subcommittee held the hearing to hear from witnesses on U.S. foreign aid. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

'SICK': Vance, conservatives blast Omar over resurfaced 'fearful of white men' clip: 'Genocidal language'

PAY TO STAY: Democrat floats work visa suggestion in response to Trump admin's $1,000 self-deportation offer

Across America 

'FAILED LEADERSHIP': Blue state Republican calls on county sheriffs to defy sanctuary law, Dem governor rumored for 2028 run

'TURNED A BLIND EYE': Experts sound the alarm over 'shocking' study showing significant risk to women who take abortion pills

OPTIONS: Will other forms of transportation require passengers to have REAL ID after May 7 deadline?

REAL ID sign in airport

REAL ID sign in an airport as impending REAL ID requirements loom. (Fox News Digital)

2024'S LAST RACE: Federal judge orders NC to certify Supreme Court election results with Democrat leading

KAMALA'S CASH: Kamala Harris takes next step in return to political stage

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