France’s Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as next prime minister

The Pentagon will appeal a federal judge’s decision to block the Trump administration’s ban on transgender troops, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday night.  Biden-appointed Washington, D.C. Judge Ana Reyes ruled the ban unconstitutionally discriminates on the basis of sex, saying it was “soaked in animus” and “dripping with pretext.”  “We are appealing this decision, […]