"The exclusion bar can be for the rest of your lifetime or for several years, but it effectively halts your ability to participate," said Alice Harris.
FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Millions of U.S. workers now have a Jan. 4 deadline to get a COVID vaccine. The federal government on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 announced new vaccine requirements for workers at companies with more than 100 employees as well as workers at health care facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients.. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
The new lawsuit comes after a federal judge ruled that a preliminary injunction motion over the USDA reorganization belonged as its own separate legal action.
"Now our challenge is to communicate this settlement...over 5,000 current and former Secret Service agents are entitled to share in," Nicholas Wieczorek said.
In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, housing for service members is pictured at Mountain Home Air Force Base, April 28, 2022. Amid record-breaking spikes in rent, service members and housing activists say the Department of Defense has not adequately increased housing allowances, thereby neglecting its commitment to military families. (1st Lt. Daniel Barnhorst/U.S. Air Force via AP)
The pilot programs are part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethβs broader effort to overhaul equal opportunity programs, which he claims have been βweaponized.β