FILE - A Super Tuesday voter walks past a sign requiring a photo ID at a polling location, March 5, 2024, in Mount Holly, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Military officials are using medical and personnel data to uncover troops with current or past gender dysphoria as the Pentagon moves ahead with separations.
The initiative may allow more nontraditional contractors to contribute to national security, collaborate with government teams and compete for classified work.
FILE - A microphone stands at the entrance to the House SCIF, the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, located three levels beneath the Capitol where witnesses and lawmakers hold closed interviews in the impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, in Washington, Nov. 15, 2019. When members of Congress want to peruse classified materials, they descend deep into the basement of the Capitol to a sensitive compartmented information facility, known as a SCIF. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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FILE - The Department of Defense seal is seen on the podium in the Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Oct. 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
The disagreement highlights the confusion, both within government and in public, about how one of the Trump administration's highest priorities would work.