Two Rulings Deal Blow to Key Trump Policies

两项裁决重创特朗普关键政策

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2025-03-19

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A.M. Edition for Mar. 19. A federal judge in Maryland ruled that the Department of Government Efficiency’s dismantling of USAID was likely unconstitutional, while a judge in Washington D.C. has blocked President Trump’s executive order which excludes transgender individuals from serving openly in the military. Plus, WSJ autos reporter Stephen Wilmot explains what a decades-old chicken tax has to do with the barrage of new tariffs being pursued by the Trump administration. Kate Bullivant hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • A federal judge has blocked the Pentagon from implementing President Trump's executive order that excludes transgender individuals from serving openly in the military,

  • marking a major legal setback for one of the administration's policy priorities.

  • Judge Ana Reyes ruled the order likely violated the constitutional guarantee of equal protection and issued a preliminary injunction that halted it

  • while it litigation continues.

  • The government defended the policy,

  • saying that military leadership has the broad authority to decide medical criteria for service members,

  • while current and prospective transgender service members challenged the executive order as discriminatory.