Another US federal judge blocks Trump policy banning transgender troops

Attorneys Sarah Warbelow of Human Rights Campaign and Sasha Buchert of Lambda Legal outside a federal court in Tacoma after a US judge heard arguments on whether to block President Donald Trump’s order banning transgender people from serving in the military (AP/Manuel Valdes)

A US judge in Washington state has blocked enforcement of president Donald Trump’s order banning transgender people from serving in the military.

It is the second nationwide injunction against the policy in as many weeks.