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Mattis deploys interim guidance on Trump’s transgender troop ban

by Brian Seay

Troops diagnosed with gender dysphoria are still eligible for reassignment surgery under the Pentagon's temporary answer to the president's transgender ban.

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Police chief fired in Florida after fatal training demonstration last year

by Brian Seay

Punta Gorda Police Chief Tom Lewis was fired Wednesday more than a year after the fatal shooting of a librarian at a training demonstration.

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DOJ to review Memphis police after announcing it wouldn’t

by Brian Seay

There was a mix-up between the Department of Justice and the city of Memphis Friday about whether the federal agency would continue a review of the city’s police department.

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