In the first week of his term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order barring transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. His order has undergone multiple legal challenges since. Most recently,

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ruled in favor of transgender active-duty service members and transgender people in the process of enlisting.

The Trump administration on Thursday asked a U.S. appeals court to allow it to enforce a ban on transgender people serving in the military while it appeals a federal judge's order blocking the ban.