NEW YORK — Two LGBT-rights organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging President Donald Trump’s tweets declaring he wants a ban on transgender people serving in the military. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington ...

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Jon W. Davidson’s work day began at 6:30 a.m. California time on Wednesday, moments after President Donald Trump made the unexpected announcement on Twitter that he would ban transgender people from serving in the military. Davidson, legal director of the ...

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HONOLULU — Rounding out a tough and frustrating year, President Barack Obama signed a bipartisan budget deal Thursday easing spending cuts and a defense bill cracking down on sexual assault in the military, as the president and Congress began pivoting ...

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday gave the military one year to make progress on an epidemic of sexual assault or face potential tougher reforms, hours after Congress sent a sweeping defense bill for his signature that cracks down ...

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WASHINGTON — A senator says repeated sexual assaults in the military allow a culture to continue. Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand  addressed the latest case at West Point. An Army sergeant is charged with secretly taking pictures and video of at least ...

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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers say they’re outraged that for the second time this month a member of the armed forces assigned to help prevent sexual assaults in the military is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. In the latest case, an ...

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WASHINGTON — The military’s top cyber warrior says he is confident that foreign leaders are deterred from launching an electronic attack on vital infrastructure in the United States because they know such a strike could be traced to its source ...

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A unique divorce case involving an active-duty member of the military is behind an interesting solution to recently come out of Supreme Court in Monroe County. Acting Supreme Court Justice Richard A. Dollinger carefully reviewed sections of federal and New ...

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Some members of Congress are already looking at changing provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act just two months after it was signed into law Dec. 31. They believe it gives the government too much power and could allow the ...

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Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is joining with officials from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Department of Defense and the Federal Trade Commission to develop a database to combat consumer financial frauds directed at military members, veterans, or their ...

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WATERTOWN — State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating whether lenders illegally foreclosed on the homes of active-duty members of the military. The state investigation into 10 lenders comes after a federal regulator’s report said it would review 4,500 foreclosures ...

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For the first time in the Rochester area, military families have an additional choice for their TRICARE benefits. Martin’s Point Health Care, under contract with the Department of Defense, is offering the US Family Health Plan, a TRICARE Prime option already available in most of the state.

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