( June 9, 2026, 8:45 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a split decision, a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held that current, active transgender service members who filed a lawsuit challenging a federal executive order (EO) banning transgender people from the U.S. military are protected by a preliminary injunction from implementation of the ban issued by a D.C. federal judge but opined that the injunction does not protect anyone seeking to join the military or current service members who have not joined the suit....