The Trump administration's ban on transgender service members faces its next legal test Tuesday when a federal appeals court considers the legality of the policy.

Appeals judges questioned how the Pentagon could ban transgender troops without studying how they served openly during the Biden administration.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Tuesday of possible prosecutions of former senior advisors who were fired during a probe into leaks of Pentagon information to the media, saying evidence would be handed over to the Department of Justice once the investigation is completed.

The Pentagon saw four major staff changes in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s inner circle in a matter of days.

Once a leaker, always a leaker, often a leaker,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox News, amid a deepening controversy stemming from his use of Signal.