Hegseth directed schools to rank applicants by an aggregate score factoring in athletic ability and past military experience, among other qualifications.

Trump appointee writes that selecting anyone "but the best" for admission to the academies erodes "warfightiing readiness." ...

When Trump last spoke at the U.S. Military Academy, the institution was reckoning with racial justice protests sweeping the ...

The Pentagon ordered the removal of race as a factor in admissions at the military service academies and directed them ...

With new directives, Trump’s Pentagon chief zeroes in on admission to the nation’s service academies and purging “divisive” ...

A year later, the court declined to take up a separate case related directly to affirmative action at the academies. Since entering office, Hegseth has continually targeted areas of the military ...

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While Hegseth and Trump have been aggressive in targeting any diversity or affirmative action efforts inside the military, the courts have repeatedly found that the military and its academies have ...