RSN: White House Sets Rules for Military Transgender Ban

24 August 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News The Futility of “Emergency Only” Contributing | We are blessed with supporters, readers, and community members who sustain Reader Supported News month in and month out. But for some reason, only when it becomes clear that the organization is absolutely desperate. That's something that we really want to move away from. For the sake of the organization and the community that we serve. In solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! White House Sets Rules for Military Transgender Ban   Gordon Lubold, The Wall Street Journal  Lubold writes: "The White House is expected to send guidance to the Pentagon in coming days on how to implement a new administration ban on transgender people in the military, issuing a policy that will allow Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to consider a service member's ability to deploy in deciding whether to kick them out of the military."  READ MORE Pressure on Manafort Grows as Feds Track More Income, Possible Money Laundering  Peter Stone, McClatchy DC  Stone writes: "Paul Manafort's place in the crosshairs of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into the Kremlin's attempts to sway the 2016 presidential election seems to be growing more uncomfortable."  READ MORE Federal Judge Blocks Latest Version of Texas Voter ID Law  Alana Abramson, TIME  Abramson writes: "A federal district Judge in Texas has dealt another blow to the state's voting identification law, blocking the most recent version in court on Wednesday."  READ MORE Someone Drove Through a Crowd of Demonstrators at Vigil in Missouri  Eleanor Sheehan, Splinter News  Sheehan writes: "Less than two weeks after a white nationalist allegedly rammed his car into a crowd of anti-racist activists in Charlottesville, VA, another person has weaponized a car to drive through a demonstration in St. Louis, MO."  READ MORE Justice Works in America for Those Who Can Buy It  Colin Warner, USA Today  Warner writes: "I spent 21 years behind bars for a crime I did not commit."  READ MORE KKK Leader Claims Hate Group Has Grown at Record Pace Since Trump Became President  Emily Shugerman, The Independent  Shugerman writes: "The Ku Klux Klan has grown faster since Donald Trump's inauguration than any time in recent memory, a Klan leader has claimed."  READ MORE We Might Lose Giant Sequoia National Monument This Week  Lena Moffitt, The Hill  Moffitt writes: "While Congress is on recess, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is continuing his 'review' of national monuments across the country. A thinly veiled step towards selling out some of our country's best wild places and historic sites."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation