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More than 60 anti-Trump protests are planned in major cities across the state this weekend, including Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio.

The Texas governor signed a $50 million bill into law on Wednesday to help bring ibogaine through FDA-approved clinical trials for opioid use disorders and other neurological and mental health conditions. Advocates said the legislation is the largest state-funded psychedelic research initiative in history.

A memo from President Trump earlier this year revealed plans to remove transgender service members from the military — a plan the Supreme Court has allowed to be enforced while the legal battle plays out. Thousands of transgender service members now face the possible end of their careers.

The futures of transgender troops are uncertain following an executive order issued by President Donald Trump, which claims that people whose gender does not match their sex assigned at birth are unfit to serve. That's a "blatant insult and a betrayal," local service members say.

The troops will be stationed in El Paso and San Diego, Calif.

Officials said Jabbar, dressed in full military gear, drove a truck into a crowd early Wednesday. At least 15 people were killed and 35 others were injured. Jabbar was shot and killed while exchanging gunfire with police.

Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart is being charged with alleged sexual assault of a female subordinate in his command. He is only the second general officer to be court-martialed in Air Force history. He pleaded not guilty in March.

Sixty artists have bowed out over the festival's partnership with the U.S. Army and defense contractors. The list is growing.

Congress has overhauled the military justice system to better protect victims of sex crimes by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command. But the reforms don’t apply as evenly to the Coast Guard.

A GOP-backed provision in the 2024 defense authorization bill would prohibit military personnel from communicating with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), a prominent civil rights group.