Judge Blocks Military Transgender Ban; Musk Speaks of Anxiety Over NASA Astronauts’ Return | NTD Good Morning Full Broadcast (March 19)

A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration’s ban on transgender military service members. U.S. district judge Ana Reyes said the Trump administration cannot enforce the ban because it has not given a legitimate reason for banning all transgender personnel.

With a soft splashdown off Florida’s Gulf of America coast, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk later spoke of the anxiety felt behind the scenes and the challenges his companies are currently facing.

Russia says it has agreed to a 30-day limited cease-fire in which it will not target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. President Donald Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about a multi-step plan to end the Russia–Ukraine war. The Kremlin says Putin insisted that all foreign military aid to Ukraine be paused, but Trump said that that issue wasn’t discussed at all.