A federal judge blocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's bid to punish Sen. Mark Kelly over encouraging U.S. troops to refuse illegal orders.

The Trump administration tried to cut the veteran's military rank and pension because the senator told troops to reject orders that violate the Constitution.

The order comes days after federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., tried and failed to get a grand jury to indict Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin