Transgender troops who sued to block their separation from the US military won a legal victory at a federal appeals court that allows them to continue serving. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Pentagon's policy to kick out transgender troops was illegal, halting the administration from removing more than two dozen transgender service members who have sued the Pentagon. A majority of the three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the Trump administration's efforts to bar transgender troops were "arbitrary" and based on animus. The ruling applies to 28 plaintiffs who filed suit last year. The decision is a major reversal for the Trump administration and allows those transgender troops to continue serving, though the military can continue to prohibit transgender recruits from joining.…