Months after President Donald Trump ordered the nation’s military academies to scrap policies that allowed admissions officials to consider race, an anti-affirmative action group this week dropped a pair of lawsuits against West Point and the Air Force Academy.

The Justice Department settled lawsuits challenging race-based admissions at military academies ending years of legal battles over how the schools select candidates.

The Department of Justice announced Monday it is settling lawsuits challenging race-based admissions at West Point and the Air Force Academy. Students for Fair Admissions, which won the Supreme Court ruling in 2023 banning race-based admission at universities,