Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers
The department has more than 945,000 civilian employees. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said 17 specific missions, such ...
Defense Department firings expected to start soon, officials say
Pentagon agencies were told to submit lists of probationary employees after members of Elon Musk’s DOGE arrived, people ...
NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund calls on Congress to reject McMahon for Education Department
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is pressing its call for the Senate to reject Linda McMahon to lead the Department of ...
What We Know About Pentagon Cuts: Defense Department Announces Thousands Of Layoffs—Starting Next Week
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously said he would welcome the Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk to the ...
Defense Secretary Hegseth working with DOGE to cut the 'BS'
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth released a video Thursday detailing oncoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ...
President Trump Has a Rare Chance to Cut the $1 Trillion Defense Budget: Which Stocks Are Most at Risk?
Last week, as you may have heard, President Trump expressed a desire to "cut our military budget in half," utilizing Musk and ...
Defense officials fear impending Pentagon firings could break law and hurt military readiness
Some defense officials responsible for drafting lists of civilian Pentagon employees to be terminated as soon as this week ...
As Elon Musk eyes Defense Department, conflicts of interest, accounting issues loom
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Elon Musk was 'welcome' to the Pentagon. How will he approach its deep budget problems ...
US Defense Department contract 'inaccurately represented' on social media, says Thomson Reuters
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...
Can DOGE Create a Lean Military Machine? Former Defense Officials Weigh In
Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency have started trimming back on the Pentagon, but former officials say that might be a good thing.
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Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
But the agency’s approach to testing has faced criticism, and the Defense Department "lacks comprehensive guidance for ...
Defense secretary defends Pentagon firings, says more dismals may come
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending President Donald Trump ‘s firing of the nation’s senior military officer and a ...