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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 Pentagon.

The New York Times · 1d

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 as military operations at the southwestern border, would be exempt from the 8 percent cuts in the defense budget he has ordered for each of the next five years.

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DOGE looks at making cuts at the Department of Defense

The Department of Defense's $850 billion is set to be scrutinized by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as it continues its cost-cutting campaign.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Pentagon Says It Will Cut 5,400 Probationary Workers Starting Next Week

The Defense Department says it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place

NBC News · 1d

Pentagon announces thousands of civilian workers will be fired

In the latest round of cuts to the federal workforce, the Department of Defense announced 5,400 employees will be let go beginning next week. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports it comes as backlash to the cuts is growing,

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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 ...

Donald Trump's 'Iron Dome for America' defense order shakes up StratCom's nuke plans

One of President Donald Trump's first executive orders calls for construction of a new missile defense shield called "Iron Dome America." It has planners at Offutt-based U.S. Strategic Command busy.

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Pentagon is next in DOGE layoff sights as probationary hires are tallied

WASHINGTON − The Defense Department has sent lists of its probationary employees to the Trump administration, according to a senior official, as the Pentagon braces for layoffs that have rocked ...

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Hegseth says DOGE welcome at Pentagon as Defense Department reviews military posture globally

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Pentagon did not push same "globalist agendas" as USAID but welcomed DOGE "partnership" ...

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 ...

Department of Defense bans Julianne Moore’s children’s book Freckleface Strawberry

The Trump administration ‘s Department of Defense, currently run by former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, has taken a stand ...

Defense secretary suggests department climate programs for budget cuts

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pinpointed climate change programs as a potential place for the Department of Government ...

Government Executive2d

As Defense preps for mass firings, Hegseth says a hiring freeze and more firings are coming

SecDef says a "reevaluation of our probationary workforce" will be followed by a wider dismissal of "redundancies" and ...

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