Pete Hegseth orders senior leaders to cut 8% from Defense budget
Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has ordered senior military and civilian Pentagon officials to cut 8% from the defense budget ...
Pete Hegseth orders defense leadership to draw up plans for huge budget cuts as DOGE enters the Pentagon: report
Hegseth, 44, demanded a proposal that would include annual 8% cuts to the Pentagon’s roughly $850 billion budget, according ...
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Department of Defense to layoff thousands of employees
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has confirmed that the Department of Defense plans to cut anywhere from 5-8% of its ...
Hegseth could soon fire or remove generals and senior officers, US officials say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering firing or removing generals and senior officers as early as this week, ...
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Lawmakers warn Hegseth against political firings of generals
A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked Hegseth for justifications and transparency before any decisions to dismiss senior ...
Hegseth directs Pentagon to find $50 billion in cuts this year to fund Trump military priorities
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next ...
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As Defense Department preps for mass firings, Hegseth says a hiring freeze and more firings are coming
SecDef confirms a "reevaluation of our probationary workforce"—and adds that a hiring freeze is coming, during which a more ...
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Pentagon will cut billions of dollars in programs but not its overall budget, Hegseth says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that he will immediately begin shifting billions of dollars away from nonlethal ...
Hegseth orders $50 billion of defense budget redirected from Biden to Trump priorities
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the funds will be pulled from 'so-called "climate change" and other woke programs.' ...
Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Draw Up Plans for Cuts
The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, ...
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Cuts to staff, budget will boost military strength, Hegseth says
Hegseth promised to reinvest budget savings in other military programs and jettison civilian workers who are not living up to ...
Hegseth previews Pentagon staffing cuts, targets probationary employees
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is preparing for a hiring freeze and an “aggressive” effort to fire civilian employees as the Trump administration’s axe to the federal workforce ...