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 ...
Pentagon orders budget revamp to reinvest $50 billion into Trump defense priorities
The review could set the stage for Defense Secretary Hegseth to follow through with goals to invest more in the Asia-Pacific ...
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Pentagon proposes $50 billion in annual cuts and identifies priorities to expand
The Pentagon has proposed cutting 8 percent of its budget annually for five years but prioritized funding in areas like ...
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How DOGE Could Impact Pentagon Spending
The Pentagon is reportedly preparing lists of weapons programs it wants to cancel to coincide with Elon Musk's potential cuts ...
DOGE meets with Pentagon officials to plan cuts at the biggest U.S. department
DOGE representatives attended meetings at the Pentagon on Friday, according to two defense officials, marking the start of their next cost-cutting project.
Trump administration orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping budget cuts
A senior Pentagon official said that money saved through the cuts could be “realigned” to other defense priorities that ...
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Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders to kick off his second term seeks to transform the United ...
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 ...