Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior Pentagon officials and military leaders to forge plans that would result ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously said he would welcome the Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk to the ...

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

As Trump and Musk move to dismantle the federal workforce and cut spending, those tasked with repatriating missing Americans ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told the Pentagon to find $50 billion in programs to cut this year, to redirect funds to ...

The cuts targeting mostly new and recently promoted workers are part of the administration's push to shrink the federal work ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to come up with plans to cut 8% from the defense budget in each of ...

A senior Pentagon official said that money saved through the cuts could be “realigned” to other defense priorities that ...

The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Pentagon to develop plans for cutting 8% from the Department of Defense budget ...

Data analytics company Palantir is a major US defense contractor. Its shares were up 65% this year before Wednesday.