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.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending President Donald Trump 's firing of the nation's senior military officer and a ...

The Department of Defense posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday to tell Pentagon staff to disregard an email from billionaire Elon Musk that asked government employees to document in an email what ...

The world’s richest man emailed federal workers across the US to ask they explain what they accomplished last week — or risk ...

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

Elon Musk escalated DOGE's efforts to overhaul the federal government by singling out a Defense Department official's directive on Sunday to disregard an Office of Personnel Management email demanding ...

On Tuesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing for Stephen Feinberg to be deputy secretary of defense, ...

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

Hegseth, 44, demanded a proposal that would include annual 8% cuts to the Pentagon’s roughly $850 billion budget, according ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there is "nothing unprecedented" about President Donald Trump firing and replacing Department of Defense officials, during an interview on "FOX News Sunday." "There ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior military and Defense Department officials to draw up plans to cut 8 percent ...