The Pentagon told employees to "pause any response" to the email, saying it would be the authority to conduct staff reviews.

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 said there is "nothing unprecedented" about President Donald Trump firing and replacing ...

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Trump ‘s abrupt firing of the nation’s senior military officer amid a wave of ...

Key US agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk’s latest demand that federal workers explain what ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the dismissals weren’t unusual despite accusations that the new administration is ...

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

The Pentagon said on Friday it would start firing about 5,400 civilian employees who were on probation, the first moves by ...

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

Elon Musk's companies have a variety of contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, highlighting the growing relationship ...