Government Executive15h
At least one Pentagon agency has begun firing probationary workers
The Defense Logistics Agency has begun dismissing its share of the Defense Department’s 5,400 targeted employees.
Foreign Policy4h
Trump’s Pick for Key Pentagon Role Faces Off With GOP Hawks
U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for under secretary of defense for policy, Elbridge Colby, faced a slew of tough ...
Pentagon moves to gut operations focused on reducing civilian harm
Officials at the Defense Department’s Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, which seeks to limit collateral damage from ...
Mother Jones9h
This Pentagon Press Secretary Has a Long History of Bigoted and Xenophobic Posts
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Defense News1d
Pentagon touts $80M in DOGE cuts, but public receipts don’t add up
The Pentagon refused to provide a full list of cuts, and publicly available data — including "receipts" listed on DOGE's site ...
Hegseth Cuts Pentagon Work on Preventing Civilian Harm
Employees at the Pentagon’s Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response office were told their jobs would be eliminated, as would ...
Hegseth orders suspension of Pentagon’s offensive cyberoperations against Russia
The U.S. Cyber Command is pausing its offensive operations against Russia. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the decision, ...
First US Hypersonic Weapon Still Isn’t Combat-Ready, Pentagon’s Tester Says
Although the Pentagon says it intends to deploy its first hypersonic weapon by Sept. 30, more than three years later than ...
Vance visits Capitol Hill to urge senators to confirm Elbridge Colby for Pentagon No. 3 post
Vice President JD Vance praised Elbridge Colby, up for Pentagon’s No. 3 spot, as a "good man" and "honest man." ...
Pentagon nominee pushed to acknowledge Russian invasion of Ukraine in Senate hearing
President Donald Trump’s nominee for the top policy job at the Pentagon is acknowledging that Russia invaded Ukraine and ...
POLITICO on MSN1h
‘Who’s doing the vetting?': Republicans denounce Pentagon aide for antisemitic comments
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson compared the murders of Israeli babies during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to ...