At least 5,400 probationary employees were scheduled to lose their jobs in the first round of civilian personnel cuts at the Department of Defense.
Kingsley Wilson, the Pentagon's new deputy press secretary, has a yearslong history of making social media posts that traffic in a variety of extremist rhetoric, ranging from antisemitic conspiracy theories to white nationalist talking points.
Republicans have expressed concern over veteran layoffs coming from the Pentagon as they make up a large part of the federal workforce being targeted by Elon Musk. GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Monday urging the Department of Defense to limit veteran layoffs,
The Pentagon has introduced a new project designed to bring AI into military planning, which seems like a very bad idea.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has fired more than 2,400 employees in February. The long-term consequences of these cuts are unclear.
DOGE says its busy at work at both the Pentagon and the Department of Veteran's Affairs. But at this point, it's not entirely clear what that means.
At the same time, Republican lawmakers are aiming to add more than $100 billion to the Pentagon’s proposed budget, which would push military spending close to $1 trillion a year.
The Pentagon is sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as President Donald Trump seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration and fulfill a central promise of his campaign.