The department has more than 945,000 civilian employees. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said 17 specific missions, such ...

The Department of Defense told its employees to pause responding to emails asking them about their accomplishments last week, as part of a directive by Elon Musk to make the federal workforce more ...

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

The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, a Defense Department unit, issued notice Friday that it was ending funding ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to prepare plans to make drastic budget cuts over the next five years ...

Some defense officials responsible for drafting lists of civilian Pentagon employees to be terminated as soon as this week ...

SecDef says a "reevaluation of our probationary workforce" will be followed by a wider dismissal of "redundancies" and ...

Thousands of layoffs could be coming at America's defense agencies after the Trump administration asked to see a list of ...

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 the funds will be pulled from 'so-called "climate change" and other woke programs.' ...

Thousands of workers at Wright Patterson Air Force Base face an uncertain future after news of large defense department cuts.