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Pentagon officials are bracing for Musk's DOGE
SecDef hints at pushback, but others worry about the team's record of breaking into databases and making hasty cuts.
Trump spending freeze halts some national-lab projects
A "critically important" grid-resiliency project at Lawrence Livermore is on hold, along with other work, lab directors testify.
Return-to-work order created ‘panic’ among military-spouse federal workers
Presidential order coupled with deferred-resignation offer and hiring freeze created a perfect storm of stress.
CISA sidelines anti-disinformation staffers
The move reflects a GOP effort to steer the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency away from fighting disinformation and foreign influence.
Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Trump’s intelligence chief
As Director of National Intelligence, Trump's controversial pick will oversee the nation’s 18 spy agencies.
Trump orders agencies to plan widespread layoffs and reduce hiring
Troops are exempted, while "necessary" national-security workers can be exempted from bid to sharply shrink the government.
Congress wants the Army to start collecting more open-source intelligence
A 2025 NDAA provision encourages procuring OSINT software.
Judge extends pause on ‘deferred-resignation’ offer
He wants more time to study plaintiffs' argument that the Trump-administration deal violates the law.
Hegseth puts Air Force reorganization on hold
Service chief Gen. David Allvin previously emphasized the need to move out quickly.
Hegseth: Pentagon must return to long-term planning against strategic adversaries
In a Pentagon town hall, new defense secretary vowed to make longer-term plans, deploy tech faster, and have fewer flag officers and smaller staffs.
Navy pauses sexual-assault prevention and response training
The SAPR program is still active, but training has been halted to check for compliance with new executive orders.
What Google’s return to defense AI means
More competition in a hot market—and the plain fact that only the Pentagon will set boundaries.
Musk’s DOGE efforts pose a ‘constitutional crisis,’ experts warn
Elon Musk has spent the first two weeks of the Trump administration parachuting into government offices, leaving extensive — and some say legally prohibited — changes in his wake.
Largest US intelligence agencies press employees to resign
Trump-administration "deferred resignation" offers have been issued to the workforces of the CIA, NSA, NGA, DIA, and the overseeing ODNI.
Ethics concerns surround Musk's dual role as defense CEO, federal employee
The SpaceX leader's DOGE work may violate criminal conflict-of-interest statutes, one ethics expert said.
Marines aim to buy more carrier-based F-35s, fewer VTOLs
Corps’ new aviation plan also expands squadrons—but not UAV-buying plans.
Trump’s anti-DEI efforts damage national security, former officials say
They said the rollback of diversity-equity-inclusion initiatives weakens intelligence operations, erodes workforce morale, and reduces America's ability to confront threats.
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‘Offensive bullshit’: Dem lawmakers slam Trump's ‘illegal’ USAID moves
Elon Musk's attempt to gut the congressionally established U.S. Agency for International Development is "unconstitutional," Democratic lawmakers said.
Gabbard and Patel hearings display diverging views of reality, history along partisan lines
Senators focused mostly on the nominees’ past statements, rather than how they may lead in their prospective positions.
Army secretary nominee talks drones, recruiting, and lawful orders at confirmation hearing
Driscoll has bipartisan support from the Senate Armed Services Committee.
