Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to come up with plans to cut 8% from the defense budget in each of ...

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

"Those who we need, who are the best and brightest, are going to stay. Those who are under performers — won't," said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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

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

The first firings of Defense Department civilian probationary employees are expected to start next week, with about 5,400 set ...

The Defense Department says it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place.

After the first round of firings, the Defense Department will launch a review intended to cut the civilian workforce by 5 to ...

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is preparing for a hiring freeze and an “aggressive” effort to fire civilian ...

NPR reported one circulating memo called for an 8% cut to the department. The official spoke on the condition of ...

The National Science Foundation fired 168 federal employees, marking one of many agencies who fired probationary feds at the ...