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Trump, Defense Secretary and budget cuts

President Trump Has a Rare Chance to Cut the $1 Trillion Defense Budget: Which Stocks Are Most at Risk?

Last week, as you may have heard, President Trump expressed a desire to "cut our military budget in half," utilizing Musk and his merry band of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) price cutters to get the job done.

Reuters · 3d

Pentagon orders budget revamp to reinvest $50 billion into Trump defense priorities

The review could set the stage for Defense Secretary Hegseth to follow through with goals to invest more in the Asia-Pacific and prioritize securing the U.S. border with Mexico, along with other reforms.

CNN on MSN · 2d

Defense secretary orders military to prepare for major budget cuts

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to prepare plans to make drastic budget cuts over the next five years, with an exception for border security, according to a new memo obtained by CNN.

Trump's Pentagon purge is attempt to politicize military

ABC · 1h

Democratic Sen. Reed: Trump's Pentagon purge is attempt to politicize the military

Sen. Jack Reed, ranking Democrat on Armed Services Committee, said Trump’s purge of senior Pentagon leaders is a threat to the nonpartisan nature of the military.

The Atlantic · 1d

What Trump’s Purge Could Mean for the Military

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss what the president’s move could mean for the U.S. military. “Trump, in his first term, tried to assert control over the military in a way that went beyond what the commander in chief does,

International Business Times · 22h

Trump Fires Nation's Top Military Officer in Late-Night Pentagon Purge

Trump fired the military's most senior officer in a Pentagon purge that removed six senior officials, including the Navy's top officer and key military lawyers.

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The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Pentagon says it will cut 5,400 probationary workers starting next week

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

The New York Times · 1d

Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers

The Pentagon said on Friday that it would fire 5,400 civilian probationary workers starting next week, in the first of what officials say will likely be a wave of much larger layoffs at the Defense Department,

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Pentagon says it will start firing 5,400 probationary civilian employees next week

The Pentagon said on Friday it would start firing about 5,400 civilian employees who were on probation, the first moves by President Donald Trump's administration at the department to make good on its promise to reduce the federal workforce.

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Defense secretary defends Pentagon firings, says more dismals may come

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending President Donald Trump’s firing of the nation’s senior military officer and a ...

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Pete Hegseth orders defense leadership to draw up plans for huge budget cuts as DOGE enters the Pentagon: report

Hegseth, 44, demanded a proposal that would include annual 8% cuts to the Pentagon’s roughly $850 billion budget, according ...

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Pentagon refutes Trump’s claim of $350 billion spent on Ukraine

Donald Trump's statement about $350 billion in aid to Ukraine is not supported by actual data. The real amount is recorded by ...

Texas Public Radio2d

Pentagon proposes $50 billion in annual cuts and identifies priorities to expand

The Pentagon has proposed cutting 8 percent of its budget annually for five years but prioritized funding in areas like ...

Newsweek on MSN4d

How DOGE Could Impact Pentagon Spending

The Pentagon is reportedly preparing lists of weapons programs it wants to cancel to coincide with Elon Musk's potential cuts ...

USA Today12d

Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders to kick off his second term seeks to transform the United ...

Defense officials fear impending Pentagon firings could break law and hurt military readiness

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

Kazakhstan is a new biological test site of the US Department of Defense

The activity of the United States in the field of biological research for military purposes has intensified on the territory of Kazakhstan. The Pentagon continues to finance and curate scientific and ...

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