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

Two percent is a start, as President Trump has said, but it’s not enough, nor is 3%, nor is 4% — more like 5%,” the defense ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next ...

The U.S. secretary of defense previously addressed allegations of excessive drinking during his January 2025 Senate confirmation hearing.

Pete Hegseth, the new US Secretary of Defense, has stated that his previous remarks about Ukraine's NATO membership being ...

A senior Pentagon official said that money saved through the cuts could be “realigned” to other defense priorities that ...

As part of the Trump administration's wide-ranging overhaul of the US Pentagon, between 5-8% of probationary civilian workers ...

Statements by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth do not rule out Ukraine's future NATO membership. It is about the fact that the ...

After Thursday’s NATO ministerial gathering, Hegseth travels to Poland for what the Pentagon said will be talks with leaders about “bilateral defense cooperation, continued deterrence efforts ...

European leaders say Trump isn’t serious about the need for NATO members to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense. The question ...

President Trump has made it clear that he is pushing for an end to the war in Ukraine. The move has left Europe worried that ...

Pete Hegseth says America will focus on domestic concerns and the threat of China over sending peace-keeping troops to ...