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What We Know About Pentagon Cuts: Defense Department Announces Thousands Of Layoffs—Starting Next Week

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

Pentagon announces thousands of civilian workers will be fired

In the latest round of cuts to the federal workforce, the Department of Defense announced 5,400 employees will be let go beginning next week. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports it comes as backlash to the cuts is growing,

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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,

As Defense Department preps for mass firings, Hegseth says a hiring freeze and more firings are coming

SecDef confirms a "reevaluation of our probationary workforce"—and adds that a hiring freeze is coming, during which a more ...

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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 ...

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Who’s Running the Defense Department?

The key criteria for those in the top-tier positions appear to be loyalty, wealth, and ideological fervor, not competence.

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Pentagon's Hegseth sees growth in defense spending despite Musk review

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday he wanted to increase overall U.S. defense spending and played down ...

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NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund calls on Congress to reject McMahon for Education Department

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is pressing its call for the Senate to reject Linda McMahon to lead the Department of ...

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How Can We Measure if Defense Innovation Works?

The Pentagon still lacks clear ways to measure if the organizations charged with innovation in the Department of Defense ...

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