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Can Pete Hegseth keep his job? Insider reveals Pentagon is in ‘total chaos’ amid backstabbing and leaks

The Pentagon faces a ‘full-blown meltdown’ after staff purges and sensitive leaks. Can the secretary survive under Trump?

The Independent UK

Pentagon official at the center of Jackie Robinson scandal suddenly resigns

John Ullyot attracted unwanted attention by declaring that ‘DEI is dead’ last month amid uproar over removal of baseball legend’s tribute page from Department of Defense website

The Independent UK

Top Pentagon Officials Placed On Leave Amid Leak Investigation

The investigation reportedly involves several serious leaks, including military operational plans for the Panama Canal, the deployment of a second U.S. aircraft carrier to the Red Sea, a controversial visit by Elon Musk to the Pentagon, and the temporary halt of intelligence collection for Ukraine.

International Business Times

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A look at the universities with federal funding targeted by the Trump administration

Harvard University has joined the growing list of institutions targeted by the Trump administration for federal funding cuts

The Independent UK

US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say

A long sliver of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump is turning over to the Department of Defense would be controlled by the Army as part of a base, a move that could allow troops to detain any trespassers, including migrants

The Independent UK

DOGE’s private contract crackdown has eliminated more than 120 Deloitte contracts—more twice the amount of any other consultancy

Deloitte is one of at least 10 consulting firms with slashed contracts, including Accenture, which has already warned of downstream revenue losses.

Fortune

Defense Department to offer new round of voluntary resignations, retirements. There are few details

The Defense Department is going to offer a new round of voluntary resignations and retirements to the civilian workforce, but details are slim

The Independent UK

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Pentagon nepotism fears as Defense Secretary’s younger brother given key adviser role

Phil Hegseth's past experience includes founding his own podcast production company

The Independent UK

Oracle is reportedly among wave of tech giants hit by DOGE cuts, as defense secretary balks at ‘throwing more good taxpayer money after bad’

The Department of Defense announced $580 million in funding, grant, and contract cuts last week.

Fortune

The Signal attack plan messages: What we do (and don't) know

The revelation that President Donald Trump’s most senior national security officials posted the specifics of a military attack to a chat group that included a journalist hours before the attack took place has raised many questions

The Independent UK

Trump administration's use of disappearing Signal messages to discuss military strikes not allowed under record law, experts say

Senior officials in the Trump administration are under fire after inadvertently sharing secret war plans with a reporter via a Signal group chat.

Fortune

Stephen A. Smith Challenges President Trump to Come on Show and Defend Stance on DEI

Stephen A. Smith’s offer comes after an article highlighting Jackie Robinson’s military service was briefly taken down by the Department of Defense.

Sports Illustrated

Pentagon restores histories of Navajo Code Talkers, other Native veterans after public outcry

The Pentagon has restored some webpages highlighting the wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans

The Independent UK

Pentagon removes web pages about Holocaust remembrance, 9/11 to comply with Trump DEI order

Content takedowns come as administration has made combating antisemitism a major focus

The Independent UK

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Department of Defense Restores Jackie Robinson Article After Anti-Diversity Wipe

The department sent ESPN two highly contradictory statements.

International Business Times

Pentagon To Cut Up To 60K Jobs As Defense Secretary Hegseth Assures Military Readiness Won't Be Affected

The Defense Department is using three main methods -- encouraging voluntary resignations, firing probationary workers, and leaving positions unfilled as employees naturally leave -- to reach the cuts.

The Independent UK

Pentagon aims to cut up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignations

A senior defense official says that roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department

The Independent UK

Military slices out web pages about WWII Native American code talkers to comply with Trump order to eradicate DEI

Military has long credited Indigenous code units for serving key roles in WWI and WWII

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The Independent UK

Pete Hegseth says the Defense Department doesn’t ‘do’ climate change despite being one of the largest polluters

The U.S. military has been identified as the single-largest consumer of energy in the U.S. and the world’s single-largest institutional consumer of petroleum

Salon

Paranoid Hegseth bans the Enola Gay

Trump’s defense secretary ends a 1965 policy barring racial segregation from contract facilities

The Independent UK

‘Gay’ Hiroshima bomber, female and Black soldiers being erased in shocking Pentagon DEI file purge

As many as 100,000 photos and online posts including a female Medal of Honor recipient, Black soldiers and people whose last name is ‘Gay’ may be axed in the diversity eradication ordered by Donald Trump

Roll Call

Yearly cost of Trump’s border missions could exceed $1 billion - Roll Call

The cost of sending troops to assist with border crossings could reach as high as $2 billion, the Pentagon has told senators.

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Pentagon Plans To Cut Civilian Workforce For Efficiency

Stephen Feinberg advocates for civilian workforce cuts at the Pentagon to enhance efficiency and streamline operations.

The Independent UK

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

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