The Latest Breaking News from the Defense Department

Senior defense officials say personnel cuts across the Defense Department will delay plans to hire at least 1,000 more civilians to help prevent sexual assault, suicides and behavior problems within the military

Trump officials are playing defense after major staff purges and sensitive leaks less than three months into the president’s administration

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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