PENTAGON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for deputy secretary of defense is warning that China’s military is resolute on surpassing the United States and is calling for a fix to “significant” military shortages at a time when administration leaders are trying to make big budget cuts. “China is incredibly determined, they feel a great sense…
Palantir (PLTR) stock tumbled 10% on Monday to extend a four-day drop amid investor concern surrounding potential Pentagon budget cuts and their impact on the data software company’s revenue. Shares have fallen more than 20% since last Wednesday, when the stock tumbled on a Washington Post report that said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent a…
The Pentagon is telling employees to “pause any response” to DOGE’s request for a work report. Federal employees were told this weekend to list five tasks they achieved last week by Monday night. But the Defense Department has instead said it would be the authority to review its employees. The Pentagon is the first major…
The Defense Department said Friday that it’s cutting about 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place. It comes after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, were at the Pentagon earlier in the week and received lists of such employees, U.S. officials said. They said those…
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff talks role Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown Jr. on his role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 08:38 President Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part…
China’s tightening grip on radio frequencies critical for advanced technologies – from 5G networks to AI-driven weapons – threatens to eclipse US innovation and military readiness, senators and analysts warned on Wednesday, urging Congress to break a years-long stalemate over modernising America’s outdated spectrum policies. At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, lawmakers clashed over how…
Timelapse images show the rapid construction of a Chinese military complex that, according to US officials, is on track to be at least 10 times the size of the Pentagon. A new report by the Financial Times cites former and current US officials who say that the intelligence community is closely watching a sprawling…
The Pentagon’s intelligence arm has issued a memo pausing any activities related to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Black History Month, LBGTQ+ Pride Month and Holocaust Remembrance Day, among other “special observances,” according to a defense official who confirmed the authenticity of the memo. The memo listed 11 such observances that employees are no…
Retired Gen. Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Trump and Biden administrations, has had both his security detail and his security clearance revoked, the Pentagon confirmed. New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “informed General Milley today that he is revoking the authorization for his security detail and suspending…
Israel’s aerial defense system Iron Dome destroys rockets fired from Southern Lebanon in Haifa, Israel on September 23, 2024. (Saeed Qaq/Anadolu via Getty Images) WASHINGTON – A new executive order from President Donald Trump calls for greater investments for a multilayered homeland air defense system, including a requirement for the development of space-based interceptors. On…