Pentagon: $80M in savings found in initial DOGE scrutiny

In its first job with Elon Musk's Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Pentagon discovered around $80 million in what is considered wasteful spending, according to the building's top spokesman. inVideos posted on x On Monday evening, reporter Sean Parnell read from an unpublished list detailing his funding, which is primarily dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion programs […]
Hegseth orders Pentagon employees to respond to Musk’s latest ‘What you did last week’ email

Defense Secretary Pete Hegses ordered all civilian Pentagon employees to respond to an Office of Human Resources Management (OPM) email asking them to know what they had accomplished the previous week. Hegseth's directive comes after Pentagon officials previously instructed Pentagon employees not to respond on February 22 to “What did you do last week?” The […]
Pentagon orders thousands more troops to southern border

The Pentagon has sent up to 5,050 additional troops to the US-Mexico border despite the sudden drop in illegal border intersections in recent weeks. Defense Secretary Pete Hegses ordered the Striker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) and the general support air battalion to “enhance military support to secure the US-Mexico border.” Each SBCT consists of approximately […]
Pentagon sends additional troops to the US-Mexico border

The Pentagon is sending around 3,000 active troops to the US-Mexico border as President Donald Trump tries to close illegal immigrants and fulfill the central promise of his campaign, U.S. officials said. His Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegses, ordered elements of the Striker Brigade Combat Team and General Support Air Battalion for missions, the Pentagon […]
Pentagon finally giving ‘transgender’ troops the boot

The Pentagon submitted in court Wednesday that troops identified as members of the opposite sex would be removed from the military unless they grant the exemption. President Donald Trump – vowed in August 2023 to “restore Trump's ban on transgender military” – issued The January 27th executive order entitled “Military Excellence and Preparation Prioritization,” effectively […]
Pentagon Orders Removal Of Transgender Troops Within 60 Days

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses talks when he meets Saudi Arabian Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on February 24, 2025. OAN Staff James Meyers2:33pm – Thursday, February 27th, 2025 The Pentagon ordered all transgender military service to be removed from the military unless a waiver was granted, […]
Transgender US military personnel must be identified and stood down, says Pentagon memo | Trump administration

Transgender Services members will be separated from the US military unless they receive the exemption, according to a Pentagon memo filed in court Wednesday. Essentially, it prohibits participation or serving in the military. Donald Trump signed an executive order in January, which targeted transgender forces in a personal way – at one point, saying that […]
Pentagon Orders the Removal of DEI from Official Online Content

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell sent a memo throughout the department on Wednesday, ordering the removal of all official online content that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion in line with President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses. In a memo entitled “Digital Content Refresh,” Parnell directed all senior Pentagon leaders, combatants, defense agencies and […]
Trump's No. 2 Pentagon pick won't say if Russia invaded Ukraine

Stephen Feinberg, who is in the election for President Trump to become Secretary of Defense, declined to say during a confirmation hearing on Tuesday whether Russia had invaded Ukraine. In separate interactions with Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Feinberg suggested that he would not risk eroding the Trump administration's position in negotiations by […]
Who is Daniel ‘Razin’ Caine? Air Force general tapped for top advisor role in Pentagon upheaval

The Trump administration's Friday evening shakeup in the Pentagon saw six senior officers fired after Secretary Pete Hegses did something good about his commitment to promote the agency's leadership. President Donald Trump and President Hegses fired General CQ Brown's co-headed chairman and replaced him with a relatively unknown figure in Lt. Gen. Dan Kane. Kane's […]