Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announces $5.1 billion in cuts to wasteful spending on climate and diversity initiatives.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum on Thursday outlining $5.1 billion in cuts to Department of Defense (DoD) ...

The defense secretary said the cuts include contracts worth $1.8 billion for consulting services from private firms.

Such was the theme embraced by the top enlisted leaders of DOD's six branches of service during a House Appropriations ...

President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting with his top officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense ...

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A new executive order seeks to overhaul defense buying. A handful of innovators within the Defense Department are already ...

WASHINGTON — Republicans narrowly got their budget plan over the finish line . Now comes the hard part.

The Office of Personnel Management says the claims backlog also dropped to about 16,500, which is the lowest its been in 2025.

WASHINGTON (AP) — After abruptly halting votes, House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to try again Thursday to approve a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework on Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had ...

The U.S. budget deficit has grown to more than $1.3 trillion in the first half of the fiscal year. The Treasury Department ...