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The D Brief: Hegseth’s no-show; Ukraine’s lesson to the world; Space Force budget cut?;…
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is skipping the latest meeting of Ukraine’s allies at NATO headquarters in Brussels. That’s a first since the group was set up three years ago, the Associated Press reports. Hegseth will not join via video…
Ready, slash, aim: USAID-State merger proceeding without key plans, IG finds
No strategic workforce plan is guiding the Trump administration's effort to fold the U.S. Agency for International Development into the State Department, the department's inspector general said in a new report.Nearly all USAID…
What will DOD civilians do at the border? The Pentagon won’t say.
The Pentagon will send some civilian employees to support the Homeland Security Department with the southern border mission and “internal immigration enforcement,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday.But Hegseth’s office has…
Despite Golden Dome, Space Force budget would shrink again under 2026 spending plan
The Space Force’s budget would continue to shrink under the Trump administration’s 2026 budget proposal, which experts said would force the Pentagon to rely on the yet-to-be-passed reconciliation bill to fund Golden Dome and other space…
The D Brief: DOD civilians, on the move; Ukraine-strike details; Trump’s nuke offer to Iran; Syria’s…
Developing: Trump’s Pentagon authorized its civilian employees to assist with “border security” operations for the Department of Homeland Security. The authorization was requested by DHS and paves the way for DOD civilian “volunteers” to…
Today’s D Brief: Dramatic strikes hit Russian airbases; WH’s 2026 budget; Army’s drone training;…
Smuggled Ukrainian drones struck dozens of bombers at airfields across Russia over the weekend. “The spectacular operation, known as Spiderweb, was prepared in secret over 18 months. Ukraine’s agents moved short-range drones and explosives…
Pentagon won’t say how many civilians have left since February
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth set a goal in February for the Defense Department: shed 5 to 8 percent of the civilian workforce, or roughly 60,000 employees. To accomplish that goal, the Pentagon first instituted a hiring freeze and…
Pentagon pushes US dronemakers to innovate as quickly as Ukraine does
A new Pentagon program is pushing drone makers to continuously improve their systems based on troops’ feedback, hoping to spur innovation that moves as quickly as the war in Ukraine.Launched on Monday, the Defense Innovation Office’s…
2026 budget proposal would axe one-third of CISA workforce
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would lose nearly 1,000 full-time employees under the Trump administration’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget, a stark downsizing of the government’s frontline civilian cybersecurity…
INDOPACOM brings AI to wargaming exercise
WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has long sought to realize the potential of artificial intelligence to help commanders; now U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is about to use AI-powered decision aids in a signature tabletop exercise.INDOPACOM will put its…
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