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The Trump administration is planning to lay off all federal employees who worked in a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility office as of this past Election Day and has instructed agencies to immediately place such workers on paid…

The Coast Guard’s acting commandant just ordered a “surge” of assets in response to Trump’s border-focused executive orders. Equipment and units include “cutters, aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces” dispatched to certain “key…

Oracle, OpenAI, and investors in Japan and the UAE have launched a $100 billion effort to build data centers to run AI applications, an indication of how the U.S.-China race for artificial intelligence is beginning to turn on sheer…

Updated: Jan. 21, 8:27 p.m. ETThe Department of Homeland Security has dismissed the members of its advisory committees—including the Cyber Safety Review Board, which investigates major cybersecurity incidents—as part of a…

On Monday, President Donald Trump rescinded an executive order put in place during the early days of the Biden administration that broadened protections for trans people’s right to serve in the U.S. military. The repeal does not put…

Homeland Security officials with the new Trump administration have fired Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, who in 2022 became the first woman to lead a U.S. military branch. The termination was first reported by Fox News on…

Often security clearances are considered an overhead function barely gaining the mention or attention of senior leaders. But the spotlight was back on the security clearance process Monday when President Donald Trump issued two executive…

Trump’s first day backThe U.S. military must produce a plan to “seal the borders” under an executive order signed Monday by President Donald Trump, Defense One’s Bradley Peniston reports. Under the 665-word order, the U.S. defense secretary…

The U.S. military must produce a plan to “seal the borders” under an executive order signed Monday by the new president. But experts suggest that the order may set up a legal challenge that turns on the word “invasion.”“Unchecked unlawful…

Within minutes of becoming commander-in-chief for the second time, President Donald Trump vowed to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, reinstate service members dismissed for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, and reclaim the Panama…