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The Trump administration can once again fire all probationary employees after a second court ruling in as many days found those challenging the dismissals did not have standing to sue. Most recently hired, or in some cases recently…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Space Force’s main acquisition arm is looking to see which of its major programs could be scaled back or replaced with a commercial alternative.“Nobody got a pass. Everybody has to do this excursion…

The Supreme Court on Monday reversed the reinstatements of thousands of federal employees the Trump administration has sought to fire, dealing a blow to the workers and groups challenging one of the administration’s key efforts to upend the…

Experts worry that President Trump—having fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency—might appoint a partisan political figure to lead the nation’s principal signals-intelligence office.Gen. Timothy…

A month into a Defense Department hiring freeze meant to shrink the civilian workforce, some employees who had been preparing to move into new positions are still living out of hotel rooms, with their personal belongings long since shipped…

NSA and Cyber Command leader Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired Thursday night, seemingly in a White House effort to remove officials deemed not loyal enough to President Donald Trump.Haugh, who had served in the job for about a year, was…

Growing concerns about the U.S. relationship with NATO allies—fueled by Donald Trump’s overtures to Russia and attacks on Ukraine and Denmark—have spurred European officials to biweekly meetings about replacing American defense…

It’s been just days since President Trump signed an unprecedented executive order aimed at stripping two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective-bargaining rights, but both the White House and federal employee unions are already…

Updated: March 29, 3:47 p.m. ET.Senior Defense Department leaders have less than two weeks to submit proposals to shrink and reorganize their commands, agencies, and departments, Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered in a Friday memo that also…

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order purporting to outlaw collective bargaining across two-thirds of the federal government, citing a little-used provision of federal labor law that invokes national security.A "fact…