Policy

The D Brief: Some DOD firings blocked; Consulting, eyed for cuts; SecNav nom speaks; DOGE in the food court; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker
Policy

Judge orders Trump admin to rescind order to fire probationary employees

The Defense Department had planned to begin firing some 5,400 workers on Friday, court filings said.

  • Eric Katz
Policy

SECNAV nominee: Trump wants ‘shipbuilding, shipbuilding, shipbuilding’

Investor John Phelan wants to apply his business experience to the ailing defense industrial base, as Pentagon looks at cutting civilian shipyard personnel.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: CJCS, CNO, JAGs fired; Up to 61K DOD workers may lose jobs; Military’s new deportation role; US-India drone pact; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Policy

In Pentagon shakeup, some see bid for more secret actions, less oversight

Trump's unconventional pick for Joint Chiefs chair brings deep special-warfare experience.

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

Trump’s plan to slash the federal workforce isn’t the first, it’s just the worst

The triple-meat-cleaver approach to workforce “reform.”

  • Tom Shoop
Policy

Pentagon to fire up to 61,000 workers, starting with 5,400 next week

After the first round of firings, DOD will launch a review intended to cut the civilian workforce by 5 to 8%, a personnel official said.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: DOD firings on hold, for now; Acquisition-policy shift; More US-Russia talks; Air Force One, accelerating?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

As Defense preps for mass firings, Hegseth says a hiring freeze and more firings are coming

SecDef says a "reevaluation of our probationary workforce" will be followed by wider dismissal of "redundancies" and "underperformers."

  • Eric Katz and Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: Congress, DOGE seek DOD cuts; US, Russia warm ties in talks; US drones over Mexico; Nuke-stockpile workers fired, rehired; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Meghann Myers
Policy

Trump administration fires hundreds of nuclear-security employees, sources say

The National Nuclear Security Administration maintains the nuclear stockpile, counters terrorism, disposes of dangerous nuclear material, among other missions.

  • Alexandra Kelley
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Start negotiations immediately’; Gabbard, intel chief; 5K troops at border; State Dept.’s armored Teslas?; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Return-to-work order created ‘panic’ among military-spouse federal workers

Presidential order coupled with deferred-resignation offer and hiring freeze created a perfect storm of stress.

  • Jennifer Hlad
Ideas

Teach how to think, not what to think

Professional military schools should not go overboard in interpreting the SecDef’s anti-DEI memo.

  • Paula Thornhill
Threats

The D Brief: Air Force efforts, on hold; Desk deficits as workers return; Foreign-aid monitoring, slashed; It’s Fort Bragg again; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: DOD plane crash kills 4 in the Philippines; Navy pauses SAPR training; Google jumps back into military AI; Musk-Trump’s ‘Deferred resignation’ deadline delayed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Policy

Navy pauses sexual-assault prevention and response training

The SAPR program is still active, but training has been halted to check for compliance with new executive orders.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Resignation deal offered to CIA; Trump’s Gaza pitch; Assault on USAID; Marines alter F-35 plan; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Hegseth stands up anti-DEI task force

Some of the task force’s targets, like quotas and discriminatory promotion policies, don’t exist.

  • Meghann Myers
Policy

Feds shouldn't take ‘deferred resignation’ offer, warn employee groups, Democrats, experts

They say the purported severance package may lack a legal underpinning—and that Trump and Musk have been accused of reneging on promises to employees.

  • Eric Katz and Erich Wagner
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