Hegseth orders Pentagon to make plans for major budget cuts to align with Trump DOGE priorities
Fox News
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ordering the Pentagon to make sweeping budget cuts to better align with President Trump's priorities, officials say.
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
Hegseth ordered the proposed cuts to be drawn up by Monday, according to a memo.
"The time for preparation is over. We must act urgently to revive the warrior ethos, rebuild our military, and reestablish deterrence," Hegseth wrote. "Our budget will resource the fighting force we need, cease unnecessary defense spending, reject excessive bureaucracy, and drive actionable reform including progress on the audit."
Stephen Miller gave a lengthy outline on presidential powers and the need for accountability to the White House press corps during a briefing on Thursday.
Wearing a “Dark Gothic MAGA" hat Elon Musk made a surprise appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday evening.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been circulating a list to congressional Republicans with names of top military generals and officers he wants to fire.
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's suggestion of DOGE stimulus checks got a lukewarm response from House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at CPAC.
Democrats are planning to make Republicans take uncomfortable amendment votes, including several on protecting Medicaid from cuts.
After conjecture about VMI's superintendent's contract talks, lawmakers were at odds in Virginia over the racial undertones of allegations surrounding VMI's superintendent.
Since January 20, Trump's cabinet has pursued decisive action on virtually every political front. But the most high-risk, high reward initiative has been Elon Musk’s DOGE.
FBI director nominee Kash Patel came under fire from Democrats on Thursday, but conservatives on social media soon shot back at Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse.
An HHS website devoted to women's health issues features a new video with women's sports activist Riley Gaines and builds on President Trump's "two sexes" executive order.
A local Mississippi judge granted a temporary restraining order that forced the Clarksdale Press Register to remove an editorial against their city council.
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz told Fox News that Ukraine needs to "tone down" its criticism of President Donald Trump and should sign an economic deal.
Indiana GOP Sen. Jim Banks is set to declare the "death" of DEI and woke policies in the United States government in a speech to conservatives outside Washington, D.C.
Jason Furman, a former Obama economic advisor, said former President Biden's economic policies were a "tragedy" in a recent op-ed.